Discover the Best Firewood Types: Maximize Heat Output and Efficiency

[@ronrothrock7116]

I have a forestry degree and I've lived in many parts of the US. This list is a little too broad. You might consider making a list for each region of the country. For example, I now live in Oregon and the most common firewood is going to be Ponderosa Pine, White fir, Madrone and oak which you covered here. I don't think it worth going into the different kinds of oak or maple unless they have quite different characteristics. But I loved the video and found it very informative! If you don't mind a suggestion, play with the title and other flags the KZbin algorithm uses to try to get more exposure. There are lots of campers who might click on this video if it came across their feed.

[@HY-CHomeSolutionProducts]

Hey! Thanks for weighing in. You're right, of course - there are so many firewood species in the U.S. The idea of this list is to expose novice wood burners to the idea that different species burn differently. A regional list is definitely on our bucket list, though!

[@nostrilnick]

I can't believe anyone would use black walnut for firewood, not with the price they get per boardfoot at my local hardwood dealer.

[@w8stral]

Majority of these trees are NOT cut into lumber is why. And his numbers are way off. Live oak down south has his 29mBtu, but vast majority of oak never reaches 24Mbtu other than red/white oak. Majority of Doug Fir also burn at 24Mbtu or higher, not 20 unless you are burning christmas trees... Also his Maple number is WAY high as well as vast majority of maple species come in around 22-->24Mbtu. His list is pure Garbage.

[@w8stral]

Wrong: the BEST is FREE. Can be picked up nearly everywhere. 2nd best is Large wood of ANY species you can dump into a wood boiler. The worst is anything you have to split small and put in a small firebox/fireplace. Cost/Btu or kWh is all that matters unless you have an open fireplace in which case, the firewood type does not matter as you are NOT burning for heat, but rather just because so once again it really does not matter. So anything which does not pop snap and pop some more shooting sparks into your room(AKA --> NOT cedar)

[@keithtorsenii7708]

Fix your graph a 0:40, and this video could be taken more seriously. Misleading graphs don't help anybody.

[@HY-CHomeSolutionProducts]

Hi there! Just for reference, that graph was made with data from Utah State University. You can check it out yourself here: extension.usu.edu/forestry/resources/forest-products/wood-heating

[@SithLordmatthew]

Where would hickory land? It's harder and stronger than oak.

[@w8stral]

His oak number is wrong unless you are burning Live Oak(yea right), and Hickory(several species) by and large are higher than your average Red/White oak or even black etc oaks which come in around 22-->24Mbtu. I forget which hickory, but it is worse than red/white oak. As you would guess it is not used as hickory lumber

[@SithLordmatthew]

@@w8stral I wondered because of the thousands of trees I own many are shag bark and smooth bark hickory. And the dozen of so hurricanes iv been hit with since I was old enough to remember the hickory never gets knocked of these things are extremely strong.

[@w8stral]

@@SithLordmatthew I believe Shagbark is near the top of the top in terms of density and strength of wood. Just bought a couple new hickory handles for my axe otherwise I would ask for a couple branches. I'd pay shipping for shagbark just to play around with it.