The 7 Types Of Wood You Should Never Burn

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

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[@livineeze]

Thank you for your help and sharing your knowledge 😊

[@frederickshipp8013]

​@@livineeze Knowledge is most likely book Knowledge and not experience Knowledge.

[@phillipcoiner4232]

Never burn morning wood

[@realairplane261]

😂

[@garykeenan3724]

Only in bed

[@smokeystriper]

Can't help it, to much friction.

[@Bshiddy]

Just warm it up

[@garyroe2226]

What's morning wood. Never heard of that tree species. 😂

[@got2kittys]

Growing up, we burned a lot of wood. Cold region appropriate, but cords of wood. The one rule: if it gets hot when you burn it, it's firewood.

[@davidshifflett2720]

I have a outdoor stove, I burn anything that fits through the door

[@davehaggerty3405]

Yup! My stoves have all had chimneys. Obviously these cautions are for bonfires and smokey fireplaces and what not.

[@Wertyingf]

I also have a outdoor stove my rule of thumb is if it goes threw the door I burn it

[@Bob-o-h4k]

Me to brother I don’t care this is all bull

[@davidsignor7931]

I also have a outdoor woodstove and it is not very particular on the wood that it will burn. If it fits through the door it's firewood

[@gregorybrown8756]

Im absolutely sick of hearing how we shouldn't move firewood because of invasive species. Nothing is being done about invasive species getting into north America and the culprits of importers and shippers are not held responsible. Don't tell us to try to stop the spread,,,,, its impossible once they're here. Hold those responsible that continue to introduce hundreds of these species every year.

[@scottbutler1481]

It was just a matter of time. They have wings. Not all were in firewood. Park ranger told me that. Sounds logical .

[@anvilsbane]

It is ALWAYS the peasant’s fault. The gov is blameless in all our problems!🤣🤣🤣(sarcasm, for the slow)

[@karlarrington5362]

@@scottbutler1481 correct, it won't eliminate them but will slow them down. When I was a park ranger, I would ask campers to burn it all or take the unburned wood with them. If they didn't I would gift it to the nearest occupied site. Easy peasy.

[@blackout7615]

Lots of invasive coming across the southern boarder. Some call them newcomers. I call them tortilla music lovers.

[@gregorybrown8756]

@blackout7615 can't disagree with that either my friend

[@kidglort3781]

Also, don’t burn any bridges!

[@D-B-Cooper]

😂

[@bukboefidun9096]

Lol

[@ZoneProfessionalGardening]

Not any wooded ones?

[@joegilly1523]

😅😂🤣👍

[@TimEdwards-sx2pq]

I wooden do that. That wood be terrible

[@rambultruesdell3412]

Rural Alaska . The 55 gallon 20 metal gauge drum burns everything ... u name it 🔥🔥😎

[@vancityturks7611]

I've been burning pallets for years; in the States they overwhelmingly heat treated - probably a good 95% - and are completely safe. The key is to look for the HT stamp on the side. Another thing is you can simply scoop out the nails out of your stove when cleaning out the ashes with a dustpan. Another plus: They burn so hot they will prevent creosote buildup in your chimney.

[@robertm5969]

Exactly. Just don't burn ones stamped MB (methyl bromide) or painted ones. Pallets make excellent kindling

[@MrKotBonifacy]

Exactly. When I heard this crap "never burn pallet wood cuz the nails can damage..." I went like "whisky tango foxtrot?" Is this guy dumb or just stupid? I've been using all sort of pallet and packaging wood to heat my workshop, and no nail never exploded or punctured the water jacket. Yes, a nuisance of sort when it comes to cleaning the ash, but most of them falls through the grate - and if too many of them stays in the firebox a large ferrite magnet (from old bass speaker) hung over the end of a poker will get them easy-peasy.

[@rogercunningham9987]

Wrap the magnet with a worn out t-shirt for easy removal of the nails ​@@MrKotBonifacy

[@CynthiaWord-iq7in]

Pallets are great, mills would never go to the expense of pressure treating them.

