Something strange afoot!

[windfall]

I have a 2 pin and a 4 pin and they both work ok, i think i can get the pins in further with only 2 though so you can get a deeper reading.

[Yeti]

softwood burns perfectly fine above 16-18 percent,crikey ive burned stuff at 22 percent and was fine chimney sweep said chimney and everything was fine no sooting up of glass either our stoves been in over ten year and burnt wetter stuff than that before lol.

[Head Ranger Pete]

softwood burns perfectly fine above 16-18 percent,crikey ive burned stuff at 22 percent and was fine chimney sweep said chimney and everything was fine no sooting up of glass either our stoves been in over ten year and burnt wetter stuff than that before lol.

 

In a stove so long as its already hot pretty much anything will burn - I was burning wet dougie towards the end of last winter (we'd recently moved and not had time to build up a stock of seasoned timber) I was using palet wood to get it going then burning any old crap thereafter- stoves burn much more efficiently than an open fire.

[Yeti]

douglas fir i've found burns blinking hot good stuff,use a fair bit myself.the green needles make awesome fire lights when out in the woods

[windfall]

i have found it to be one of the wettest woods i have split!

[Yeti]

Seasons pretty speedy once split tho.Wouldnt burn it on open fire either as it can be quite spitty

[Head Ranger Pete]

Looking in Homebase the other day, came across these "hardwood logs"

Funny cause they don't look like hardwood logs. Perhaps the addition of traditional makes it all alright.

 

Trading standards needing a call perhaps? What do you reckon?

 

I had to go into B&Q today (something i usually try to avoid) and i took the opportunity to ask a sub manager how they got off with selling what is blatantly softwood (and wet softwood at that) as seasoned hardwood.

 

He looked at me like i was an idiot and said in a patronising tone of voice

 

" Sir, all wood is both soft and hard wood, it is soft on the outside and hard in the middle ! "

 

so i then asked him how come it was wet when it was supposedly seasoned and his reply was (still in the 'dont you know anything' tone)

 

" seasoned doesnt have anything to do with how wet it is, it means that it is cut and split into logs ready to burn "

 

 

so thats clarified that then

 

I thought about unzipping my jacket so he could see my chip covered rangers fleece and showing him my NPTC card, before explaining a thing or two- but then I decided I had better things to do with my time than reason with a moron.

Edited October 5, 2011 by Head Ranger Pete

[ashman]

I had to go into B&Q today (something i usually try to avoid) and i took the opportunity to ask a sub manager how they got off with selling what is blatantly softwood (and wet softwood at that) as seasoned hardwood.

 

He looked at me like i was an idiot and said in a patronising tone of voice

 

" Sir, all wood is both soft and hard wood, it is soft on the outside and hard in the middle ! "

 

so i then asked him how come it was wet when it was supposedly seasoned and his reply was (still in the 'dont you know anything' tone)

 

" seasoned doesnt have anything to do with how wet it is, it means that it is cut and split into logs ready to burn "

 

 

so thats clarified that then

 

I thought about unzipping my jacket so he could see my chip covered rangers fleece and showing him my NPTC card, before explaining a thing or two- but then I decided I had better things to do with my time than reason with a moron.

 

As you no doubt already know, if it is poplar then it is a hardwood so that explains that, and the bit about seasoned wood not been wet i have nearly a hundred ton of seasoned oak that is soaked from the rain, it is still seasoned though !!

 

However, it sounds like a little bit of info is dangerous in his case, it would be ok if he knew what he was saying and not only half way there.

 

Ps, i love the bit about soft on the outside and hard in the middle lol.

 

I would not have been able to keep a lid on it if i was in your shoes lol well done.

 

Rob.

[Head Ranger Pete]

As you no doubt already know, if it is poplar then it is a hardwood so that explains that, and the bit about seasoned wood not been wet i have nearly a hundred ton of seasoned oak that is soaked from the rain, it is still seasoned though !!

 

I'm aware of that - i'm also aware that poplar soaks up rain like a sponge- however the logs in the B&poo nets in question were'nt polar (and trust me i know we've got poplar logs coming out of our ears after taking down a 5ft girther earlier this year)

 

it looked to me like larch - probably some of the masses thats come down locally as a p.ramorum precaution

 

However, it sounds like a little bit of info is dangerous in his case, it would be ok if he knew what he was saying and not only half way there.

 

Ps, i love the bit about soft on the outside and hard in the middle lol.

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i agree - mind you the little bit of info thing is common in shed's a little while back they had chainsaws on special offer in our local focus (this was before they went tits up) so with devilment aforethought I asked the guy if he could explain how to use on safely

 

" yeah mate its easy , its just like a nomal saw innit , but remember to move it backwards and forwards when you're cutting cause that clears the saw dust out of the cut "

 

And did i need any special equipment ?

 

" nah mate, you might want some ear defenders and safety specs an that but thats it "

 

and i'd got this big tree in my garden that was wider than the length of the 'bladey bit' (that'll be the guide bar, but i was projecting ignorance here) could i use the saw to fell it or would i be better calling a tree surgeon ?

 

" You dont want to waste money on tree surgeons mate, you just cut from one side , then go round the other side and cut from there as well"

 

(Course I know you can fell a tree thats wider than the bar, but does anyone think it would be a good idea to recomend that someone with no previous experience and a corded chainsaw try it )

[Tom11]

i called into a well known petrol station the other day and had a nose at there nets of logs at £6 and noticed wait for it a pallet block in the nett with the logs, the logs im sure were either poplar or pine although it didnt smell .

 

The best I've seen was a bulk bag of 'seasoned logs' that contained lumps of old creosoted sleeper. About 20% of the bag was made up with it. You could smell it before you saw it!