Best Firewood for Prepping

[@waynetharp]

Why was the BTUs of IKEA furniture not included in the video??? After all...about 99% of the population will be burning this for heat their first winter! My "Lucille" baseball bat to protect the woodyard, is built from good Ole Ash!👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Ha! Good one!!

[@baitammo4652]

I burn one stick of wood a year that my grandfather cut over 50 years ago. Osage - Hedge!! It is the first fire of fall just for fun and remembering Gpa! There are Hedge post in the ground that are over 100 years old! I would put it up against any wood, in the US, for wrought resistance. It doesn't need covered and it is easy to find permission to cut it, in my area! Hedge is king of heat in E. Kansas!

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is a nice thing to do! I like it!

[@mottmusic101]

That’s such a great tribute! Thanks for sharing as it warmed the heart!

[@timbervisions]

In our area Ash is king and still around although the emerald Ash borer has arrived. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Silver Maple in this area either. Mulberry is another common one that has some higher BTUs to it. Lots of Burr Oaks and Walnuts too.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds like you have great wood!

[@jameschandler2776]

We had a corner post on my grandfathers farm, made of Osage, that was 24" across and had been in the ground 85 years. When they went to put new fence on the farm, they decided to take it out because the figured it would be rotten. It took 2 tractors and several hours to get it pulled out. It would have lasted another 85. Osage and locust are used for fence posts and will last a long time under harsh conditions. The rest of the woods you mentioned won't last long if you don't get them off the ground and keep them dry.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, locust is probably the next closest to osage.

[@chrisdaly3485]

Red Oak is my favorite from eastern NH. It splits and stacks easily; burns great but must be dried properly. Next is Shagbark Hickory. Great heat but much more difficult to split and stack. Black Birch is another great heating wood, but much harder to split and stack I separate all my wood by species. Enjoy just about all 700 some shows! Keep on going strong!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the info and for watching ....other Chris!

[@anthonylamura8600]

I got some White Oak from a tree service My new favorite... fell apart in the splitter . I got some Bartlett pear nightmare splitting !

[@chrismartin4776]

My new favorite is Beech. I like Mulberry, Osage Orange, Hackberry, Elm, Locust, Sycamore, and Cherry , Walnut

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sound like all wood is good.....that is because it is!!!

[@davidestelter1092]

Chris! you forgot the BeSt wOOd of all ... BASSWOOD or LINDEN! THE KING OF ALLJUNK WOOD FR HEAT... LOL

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, it is nice campfire wood, lots of action adding wood!

[@joe_momma_3248]

Hackberry here In Tennessee is a pretty big deal also cherry and white oak

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!

[@kendallbuhler883]

In central Saskatchewan the most predominant wood is Aspen followed by Box Elder. I have hauled white birch from 120 miles away to have stock available for the wood snobs. Ha!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, birch is "pretty wood"! ha!

[@stevelehman79]

I love this kind of information. I'm sure it takes a lot of time to gather this info. Thanks for your contribution to the community.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks, yup, about 50 years!

[@jonking8831]

Red Oak, Beech, and Rock Maple is king here in Central Maine. Although, alot of my customers do like a good mixture of oak, ash, Beech, rock maple, and yellow birch.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, all good woods!

[@YusriGaidien]

4:37 Plum firewood is also very good... just give 2 to 3 years to dry...why...well because plum wood takes the longest to dry out, than all of the other firewood species.🪵It burns fine if you put it on a already existing fire that you stared with dry seasoned firewood... but boy those stuff has a lot of knots... so many knots that you struggle your butt off to split them in half!!! I am talking of experience by the way!! Very dense\hard wood.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Most fruit/nut producing trees make great firewood and yes the all dry slow.

[@rogersullivan4892]

Black Locust is my favorite with the only downside of taking a long time to dry. Mostly available is red oak and cherry in my area and I burn 3+ cords of it each year.

[@highinthedirt]

I was gonna mention black locust also, I have a bunch of it. Burns nice once dry.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, locust is great!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes!