[@robertpearson8798]

@@MrKotBonifacy Judging by a few of the pronunciations I think that “this guy” is actually a computer voice.

[@roylamb4235]

I've been burning wood all my life any kind of wood and it's just fine

[@99bx99]

I've burned semi rotten wood in my wood stove for 50 years and have never had a problem.

[@DdD-pi8jw]

Yeah, I’ve never had an issue with burning partially rotted hardwood.

[@brokenbravo83]

I burn the softer stuff on those warmer days of winter and save the solid pieces for single digits

[@birdnird]

We have some well-aged wood on a covered porch that is full of mason bee holes. When you burn it, it smells like beeswax candles!

[@EsspressoMan1]

😂

[@DdD-pi8jw]

@ you sure look like you’ve cut a lot of firewood in your time. You look more like a college baseball mascot 😂😂🤣🤣🫵🤡

[@twestgard2]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="40">0:40</a> rotten wood <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="95">1:35</a> wood pulp, such as paper <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="145">2:25</a> poison ivy etal <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="220">3:40</a> driftwood <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="239">3:59</a> pallets I’m not finishing this silly video. These are all special cases and mostly not even true if you burn at correct temperatures.

[@jimb1580]

Thanks for posting the time stamps anyway. 👍 I do believe the admonition to avoid wet, moldy wood is good. Same for known poisonous woods and shrubs.

[@garrettguitar]

Plus it you build the fire correctly, which they didn't in their visual, it will burn super hot and very completely, leaving very little ash when finished.

[@evelynbeverley2277]

Thanks for the summery. Most of this vid. is just common sense. Today who doesn't know not to burn painted, treated or otherwise stinky wood? Never thought about burning driftwood inside TBH. But I burned pallets for years and years. I removed all the nails first of course. The combination of ultra dry softwood and hardwood burns extremely hot. Once going I'd toss in a couple of good sized seasoned pieces of hard wood and heat the place for the whole day. Never had any issues.

[@ddh2o759]

The Ash Borer, in just a few years, has infected millions of Ash trees in the Midwest. It has created a lot of firewood, but what a price.

[@Redlinesixtynine]

We are in SW Ontario, just north of Lk Erie, about an hr east of Windsor/Detroit. The decimation of the ash trees here has been terrible. On our sandy soil we used to have roughly 1/3 white ash here. That was beautiful, straight grained, hard, easy to split firewood. Such a dirty, crying shame what incompetence has done to all these millions of ash trees. I miss having them here.

[@NorthEastTennUSA]

Here in Northeast Tennessee, about all of the ash trees are dead.

[@TimEdwards-sx2pq]

@@ddh2o759 I think those suckers are even attacking my oaks here in Missouri

[@burp1914]

Same here in east Pa.

[@sassafrasred6657]

Ash is the world tree. Funny how the death of the ash is in line with the decline of the world. Just saying

[@CorwinBos]

This video was clearly made for people that know absolutely nothing about how woodstoves actually work. Common sense isnt so common anymore.

[@LorisSawmill]

Seasoned Hardwood only for fireplace or your indoor wood furnace. Oak, Hickory, Ash, Cherry, Apple, Pear and Birch. Different types of maple that can be used for firewood include red maple, sugar or hard maple, black maple, Norway maple, and silver maple. Pine is OK for an outside boiler for hot water. Not for a fireplace, creates creosote when burned. OK for campfire wood in a fire pit.

[@davehaggerty3405]

I attended a lecture at OSU ag dept. The prof did the studies on the spread of the emerald ash borer. And advised the government to write a law prohibiting the movement of firewood. He went on to say subsequent studies disproved this hypothesis. That the spread of the emerald ash borer followed interstate routes and was not affected by counties individually banning transporting firewood. The borer was spread by hitchhiking on traffic. Not by moving infested wood. That is why we no longer have laws forbidding the transportation of firewood.

[@Skidderoperator]

Ban stupid professors

[@JC-dt7jv]

The prof learned something new and adjusted his opinion accordingly. He's not stupid at all. ​@Skidderoperator

[@Skidderoperator]

@@JC-dt7jv Go to jail. Do not collect $300

[@JC-dt7jv]

@Skidderoperator Nah, I dont need you as a roommate.

