Scott's pine....

[Acg128]

Took a large Scott's pine down September last year got loads of rings sat at the yard been left open to all elements, is it any good for logs? Guessing seasoning takes longer than the norm..

[normandylumberjack]

I've got a few cube of corsican, knocked it over 3 years ago and burning it now. Its not Beech, but it gives good heat, and lets off the odd big spit, good in the rayburn for fast cooking!

[Chris Sheppard]

I don't mind Scot; burns fairly slowly for softwood - lasts as long as some hardwoods do. Can be a bit of a pig to split by hand if it's a big one as it's often stringy.

[Acg128]

Thanks very much for the info Chris, luckily I have access to a splitter. Normandy 3 year? Was that un processed?

[normandylumberjack]

It was 1 meter lengths, I would have burned after 2 years, but just had too much processed to bother with. I found that it split fairly well with a maul, in 10" rings. Not too much fibers. I find softwood splits better once seasoned.

[Acg128]

Fair enough, sounds like it was worth holding onto. Cheers for your helpful advice bud.

[tree monkey]

i find if you split it and leave to the elements for a while then put under cover it dries well and fairly fast when its had plenty of rain on because water helps displace the sap

[defenderjack]

hey ash , dont leave it stacked up in rings on top of each other , if it gets damp it goes pretty manky pretty quick , id split it asap and stack it up , most of the wood i split i do from rings already cut to log size but pine etc i normally split in billets and then cut them later , all the best