[@loodusefilm7881]

I don't agree about if you want prep then you must make firewood of highest BTUs wood. It all depends how you do it, what splitter you have or you use axe. For me best wood to make firewood is grey alder because it splist super easy, also easy to cut and it will dry ultra fast. It has only 17,5M BTU's but burns well starts easy. If i don't have hydraulic splitter it would be one and only firewood what i would have. I'm from Estonia and here gray alder is nr 1 wood for smoeking meat though it's not highly valued firewood.

[@InTheWoodyard]

All good points! All wood is good!

[@eastluckcustomsawing5670]

The best type of wood to burn is whatever is in your hands just before you put it in the stove. Burning the best type of wood available in your area when temps are mild out is a waste. Burn the junk types or the punky woods in warmer temps or I'm at home times and the best types when the temps hit -30 to -50 farenheit aprox same range in Celsius with a 70 mile 100 kilometer winds like we seen many times this last winter in northwestern Wisconsin. Seen way too many times that the Minnesota cabin people last winter did this completely backwards and were trying to heat the cabin to over 40 f inside while burning a face cord of of kindling or craft grade birch a day or they ran to a big box store that only had mulch chips left. We had 600 face cord dry beginning of last winter added 400 more by Christmas for the upcoming winter all was gone by 2nd week of January 2022. Contacted 4 sawmills for slabwood in the area 3 veneer mills for cores 3 furniture manufacturers for edgeings and cutoffs in my area. Then rented greenhouse space that they were not using to dry firewood in to keep up with some of the demand. The demand has not let up. We are running 6 bandsaws and one 54 inch circle saw 3 homemade firewood processors a dyna that I rent every 2 or 3 weeks yes it has a drinking problem just like your eastonmade lol. We recycle pallets also up to 5 semi loads per week so I have around 500 different types of firewood mixed in piles sold as rainbow mix burns in different colors. Everything is used for something might sit for a few months examples school kids bundle or bag the kindling scraps 50 cents each on common woods 2.00 each on sorted smoking woods cherry apple maple so on same goes on bark 50 cents on filler grades 2.00 on clean pine topping grades white pine separated from red pine flakes so on. Stockpile as much wood as you can now because this fall when the sheep realize that propain is up and natural gas is stupid high you will be very popular with whatever type of wood you have to sell that's dry

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the info JEFF! Sounds like you have it going on the right way up there!!! Keep cuttin!

[@HilltownCT]

Black Birch is king where I am in New England. It’s 26.8 on the BTU scale (more than oak) and it dries fast. Hornbeam is another worthy mention although not as prevalent.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I wish we had some Black birch here, it sounds like great stuff!

[@bcroft68bc]

I think you missed Pecan wood. It’s a good burning wood. Another is Poplar. I really don’t like poplar but I have and abundance of it. I’m in the south east and the vast majority of the people here would rather have live oak than any other kind of wood to burn.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, oak is a universal wood that people know because it is common and it is the only kind of wood a lot of people know. Most of them do not realize there are lots of kinds of wood and many are better than oak...but they do not know much about wood so they say OAK! Ha!

[@jameschandler2776]

I am in southeast Ohio. I have 45 acres of forest. Probably half is hickory, maple and poplar would be next and then oaks and beech. I have a lot of very large Sassafras which is very unusual. most are dieing. They are not a long living tree and make great firewood for campfires and fireplaces.

[@InTheWoodyard]

I have never had any sassafras here, I would like to cut and try it too!

[@YusriGaidien]

13:32 Birch is probably the best for one reason... value for your money... why... well because you get free fire starters with it... the bark\skin of birch is what I am talking about. If you pull that of that is very easy light!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

I am guessing you are in Europe??? Here birch is a middle of the roads wood... not bad not great...it burns.

[@YusriGaidien]

@@InTheWoodyard No I don't live in Europe... would love to go on vacation there.🌆🛫 Before I forget to tell you... the best smelling firewood in the world🗺 is Black wattle... love to use it. Never smelled cherry before but I think both smells almost the same.🪵

[@106pricey]

How about black locust? It grows like weeds in my area, but the tree service guys keep it. Once in a while someone gives it away, and it goes fast. I have only got maybe 3 cords in my firewood lifetime. But my favorite wood would be the oaks, then maple. All good heating and especially cooking wood.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, locust of any kind is GREAT firewood, more heat than oak and hickory!