[@Skidderoperator]

@@JC-dt7jv Im too old to put up w you.

[@michaelheurkens4538]

If you have good, airtight stove and a proper draft, there is almost no chance of smoke backdrafting into your house. Where I live in northern Alberta, Canada, I ring the trees I have selected for firewood in the Autumn and let stand to dry for two years. Our average humidity is less than 50% and there is always a breeze. Most of it is nearly fully seasoned because the rain nor ground moisture can keep it wet, either regardless of species. It takes less room to season and only a few months to finish once spit and stacked. Only natural, clean wood goes in our stove, in part, because we use the ashes for stuff like soap and weed killer. Cheers.

[@lookup49]

Are you talking about hardwood or softwood? I never burn softwood in my stove.

[@jimb1580]

How do you use wood ash in the making of soap 🧼 ❔ (I inquiring minds want to know ... ☺️)

[@JC-dt7jv]

​Potash is high in potassium. Lye, KOH, is used to make soap. I imagine there is a bit of chemistry involved to get Lye from ash, but the K is there. @@jimb1580

[@ThorneOlinger]

@@jimb1580 It's called lie soap. Here in the foot hills of the Appalachian mountains it is almost dead art form of making it. Their are still some that have the knowledge to still make it.. Its just as good as goat milk soap for your skin ,stains and over all cleaner..

[@liveandletsdive]

No stranger to asthma and COPD here, I've nixed some of the woods you mentioned and now I know why, thanks for the info!

[@UnforgettableFireLLC]

As a chimney sweep of 40 years and a stove inventor i agree with not burning any poison ivy or green wood…….the rest??? Not so much

[@thesirmaddog8209]

sometimes its a luxury to choose wood

[@greenspiraldragon]

Get you a fire of hickory Get you a fire of oak Don't use no green or rotten wood they'll find you by the smoke While you lay there by the juniper While the moon is bright Watch them jugs a-fillin' In the pale moonlight

[@johndowns7536]

Lots of remodeling going on here in Oklahoma city, folks are tearing out oak parquet floors. They burn great! I've heated my house for 2 years with them. The adhesive is a great fire starter and I keep trash out of the dump.

[@mikebelisle4896]

I confess. I'm a mold killer. At 140 to 160deg f in my wood stove and it is is dry and so dam hot when it burns. Yes , heat will kill molds.

[@OldPhartbsa]

Once cut down a tree from Mother In Law's house and used it as firewood heat. I don't recommend burning Camphor logs. We had the clearest sinuses that winter.

[@JIgginCrappie]

Nothing wrong with burning green wood mixed with dry or seasoned.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

Agreed 💯 I fill the wood heater with green wood before going to bed and still have plenty of red hot coals in the morning when I wake up. I use the dry wood to get the fire going and make a bed of red hot coals then start adding the green so it doesn’t burn too fast. You’ll burn a lot more dry wood than green and if you don’t have large piles of dry wood, you’ll end up cutting green or buying dry wood anyway. I swear whoever made this video doesn’t rely on firewood to heat his house but relies on halfhearted internet searches for information to make an uninformed video.

[@Dyna78]

I tossed a small green (was living before it blew over a few days earlier) piece of Cottonwood (basically Poplar) into an already hot bed of coals the other day just to see what it would do. To my surprise, it lit right up and burned for a long time with a bright flame, very much like one of those fake pressed fire logs. I didn't notice any significant steam, in fact less than what I'd see from a piece of seasoned wood that had been outside in the damp air, then brought in and put on the fire. I've brought in a couple more normal sized pieces just to "experiment" with a little more. People always say it's not worth burning, but I'm not so sure anymore.

[@JedTaub]

Another little-known tip: DO NOT USE river rock or eve salt-water rock to line your camp fire. It has soaked up water, which will heat to steam and crack the rock violently, possibly throwing rock chips like a hand grenade.

