Field maple?

[shooterjim]

Hi all.

 

The stacks of wood i have purchased are ash mixed with field maple. The maple seems imensley hard!! Is this a good mix for firewood? Should i leave the maple and double up on the ash? Any advice appreciated!

 

Regards J

[RobArb]

it does burn very well but needs a good season first

[slasherscot]

maple is great firewood........leaves a nice redhot ashbed when burning

[APC]

Maple is pucka. To save on splitting it, could you sell some to some crusty juggling bead wearing green wood-worker? Can make good kitchen utensils and chopping boards.

[shooterjim]

Cheers for the replies.

 

So if i mixed ash, sycamore and the maple that would be a fair load for my customers? Didnt want to sell something that doesnt burn well! also been offered poplar? Apparently no one wants it but theres tonnes where i am sat stacked up!!

[Daniël Bos]

Maple is pucka. To save on splitting it, could you sell some to some crusty juggling bead wearing green wood-worker? Can make good kitchen utensils and chopping boards.

 

Don't you find the crusty ones to usually be skint?

 

Maple is very nice to burn, ok to split:thumbup1:

[APC]

Cheers for the replies.

 

So if i mixed ash, sycamore and the maple that would be a fair load for my customers? Didnt want to sell something that doesnt burn well! also been offered poplar? Apparently no one wants it but theres tonnes where i am sat stacked up!!

 

Seasoned poplar is fine mixed in with preferred wood. I wouldn't go out of my way to get tonnes of it, but if it was cheap, easily accessible and I had the space to store it separately then I probably wouldn't turn some of it down, maybe to achieve not more than 20% loads of poplar.

 

Your sycamore will season faster than the ash which will season quicker than the field maple. The sycamore always seems to go a bit mouldy in comparison with other woods.

[shooterjim]

The sycamore is approx 18 months old and burns like hell!! My dad says it burns very fast in his wood burner. If i can mix the woods it will save me sorting through the stacks and leaving potentially good firewood behind. The poplar is VERY wet under the bark. Would you log all of the wood and store it under cover to season quicker?

[APC]

Yeah poplar bark seems to hold in litres and litres of water! You might find that cords of pop in the stack start growing and remain soggy for ages! Get it ringed up and split. Once it's actually killed proper, it will dry out pretty quick. Try and get it undercover, off the ground on pallets but where it is exposed to the wind. It'll dry out in no time. You might be lucky and be able to sell it by late spring depending on your location, otherwise it'll be super-seasoned next year.

[shooterjim]

Bit obscure, but how much would you pay per m3 for poplar? Ive got the ash/maple for £30 direct from wood and the poplar is in the same area.