[@iffykidmn8170]

Early on in the video you specify White Birch later you only refer to it as Birch which may lead some to think that both Yellow and Black Birch may be in the same quality category, Yellow Birch although not very prevalent would be in the same category as Hard Maple IMHO. All said there is no way you could cover every type of tree and all the subspecies.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, you are correct!

[@mikeduernberger]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Ash. Here in Wisconsin, it's been hit hard by the ash borer, but , there's tons of it, burns good even on the wetter side . I mix it with Oak, and Cherry, good prepped wood!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, my bad!!!

[@iPhil77]

@8:48 mark, fully seasoned with salt and pepper and other spices? Kidding. Gotcha.

[@InTheWoodyard]

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[@tinysworld1749]

I think around me, and mostly with what is on our land, I would go red oak, beech, maple, ash, hemlock, poplar, white pine. We have some white and silver birch, a little bit of cherry, and some fir and spruces

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds like a bunch of good wood!

[@davidweinstein5013]

Ash is my favorite… in New Jersey…. People are cutting it all down because of the ash bore beetle…you can get truckloads for free delivered… easy to cut and spilt…. Almost all dead and dried when cut… and burns good.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, good choice!

[@setternutbirdhunting8549]

Here in the Flinthills of Kansas Hedge, (Osage orange) is the most plentiful wood. Mulberry in also available. But Hedge is by far the best wood that I have access to. It burns hot and long and never rots. There is some Ash, locust and lots of cottonwood as well.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, both osage and mulberry are great firewood! We have almost none here.

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Here in Western Washington Fir is king for firewood. Now mix that with maple, Madrona and Oak if you can find it and you have a good mix

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is what I hear!

[@kevingervais2265]

Red & White oak, Hickory, ash and locust for starting. I dry all my wood for 2 years.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Nice stuff!

[@johnnyjeep8350]

Chris another wood to add to the prepping list that I found to last year’s after the tree is dead and bugs won’t eat it is Mulberry and the BTU’s are 25.8 not too flimsy.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes! I had some just this year, good stuff!

[@andymilic4093]

All you need to do is cut or split 🪓 the pine a bit bigger, simple,it's a pretty light wood for sure, so it's quite easy to handle some pieces twice the size for the logs, simple !!! Pine is fine ☺️

[@InTheWoodyard]

Great point!

[@susancline2811]

If I can only get pine here in central Wyoming what will pine do to my wood burning heater? Will I get creosote building up and be in danger of having my house burn down?

[@InTheWoodyard]

No, just make sure the wood is very dry and clean out you pipes once a year. Pine is fine!

[@haroldanderson2781]

My favorite is locust in Michigan but not much of it. Sassafras burns quickly but what’s it’s shelf life?

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is a good question, I do not know???

[@karivepsalainen5817]

I have 17 years old birch, alder,spruce, pine and aspen in my shed. None has change powder. Out I have same assortment been 2 years piled and no dust there. I have a big shed and these farthest piles seem to be never burned.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Wow, that is great, hickory and box elder here turn to powder fast!

[@chrisboyd6599]

I agree Oak is the best especially red oak for me. But I also love black locust and mulberry, cherry and ash😀

[@InTheWoodyard]

yup, those are all good woods!

[@nickf5204]

Black locust if I come by it, otherwise sugar maple and ash since they are very prevalent right now

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, burn what you have!

[@Auxdin]

Have some shag bark hickory that has only been cut for a few months, bugs are already making powder out of it 🤬

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, they do like hickory!

[@donberry6079]

Any wood except pine is good. Pine leaves creosote in you chimney. This can cause a chimney fire which is very bad. It can spread to the rest of the house.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Wrong, wet/green wood causes creosote build up with any wood. Half of the USA Canada /Alaska and most of Europe burn almost exclusively with pine and or spruce and none of them have problems unless the wood is not dry, just like hardwoods.