[@slick-px4pq]

Heard that was debunked long ago

[@James-r8s]

No this is as true as it gets, why don't you try it for youself ,say something wrong ​and get someone hurt, @@slick-px4pq

[@rtoguidver3651]

@@slick-px4pq Jasper will explode, seen it myself, but it has a crystalline base..

[@KitYeeScott]

@@rtoguidver3651there is water in that crystal matrix which is why it explodes

[@melvinbrown6998]

better to be: safe-than-sorry"! i.e. the fact that steam has the power to produce intense pressure (think, pressure cooker) is enough for me to heed the "river rock/salt-water rock" advice ! Thank You!!

[@stoveadvice]

Great video. Someone may be here looking for information on "soft wood" or "pine" that was not mentioned. Those woods, even "White Pine" is just fine to burn if it is aged / seasoned for one year or more (and split,) AND it is burned hot, with full air and oxygen in a wood stove. In general, people "close off the air" too quickly in a stove before, say, going to bed. The fire should only be "choked off" after it's been burning for about one hour or so, and is beginning to create coals. This is even more true with soft wood or "evergreen" trees. Never burn them "green" with the sap. People will add wood at 11 PM, see the fire rage up, and choke the air down after brushing their teeth. It needs 45 more minutes to burn or it's a smoke and creosote creator. Always split the wood when possible. Some wood, wrapped in its own bark can take 2 years or more to "dry out." It's the bark doing it's job, holding in moisture, even if the ends are cut.

[@tdvanwinkle]

Modern stoves are really helping extend the hours fuel lasts.

[@birdnird]

Is juniper considered “soft”? It doesn’t grow particularly fast here like many pines do because we are in a semi-arid environment

[@SuperJellicoe]

I use an airtight stove and dry wood - get it hot quickly and then damper it down to keep the fire going for a long time. I dont burn vines or shrubs. Oak, cedar, Doug fir, Beach wood, pallets (heat treated), nails not a problem, chemicals are not a problem in the PNWest. I dont burn furnature either.

[@Bobrogers99]

I more or less agree with most of this, but with some exceptions. Pallets are sometimes split up for kindling and are rarely a steady diet for a fire. Wood with a bit of rot will still burn OK if you let it dry out. Some green wood in the mixture is OK, though it uses up some of its heat to vaporize the water. Pine can be used for a hot fire, though you'll get creosote if you close the drafts and let it smolder. I think there are more limits on wood for your woodstove than for an outdoor fire pit.

[@voiceone4715]

I’m so relieved to hear the little known fact that burning poisonous wood inside my home and then breathing it could in any way be a problem.

[@SigmaSheepdog]

I burn about 15-20 pallets every season, mainly for fire starting purposes in my stove, and I haven't had any issues at all.

[@blackout7615]

Never burn pine, or wood that is cheap. You need to overpay for other wood types so i can aford to heat my home.

[@EsspressoMan1]

Not for people that live on the prairies. Lodgepole Pine actually Burns very long and clean for softwood it is one of the best Pines to burn if you have to burn softwood

[@bee4pcgoldrule.007]

Fallen pine cones are a great fire starter. But you have to be very careful burning the wood it burns like gasoline. Pine is for starting Oak fires

[@EsspressoMan1]

In Montana and Alberta it is mostly only Lodgepole Pine and Jack Pine that grow wild out here the pine cones are no bigger than a large Walnut. And their rock hard and sealed shut with the resin you can't burn them out here. But the Lodgepole Pines grow very straight and tall. it is pretty dense wood even when dried out it's my favorite softwood out here that grow wild. But yes the other varieties of Pines the pine cones are very large like Ponderosa pine Scott's Pine and white pine and they open a lot easier and yes they do make perfect fire starters for those varieties of pine ​ @@bee4pcgoldrule.007

[@ScooterFXRS]

Who burns any type of wet wood for indoor heat? Poison ivy, oak, sumac, only noobs would burn this stuff to get rid of it. As far as pallets containing nails, Pppfft, you could burn a perfectly looking log that has shot or lead rounds in it. On the whole this is marginally good information.

