What is the best type of wood you have used with your stove?

[sime42]

That's true as well. It's great to split as well as being great to burn.

[peds]

Before Christmas I took the tops off a load of hawthorn from someone's lapsed hedge, lovely straight bits a couple of metres long... took them away on the trailer instead of hiding them on-site... they'll be perfect for making a few shillelaghs, a combination walking stick/fighting club... and the offcuts will be going straight onto the "Sunday best" firewood pile. 

[sime42]

Yeah, it's quite a hard, heavy, tough wood as well, so good for making tools and other functional items.

 

This is a makeshift mallet or beetle, got a nice feel to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steven P]

Hawthorn has a nasty bite in it's thorns but I'd take it any day. I think all thorns are the same.

 

Made a great spatula with some last year - the colours of the wood once oiled up were stunning (small spatula for camping, last seen heading up the West Highland way to Fort William)

[Stubby]

23 minutes ago, Steven P said:

Hawthorn has a nasty bite in it's thorns but I'd take it any day. I think all thorns are the same.

 

 

Except the thorn less varieties 🙂  

[peds]

Ah, you're thinking of hawthornless. Different tree.

[spandit]

I like leylandii to get the fire going then willow, because it's so plentiful, then a bit of oak to keep it going overnight. Currently got some ash, holly and elm warming by the stove to go on over the course of the evening

[Peasgood]

I have leylandii and apple in abundance. Both are very good on the fire but have quite different characteristics.

Leylandii light extremely easy, burns hot if a little quick but leaves very little ash. Apple burns slower but less hot and copious amounts of ash to clear out of the fire.

If I had to choose just one it would be leylandii.

[AHPP]

Leylandii and eucalyptus are a great mix for the same reason. And euc crumbles into lovely coals.

[BillQ]

 I notice that poplar has only been mentioned once, however I have lots that have matured among other trees and grown tall and are now toppling (yay!) and I quite like it, left a couple of days in rounds it cracks enough for you to know where to start splitting. The bark comes off easily enough on the larger lumps which helps dry out even more, six months and its 7% but picks up if the air is very moist. The bark cut into 1-2" strips and dried makes good kindling too.

Downside is it isn't a hot burner or last long but it's free and plentiful here and it only has to power a 5kw Arada so happy days !