[@mottmusic101]

Down South (East of Mississippi, keeping a Louisiana buffer from texas thank gawd), oak and hickory are king. The water variety (willow, live, blackjack, water, pin, and laurel) are prolific and most often in the way, so they get targeted. Red, white, post and chestnut are opportunistic and most often used for Catchpen boards. We also have pignut, mockernut and shagbark hickory that are targeted at splitting size (8-12” young) in late spring after the sap rises for smoking, though the regional best for smoking is blackjack oak. All of these varieties are firewood friendly though the demand is trendy as winters are not so cold. I currently live about two hours from Chris and enjoy his videos and chop busting with Tony!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks so much for the great info and for watching!

[@mottmusic101]

@@InTheWoodyard Welcome, forgot to mention pecan as we grow them too but value the nuts over the wood. Would live to visit your yard one day and swap some stacking for yarns and learning. Gonna add firewood to my business model for my farm in retirement. Hey to Tony the knucklehead!

[@frontyardfirewood]

I have sawed up 40 year old black locust logs, they were set in a deck in 1982.. i removed them for the customer and was going to haul them to the wood recycling facility, i gave them a discount on removal and brought them home. The outer lighter ring layers were gone as well as the bark. Just heartwood was left. It was like sawing concrete and had very few rotton spots( in the whole deck) or insects. The rotton spots were very shallow and minimal. Only on the bottom logs that were along the ground. My favorite wood to split is red alder, 😂 Best seller for me is oak (oregon, scarlet and pin )and black locust, usually mix those 2 doug fir is a close second. Oregon cherry, ash, big leaf maple, tamarack, ...you know tree service loads of wood😂

[@InTheWoodyard]

yup, it all burns!

[@frontyardfirewood]

@InTheWoodyard true, and that 40 year old locust was amazing wood still, couldn't believe it. Log deck covered in blackberries and grass 40years of rain and all that mess.

[@rmac41981]

Ash borers are really bad in my area right now. With the abundance of standing dead dry ash, I’m good for at least the next 5 years.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, but soon the ash will all be gone!

[@JohnDiMartino]

I’m in the Hudson Valley New York and most of the ash here is now gone.For about 10-15 years About 30% of the wood I was burning was dead standing ash from the Emerald Ash Borer…

[@rmac41981]

@@JohnDiMartino I live in northwest New Jersey. We have been lucky until last year the ash trees started to show signs of ash borer. Next few years will be the worst. 50% of the trees in my neighborhood are ash.

[@YusriGaidien]

10:48 Africa has the most eucalyptus\blue gum trees in the world... I think.🌲🪵

[@InTheWoodyard]

nice!

[@danahasson2892]

Chris I'm in Southern California so you calyptus and live oak or the best.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I hear good things about both!

[@899jj]

Red oak is King along with shag bark hickory. I live zsouth of nashua NH

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, both great woods here too!

[@kenhall3159]

I like black locust !! don't know the BTU value, but it burns HOT

[@InTheWoodyard]

It is as good as hickory! And better than most oak!

[@matthewelwell8849]

favorite wood for me her in maine is standing dead cherry . second would be ash. ash splits wicked easy and dries fast.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, both are wicked good wood!

[@brucearney9536]

You missed cherry and locust . Locust is king here but mostly oak . Beech isn't to bad either

[@InTheWoodyard]

We have about 40 something kinds here, I had to cut it down a little, all wood is good, cherry is my favorite!

[@noenwarrior1]

Good stuff Chris!!! I like birch and it's rare for me to find any at the tree dumps around here.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, not much here either!

[@inthewilderness2023]

I have burned cedar before and didn’t have a problem with it. I know a lot of people will say that it will build up creosote. That may be true, especially if somebody’s burning green. I got in a pinch one year and ran out of oak before season end. I had cedar post that were stacked up. I got maybe a half a rick out of it. It was about the end of March or first part of April. At the end of season I cleaned my stove pipes as usual, and didn’t notice any different build up then with oak. It’s not the hottest wood in my area, but I prefer white oak because the red oaks have a much higher BTU and my house gets too hot. I split my wood about the size that you do and use three pieces to build a fire. That is our primary heating source, and I may do that twice a day, sometimes only once. Much of the time I only use 3 to 6 pieces a day. I do prefer pine for kindling. I cut it about 8 inches long and split it about 1 inch thick.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Nice, thanks for the info!!