[@bloqk16]

I'll add to this list with creosote coated wood railroad ties. Although finding such wood material is minimal, they can still be found being laid-about around railroad tracks in desolated areas.

[@geod3589]

Dang right, the smoke from those will burn you up.

[@tdvanwinkle]

They still creosote RR ties and utility poles.

[@bloqk16]

The burning of poison oak nearly got my dad hospitalized from the widespread skin rash he got from the smoke from that burning bush.

[@davidshettlesworth1442]

Interestingly, the American Indians also knew the effects of burning poison oak and used it against early settlers when needed.

[@BlankBrain]

After WWII, citizens cleaned up a cemetery in Hillsboro, Oregon. Maintenance had been neglected during the war, and probably earlier due to the depression. They collected a large pile of mostly poison oak, and set it ablaze. Instead of burning hot, which would have combusted the poison and carried it high, it produced a lot of smoke. The smoke was held low by an inversion, and spread across town. Quite a few people were hospitalized.

[@denniscarver7681]

If you didn't know that you never cleared land before. Great advice for a rookie wanna be.

[@dennismoreno4031]

Burn anything. Especially if it throws heat.😊

[@leekruger2477]

You just don't burn your fires hot enough 😂

[@MCatSHF]

Hello AmericanOutdoors: Many years ago, my wood had a very bad burn. I saw my doctor & he gave me some penicillin. It put out the fire.

[@mackdog3270]

Yeah, I'd throw Russian olive wood on the list. I don't know of anyone who purposely cuts it for firewood, but if you cut one down you've got to do something with it. It's thorny, burns extremely fast, and smells bad. It'd do if you're freezing, but I'd avoid it.

[@shawngilliland243]

Very good to know; thanks for your presentation on wood you shouldn't burn.

[@randyyoder4898]

Pallet wood makes excellent wood for the stove. It’s dry and as long as you have the right plan for your ashes who cares if it’s full of nails. My ashes are thrown in a metal bucket setting by the stove and after it sets there a day or two I dump them in a cardboard box and I close the flaps and take it to the dumpster.

[@martinschulz9381]

My wife and I sometimes burn green wood while camping in our camp fires and it sucks. Starts hard, doesn't burn hot... and does it ever smoke.

[@ablejohnson]

East Texas Peckerwood is the best wood for her stove

[@erichimes3062]

🫵🤪

[@Huzzunga]

@@erichimes3062do you import that to Texas from Blue states?

[@erichimes3062]

@ uhh…import what? 🤔 Don’t you mean ‘export’?

[@shawnkelley3695]

@@Huzzunga ...Illinois. ., Minnesota, Michigan, New York...

[@attitudeadjusted9027]

Hard to hoe where another man's plowed 🤠

[@yuckyool]

I wouldn't use pallets indoors, but they are fun for a bonfire! In NJ, we have SO MANY dead Ash trees (over the years, three on our property alone), so short of Maple & Oak, that's why we end up using 95% of the time. I would avoid Pine.

[@handbananaistherapist642]

If i have wood that is still alil wet, I stack it next to the stove. after a couple days it is good to go.

[@t.davidgordon2425]

This was very helpful. We do not heat with wood, but I spend 15-35 nights in the forest, hammock-hiking, ordinarily solo. But this was very instructive, and I will subscribe to this, as a western Pennsylvanian, who, at 70 years old, should be careful, even in the woods, to burn properly-aged, native woods. Thank you.

[@charlesnash2748]

Alaska Yellow Cedar gives some people very severe headaches when burned in a wood stove.

[@greenspiraldragon]

My dad use to burn wood heat. It kept it nice and toasty. It also kept my nose running, my eyes burning, and my chest tightening up. I can even have a hard time going outdoor when the neighbors are burning wood fireplaces.

[@Ivan-pl2it]

If you can draw air to woodstove from outside the house preventing a negative air pressure to draw cold air into house to feed the stove. Burn less wood and have 😊a warmer house.

[@russbilzing5348]

My adcvice would be to avoid burning 'piss elm'. The choking stink of it is unmistakable and it will cause HUGE problems for anyone with respiratory difficulties.

