lion tailing oak....firewood

[tuttle]

I have recently noticed how great a piece of 'dead lion tailed oak' burns.

 

Is there any other species that holds onto dead wood like an oak?

 

Its the only firewood I want these days (personal supply )

[Le Sanglier]

Long dead Acacia is similar "ironwood" I call it, The grinder, saws and chipper know about it aswell!

[john p]

either are about as good as it gets,them and dead standing elm

[Hodge]

Long dead Acacia is similar "ironwood" I call it, The grinder, saws and chipper know about it aswell!

 

That's stuff is just like you say mate, like iron!! I had some once, it was standing dead for years, I felled it with an axe for the old school fun and it was hard as nails. Didn't burn that great I seem to remember.

[likeitorlumpit]

That's stuff is just like you say mate, like iron!! I had some once, it was standing dead for years, I felled it with an axe for the old school fun and it was hard as nails. Didn't burn that great I seem to remember.

 

Felling with an axe- thats something I've never done.... and now want to.

[skyhuck]

Felling with an axe- thats something I've never done.... and now want to.

 

Its overrated, I wouldn't bother, saws are more fun

[Drayton tree care]

Bog oak from the fen it even better. Been dead for centuries under ground compressed closest thing to coal you can get in wood.