[@inthewilderness2023]

@@InTheWoodyard You’re welcome. This video wasn’t in my playlist but KZbin thought I needed to watch it. I’ve been trying to watch your older videos in order you posted them but I knew if I didn’t watch this after they started it that it would show I’ve watched it and I’d miss it later. I shortened my name to In The Wilderness instead of Voice In The Wilderness. I’ve been trying to comment a little more to help your page out.

[@ledzepcleo]

Chris, neighbors just cut down two huge black walnut trees. I can't decide whether it's worth grabbing the wood. I know it's somewhat poisonous. What do you think? Thanks

[@InTheWoodyard]

Get it, it burns fine, cuts easy drys fast. It is average BTUs, like soft maple or white birch.

[@ledzepcleo]

@@InTheWoodyard thanks Chris

[@kevinbrayshaw7745]

You said nothing about Ash or Locust. Why? Take care…..

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, my mistake, ash is great and so is locust!!!

[@arthursmith7748]

We have plenty of red oak in northern Indiana and I have an abundance of locust and love it. Plenty of cherry too.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Those are all good wood!

[@jacekadamczyk3190]

In central Poland, the most popular types of wood are pine, oak and beech.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds great, my moms family came from Poland! The Molepski family!

[@bigd6663]

Ironwood is my favorite here in mi u p

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, it is great wood!

[@sterlingnicolls5181]

I have aspen poplar thats been stacked in the woodshed outta the rain for 4 years. Its not powder and no bugs.

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is great! Dry is the key!

[@Kristopherkok]

Right now the most available wood is Ash. It's all got the EAB, people are having them cut down, want them cut down and no one really minds or cares if you cut down dying trees.

[@InTheWoodyard]

yup, soon there will be none!

[@Kristopherkok]

@@InTheWoodyard I do wonder if any small stuff growing back will survive. But certainly won't be any large ones. We cut one down on my families property and counted 75 growth rings. Other's have to be 100+ giant trees.

[@BertsCustomCuts]

I burn it all just depends on what i get for free. Well over 70 ash trees to take down yet.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, that is correct!

[@johnbarnes8126]

Hi Chris, I have been watching your utube channel for two years. I live in southeastern PA. We have many of the same trees as you do. I will try to name some. All kinds of oak, maple, poplar, locust, walnut, mulberry, hackberry,gum, cherry,sassafras, spruce,pine,fir,catalpia,apple,pear, and probably 50more that I can't think of now. I worked all my life and I love watching you work. You have that get r done attitude.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks so much John!

[@timthompson6338]

I would have to say locust is my favorite!! Cherry is another one of my favorites too! I have really noticed in the last year that more people are prepping!! My firewood customers have been ordering more wood then they ever have!! Stay safe my friend

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, locust is awesome wood for sure!

[@curtisreed4580]

My favorite wood is black locast hard to come by in my area but i graab it every chance i get no matter if i have room for it or not

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, we have it here too, great wood!

[@paulbrodnax583]

It funny how pecan never gets any credit, it's the best I've ever used.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Because it's area is very small where it grows.

[@annaaron3510]

"Dance with the one that brings ya." Forget this prepping B.S. Irene don't care. 😁

[@InTheWoodyard]

what??

[@annaaron3510]

@@InTheWoodyard It's cut what you have growing. It's what you and others say. THX.

[@JoeH-n5g]

put add in news paper and merchindiser you have place to drop it off i think you will get a lot of pine

[@InTheWoodyard]

maybe.

[@nickblair802]

Is locust a good firewood? BTU? Does it keep??

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, locust is one of the best kinds of high heat long lasting wood there is in a lot of the world!