[@laggybum3218]

I had bought 6 acres of land and was clearing part of it to put a house on. There was a lot of poison ivy growing up the trees. After cutting them down, I put them on a burn pile. I found out the hard way not to burn poison ivy! I had little spots of it all over my exposed skin! I was lucky to not get it in to my lungs.

[@Desire_of_Ages]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@billmoretz8718]

With an outdoor wood furnace one can use many types of wood without concerns for indoor burning.

[@richardkosoff711]

I like the part where the guy is sleeping on his couch and smoke is billowing around him! 😂😂

[@pappamike6231]

If you're stranded on a deserted island with few trees you may have to break the drift wood burning rule.

[@brucewelty7684]

Burn the timbers from the decrepit sailing ship that stranded you there

[@thomasludwig9117]

At least there will be nobody else there to say tsk, tsk, tsk.

[@BigDave423]

Beach bonfires were a staple of my youth. Family, friends, food, football, frisbee, music. Cooked a lot of crab, clams, fish, hotdogs, s'mores using driftwood. I'm almost 60 and healthy as a... a... aahhrrggg😵

[@1956tojo]

My homemade outside furnace at my 3 bdrm cabin out in the woods burns anything I desire... I built it with steel studs and siding and used rock wool insulation throughout and it is very efficient... I burn whatever wood is available, my trash gets burned in there and the (very,very little) refuse from it gets cleaned out and brought back and goes with my trash pick up here at the house... There are 3 in duct fans that pull the hot air from the furnace hut that each feed a heat vent in the cabin.... When I burn plastics, they are in such a hot fire, that there is rarely any smoke coming from the stack, and the two times I've inspected the stack for cleaning (about 4-5 years apart) , it did not need cleaning... I attribute that to how hot I burn once in awhile.... Other than the "T" fitting on the top of the stack, it is an 8"x 10' steel pipe, made of 1/8" steel... and I have had that "T" fitting glow a low dull orange during my hotter burns... and I do those burns at dusk to gauge the glow of the stack.. With any breeze ALways coming out of the south west, the smoke from the stack heads away from the house going up the river valley, so even if I decided to burn tires in it (which I am VERY much against), there would be no danger from any smoke.... Great video.... I do have a small wood burner inside for asthetics and helping to break the cold when first getting there in cold weather....

[@briarpalek9254]

If you were to run out of wood temporarily, tires would be a welcome heat source in that furnace. Experience has schooled me.

[@djl8841]

The dude using the electric saw as a hand saw. 😅

[@r.f.pennington746]

Yep on the Oleander bush. Folks come down here on vacation, not knowing. They see the Oleander and think it will make a nice hot dog or marshmallow stick (as they are long and straight). Some end up in the ER. Boy Scout campout long ago in the 60's. Scouts adding to the campfire here and there. Someone put in either some thick poison ivy vines or a log wrapped in vines. Bunches of us called that the worst campout we're ever been on! Having poison ivy in your throat and nostrils is not pleasant!

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Thanks for sharing that story and for watching.

[@navret1707]

Pallets are supposed to be stenciled with a code telling you what the pallet has been used prior. It’s not 100% but is much better than nothing. Google pallet use codes before you use a used pallet.

[@anthonyiocca5683]

Useful information. I would like to correct or add to the old wood that has rot. Correct do not burn it unless it has dried completely. Normally it was stacked where rain falls on it. This wood stored in the weather must be burned within 2-3 years. Drying it completely it to stack it under a roof or next to the fire so hours radiant heat 12+ hours will get it burn well. Sooo Rotate that wood, burn it first to get rid of it before it crumbles into mulch…

[@stevenhansen5251]

A person goes through the labor of cutting firewood stacking it and leaves it in the open weather. Never made much sense to me.

[@anthonyiocca5683]

@ when I don’t have room for it elsewhere. I have about one full cord stored out of the rain, and a half a cord in the weather. I’m rotating that half cord till gone. Saving the better wood for next year…

[@kirtflesher1603]

I think the guy who made this video has never heated with wood.

[@Huzzunga]

We have a 30 (?) year old Country Flame insert. It’s in pretty good shape, I can get it running 1,000 degrees in about 3 fires. Time for a new seal on the door because it does leak. But due to physics it leaks INTO the stove not out. It’s a physics thing. Cold air is drawn in and goes up the chimney as a hot gas.

[@davidbarnett5777]

Add also the salt cedar. It’s full of sodium chloride. Juniper is fast and hot, but it spits and cracks with mini explosions. The very best wood in the West is seasoned piñon.

[@sararapp9798]

Thanks for this. I had no idea.

[@boonedog1457]

A great informational video. Thank you!

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@Happy11807]

NEIGHBORS WERE BURING THEIR OLD TREATED DECK,ALMOST POISONED THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD! He had no idea about it,and was upset until he found out what it was treated with!

[@DdD-pi8jw]

That’s when you call the EPA and law enforcement.

[@leechjim8023]

Dioxin?

[@kevinmcconnell3641]

So what was it treated with?

[@kevinsnyder8448]

Thanks american outdoors .

[@ansonwill1999]

My dad used to burn tires and railroad ties

[@robertyoung2645]

My Dad used to save tires for burning. Now I have a barn full of old tires.

[@ansonwill1999]

@robertyoung2645 yeah that sucks

[@ronnieg6358]

Like a lot of other people it kept him warm, good for him.

[@robertallen6848]

Omg that's awesome brother

[@wildershoney2439]

Ppl with asthma downwind probably didn't appreciate that.

[@HPM503]

How great a distance does “local” encompass?

[@bowdoin5063]

You burn whatever burns when you need to

[@robertfrapples2472]

Natalie, Ron, and Evelyn are also Woods you should never burn.

[@fredjackson8480]

Natalie is too waterlogged 🙄

[@fredjackson8480]

Natalie is too waterlogged

[@jungleno.]

Is it ok to burn James Woods?

[@PaulGriffin-ox1gp]

I do burn a little corrugated cardboard to start my wood heater up. The woods that I use is dogwood, sourwood, popular, maple, oak, ash, hickory and fruit wood like apple, peach, pear, and cherry. I'll use sycamore if it's something that someone has cut and I'll get the tops. Pine cones to help get it hot. No pine. Might run across beach, or birch.

[@martinfranke846]

I agree with everything you say, but I prefer Beech to Beach (sand?)

[@StepheMauro-kh1px]

Natalie wood and morning wood are my guesses !!

[@got2kittys]

@@StepheMauro-kh1px Natalie wood doesn't float, either. Don't make boats with it.

[@andyb7347]

Most fireplaces are enclosed at a house or burn it and stay warm and enjoy it

[@yleecoyote03]

Very good!

[@charlestempester]

did you know if you clean your chimney after the end of season, you can burn anything , doesnt matter in the least

[@shahidqazi8980]

A very informative video.

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Thanks for watching.

[@dalemilton5773]

excellent summary

[@justsaynrush9689]

It can be a hard situation when you go camping and they don't want you to fetch wood out of the forest and there's no place to buy wood close. Or they want $10 for a small wrapped bundle of rotted dead fall. I have about 2 cord of wood that i cut split stacked and covered to dry. That's what I take with me but that can get you trouble.

[@tevienotser5924]

I would also like to add Curly Willow, my neighbour warned me as I took down one such tree on my property jusy a few months ago. Took two loads of it to the dump for processing.

[@lazygardens]

What's wrong with Curly Willow?

[@Debbie-henri]

I'm a gardener - nothing wrong with Curly Willow. It's 'just' a willow, no better or worse than any other species. I have taken cuttings from these things, haven't bothered to wash my hands afterwards, and had lunch out in the field, bare hands. Never had a problem. Willows have a certain amount of aspirin in the bark. I forget how much bark you need to chew to help a headache, not much; but that's as 'toxic' as it gets.

[@simonmorris-p7m]

The only real problems curly willow are that it will not stack neatly and it fill up your ash box quicker rather than heats up your room

[@lazygardens]

@@simonmorris-p7m Like cottonwood then - not much lignin.