[@annmariekowalski7505]

Is there a quiz tomorrow? This was a very good video.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, 5:30 am sharp, be here!!!!

[@kknows3512]

Way out here in the Inland Northwest the best firewood we have is Buckskin Tamarack which is actually Western Larch that has been killed in a forest fire but remains standing. The bark falls off and the wood dries out slowly over decades. The best of these were killed in the Great Fire of 1910 and are becoming scarce nowadays.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes! Larch (tamarack) lasts a long time!!

[@jenky1044]

My father one winter proved you can burn white ash right off the stump. We cut it down and I split 2 arm loads of it (the sap/water was running out of it) I said this won't burn. He said build a good fire in your wood stove its time to put more in, put this ash in. I did what he said and he was right. We burned ash all afternoon and it burned hot too not smoldering.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Nice, that is good to know!

[@simpleman2627]

I'll have people call me towards the end if winter in a panic that they are out of wood. I'll tell them- I don't have any seasoned wood left , but I can get them a load of ash. It will absolutely burn fresh cut at 40% moisture. It won't have quite the btu output, but it is great in an emergency.

[@jenky1044]

Yeah it will burn if you get a good fire going first. Correct in not as much btu output compared to if it was dry.

[@billybobswood8153]

oak, hickory and ash are the most sought after around here in NH!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, oak is on almost every ones list!

[@hankteuben4366]

hi chris on my property i have a mix of eucalyptus it comes in different varieties i also have what is called river red gum it will outlast the average human it was used as railway sleepers in the 1800s and it does not rot but takes along time to dry once again a great video

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Hank!

[@kevinmason3086]

I burn pretty much all hard wood for heating my house then burn soft wood for my outside fires.

[@InTheWoodyard]

That's a great, that is what we do too.

[@kevinmason3086]

@@InTheWoodyard I've watch all your videos I may fall behind a week or two but I always catch back up

[@toddsoutsideagain]

In my area of Illinois we are fortunate to have a wide variety of hardwoods. My favorites to cut/split /burn recreational is Cherry and Walnut. We have so much Osage Orange but hate it!! Hard to cut/split and work with in general. Oak is by far considered the most desirable here also.👍🏻👍🏻GNI

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, oak is on most lists!!

[@simpleman2627]

I agree with your opinion. Only one I would add to the top 5 is ash. It's ability to burn wet, not seasoned makes it probably the best emergency wood out there.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, you are right!

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

😊we used to burn red pine at our camp/fort in NH😊

[@InTheWoodyard]

All wood burns!

[@JoeH-n5g]

when i move ill store 100 cords wood in the basment if it fits

[@InTheWoodyard]

The basement might not be the best place to store wood if there is moisture.

[@scottroley2684]

Black locust is probably the best in my area.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Great wood!

[@JaseC80]

Where I am in Australia, (not sure on chords) but I’m cutting around 25tonnes of Ironbark per week. I looked it up and.. Ironbarks tend to have some of the highest heat outputs, reaching BTUs of up to 48.7 million per cord. Great firewood but also hard on chains. Subsequently I use only tungsten tip chains.

[@Alan_Hans__]

You can't beat Aussie hardwoods like ironbark, greybox and redgum. The sandgropers also say that jarrah is pretty good. As long as the apocalypse doesn't last more than a few hundred years our firewood stacks should be good to go.

[@tbonemc2118]

I've got an iron bark fire burning right now as it's 5' outside and going down to 0' tonight.

[@thefirewooddoctor]

A cord measures 128 cubic feet. Not sure what that is in cubic meters.

[@JaseC80]

@@tbonemc2118 I am the same. Currently 3’ c (37 F) and will be below 0 before long.

[@JaseC80]

@@thefirewooddoctor Some rough sums with what you provide, 1 cubic metre is just over 35 cubic feet. So per load we are putting out about 7 cords per load. Or 25m3 I only buck/block the logs and 2 or 3 people split.

[@garysnyder6020]

You didn't give your opinion on Choke Cherry ?

[@InTheWoodyard]

We have black cherry here...awesome firewood...average heat output but cuts great, splits great, burns great ...smells awesome!