[@shelbykuenning2575]

Good job. I burned wood for heat for years, and knew and a loser all these. Green wood is a pet peeve of mine, it also makes somepeople, e.g. asthmztics, sick.

[@wildershoney2439]

HEY! You leave the adorable Gypsy Moth OUT of this!

[@scottsutoob]

Friend tried to burn lilac wood in his home stove. Said it stunk so bad he had to open all the window which of course was counter productive.

[@EsspressoMan1]

It's becoming quite popular lilac wood for cooking wood adds flavor to barbecuing meat

[@davidvaughn7752]

Good info.

[@76Rampant]

You missed a super important one. I would say it’s the true number one. CREPE MYRTLE. The bush or tree. It burns so hot that will ignite anything touching a brick fireplace. Using it in a campfire resulted in everyone huddled around the fire, to them standing 20’ away. We used a 15’ branch to “roast” beer bottles. They melted.

[@jungleno.]

Don't burn Hollywood.

[@evelynbeverley2277]

Most of this vid. is just common sense. Today who doesn't know not to burn painted, treated or otherwise stinky wood? Never thought about burning driftwood inside TBH. But I burned pallets for years and years. I removed all the nails first of course. The combination of ultra dry softwood and hardwood burns extremely hot. Once going I'd toss in a couple of good sized seasoned pieces of hard wood and heat the place for the whole day. Never had any issues.

[@markharder3676]

It sounds like burning driftwood outdoors is not very hazardous, as long as you don't expose metal parts to the smoke and fumes.

[@thzzzt]

Don't burn telephone poles. We have plenty of those after Helene.

[@bob_frazier]

Tried to light a woodchuck on fire, he went out.

[@Colt-tf6xf]

But not before February 2nd

[@Skidderoperator]

1. WET WOOD 2. PETRIFIED WOOD 3. RADIOACTIVE WOOD 4. ROTTEN WOOD 5. WOOD CONTAINING DYNAMITE 6. EARLY MORNING WOOD 7. WOOD GOING THROUGH A WOOD CHIPPER 8. WOOD LODGED IN YOUR EYE 9. WOOD A BEAR IS SHREDDING 10. THE WOODEN SPOON THAT CAME WITH YOUR CRAPPY PAPER CUP OF ICE CREAM

[@dewarner12]

Great video - I subscribed. I would be interested in an informed opinion about how to most accurately test firewood for moisture content. Thanks -

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

A handheld battery-operated moisture meter, like those found at most box stores, should be sufficient and easy to use. Moisture leaves the ends of firewood first, so check the middle of a piece for the most accurate reading. Thanks for watching.

[@UtoniumJock]

good old toothpick in the center trick lol😅

[@mattpastell3728]

Nice to see a factual, objective video!

[@steveberry851]

I got hard up for firewood late 1 winter and decided to burn some sycamore thst had only been laying fir about 5 weeks. It ended up being a nasty mess. I had to replace my stove pipe the next fall

[@lisalawson7195]

My mom had a neighbor burn branches with poison ivy vines on them,in a brushpile.She breathed some of this.Landed in the hospital overnight.And she has never been allergic to skin contact with poison ivy.This was scary.😮

[@patbrewer4205]

We used old bowling pins in our camp wood stove didn’t burn long but burned very hot

[@RossWilliamsDC]

Black walnut?

[@kevinfrench5915]

Methyl bromide treatment for pallets was banned as far back in 2005, but we’re still hearing from people this year who have received MB stamped pallets from abroad. So what is methyl bromide and what do you do with an MB stamped pallet?

[@shawnofthedead6362]

Southern Ontario 🇨🇦communities around Lake Ontario devastated by Emerald ash bore I’ve got over 200 ash trees on my property that half to come down all with in 6 months it swept threw like plague never seen any thing like it dropped all there leafs in the fall by next spring 80% never bloomed or had little bit leaf vegetation on them 😢🤬 provincial or federal government they don’t even talk about it. What a joke.

[@stevensons78]

So basically common sense and that which we learned as cub scouts

[@jamescarmignani8316]

Especially morning wood