[@brianrizzi6321]

My favorite is oak because I can sell it for more than what I’d save using it to offset on my home heating gas bill. Although I do love ash because it is one of the easiest to dry and it is mostly bark less. Too bad it is almost gone niw

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, that makes good sense!

[@outdoorsinthe608]

I have two favorites ash and cherry👍👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, good choices! Enjoy the ash it will all be gone soon!

[@ericgebhart5775]

Oak and locust I like the best here in southern pa.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Both good choices!

[@chrisp556]

The best wood is any wood that you can get your hands on.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@joegreto8047]

Here in ny locust is plentiful and heats well.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, great firewood!

[@grahamhetherington9756]

Beech & sycamore in the North East of the UK

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds great!

[@joshfoster9832]

Stack that oak, get it covered and see it last a lifetime

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, oak, locust and Osage!

[@davidcaron714]

Please dear god don’t turn into wrangler star.

[@InTheWoodyard]

No, I am not a prepper at all, but I do have some stuff to keep the wolves away.

[@rosssivertson6339]

Lots of ash and elm around here? How do those rate?

[@InTheWoodyard]

Both very good firewood , the elm is hard to split!

[@davidedwards3734]

Thanks for the overview of all wood. I agree with burning what you have in your area!! Have a Safe Day

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks, you too!

[@grantsinclair4278]

I live in central Arkansas, yes, I am a Hillbilly. Lol On my yard I have mostly Oakwood. Red Oak, Live Oak, White Oak, Post Oak, Water Oak, the worst for splitting. Simular to the dreaded Elm. I have Hickory, which is very available in my area and great for smoking, however most of the Smokers in my area perfer White Oak for the milder flavor. Another favorite, which is plentiful is Cherry. I love Cherry. Saws easy, splits well, smells wonderful! I love Elm. It is dense like Oak. We have Sweet Gum and Black Gum. A little hard to split dry so saw it and split as green as possible. Hackberry is very prevalent here as well. It drys fast, burns hot, leaves very little ash but won't keep long. Pecan is another favorite around here for smoking and very plentiful. Our Pine is very fine. We have several species. The old growth is the best due to the tight grain. It is super rich in resin snd great for campwood as well as wonderful kindling. This stuff burns so hot you can make a Horseshoe over it! I feel very fortunate to live in this state with all the wide varieties of wood. Here is a link to the most popular trees of the 185 species we have. www.progardentips.com/most-common-trees-in-arkansas/ Great video Chris. Super informative. Well it's off to the woodyard for me and another 110° heat index day!

[@grantsinclair4278]

@@jakebredthauer5100 Yes sir. Been toting wood since I was a kid. I don't call myself a prepper. I just stay ready so I don't have to get ready. Lol

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, cherry is my favorite too!!!!

[@HM-cp7pw]

You forgot Black locust.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, it is great wood.

[@crazyman3157]

Great video Chris as well as great information. Interesting to see what species are available to people in the area they live in as well. Around my area in Michigan Oak, hard and soft maple, ash, elm, cotton wood, pine, honey locust (if you can find it), poplar, and black locust are some of the more common woods. Most all the fruit trees Pear, apple, and walnut tress can be found as well just not in a huge abundance.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup all good wood!

[@mattcushing4978]

Hey Chris, where does locust land in your opinion sir?

[@InTheWoodyard]

Very near the top of the heap. For heat it is better than oak, maple, ash, cherry, birch and hickory but just below ironwood for the trees we have here. Osage orange, pecan, almond are all better for heat too. But we do not have those here.

[@mattcushing4978]

@@InTheWoodyard I’m in Michigan so we have most of the same trees. But I thought you had mentioned before that locust was great for heat. Thank you sir.

[@paultheisen5290]

Paul from North East Iowa, Like that ASHH. Years back, I always thought cutting and splitting was just a lot of work, and it is , bit now I am starting to really enjoy it. Thank you for Sharing, appreciate all the content, Stay Safe and God Bless

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, same here!

[@JoeH-n5g]

i like any kind of wood but pine if its free

[@InTheWoodyard]

All wood burns.

[@pyroman6000]

Most plentiful by far in W NY is Ash. FOR NOW- the damn beetles killed almost all of it. Great wood. Maple is also super plentiful. We're blessed with some of just about everything that grows in the Northeast. Black Locust is also a good high BTU wood that doesn't rot- and bugs don't like it. Honey Locust, too. Apple is somewhat common, because NY is a big apple growing state. It's just hard to find in quantity- and guys who sell it know what they have, and price it accordingly. Beech is another good one. From my totally unscientific research- mostly craigs list and FB Marketplace- Ash, Maple, and Cherry are what is most widely advertised. I'm sure there are others, as guys who sell heating wood aren't usually advertising there. Ash is everywhere right now, because dead standing ash trees are everywhere- super abundant. It splits VERY easily, burns great, dries quickly- surprisingly so for a heavy dense wood with high BTU's. And it's a good choice for all 3 of the main uses for firewood: heating, cooking, and recreational. It just won't be around in a few years... My personal choices are: Ash, Sugar Maple, Beech, Cherry, Apple, and Hickory. For campfires, I'm partial to silver maple, Birch, and pine or spruce- just because they burn so nice, and smell great! Oak is good stuff, too- I just don't see much of it. My Honey Locust is still drying, so I can't really make a good judgement of it. The smaller limbwood that IS dry burns very nicely though, and produces great coals. Hard as rock- and beautiful wood. Also, as a hand splitter, getting some Ash or Hard Maple is a delight, after processing a ton of stringy silver maple, or knotty spruce! It's often one hit split stuff, and you frequently barely have to hit it! Honey Locust is also usually like that. It's just so hard that either it splits or it doesn't.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yuo are going to like that locust! Good stuff!

[@russellhazzard6936]

Great video Chris, Florida checking in. Live Oak is very very hard to work with by hand, impossible to split by hand and even in Florida heat dries in about a life time...burn hot once lit but if you are thinking you will cut down a Live Oak with an ax, use a bucking saw to cut to length and the maul to split it....um nope...effort v heat. Prior to the end of fossil fuels, live oak...after yellow pine.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds like tough stuff!

[@leonardryan8723]

Yellow or Gary birch is our best . If burning alder , ironwood use very little melt your stove . Now black spruce almost the same as Gary birch . There a lot off different trees went walking threw a forest . Watch fruit trees some can melt your stove went you over load your stove .

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, sounds like you know your woods well!

[@appalachianbushcraft3959]

You forgot black locust

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup.

[@beninspain5650]

Olive,almond and holly oak, mullberry is good but spits like chestnut , we also have ash and eucaliptus here in Andalucia (southern Spain ) Good Night Irene

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Ben!

[@leonardlogterman3998]

Here in Southern Indiana there is a large hardwood industry. White oak is king. We have 90 acres and heat 2 homes with our own wood. We have the typical mix of oaks, hickory, cherry, maple, tulip poplar, and ash. I have been burning mostly ash for the past 3 or 4 years as it died off and most of it is now gone. One tree most people never mention on youtube is BEECH We have lots of it. Most forest management people think of it as a nuisance tree because it casts a broad area of shade and retards the grow of more desirable timber species. So they recommend thinning the beech from your wood lot and using it for firewood. That is what I am starting to do this year. Unfortunately, on 90 acres, we have enough blow-downs from storms that I almost get enough oak and hickory every year to fulfill our needs. Right now I have 4 large oaks down. They are not resting directly in contact with the soil so I will have a year or two to buck them up. When a cottonwood comes down, I ignore it.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds like you are doing it right! Keep cuttin!

[@larrymeyer8593]

oak is king here in Northern MI.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, it is most everywhere!

[@theforestpassage7344]

Well, I live in New England, but I personally will burn anything. It’s all gonna turn to ash anyways. I like burning ash wood, because it’s dry and right now it’s plentiful. (Not for long!) I enjoy burning hickory and red oak, they last long and will run all night, especially if you have a big knotty log. Always fun chatting with you in the wood yard.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, all the ash will be gone soon!