Is willow a good firewood?

[skyhuck]

Trouble with Willow is that when it's wet it's full of water, when it's dry it's full of air.

 

Thats brilliant!!!!!:thumbup:

[russbushpig]

Found another.

 

 

Looks like a postcard! Jealous...

[peatff]

Our house is about 200m off the right hand side of the photo.

 

Just behind the power station I had some willow last year and when it's dried out it burns but it spits and cracks a lot so it's alright if you have a closed fire.

[Joy Yeomans]

once dry very good firewood

 

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[Ian C]

once dry very good firewood

 

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Keeping it dry is the hard bit.

[csservices]

Keeping it dry is the hard bit.

 

Put it in a shed

[Kev P]

Several years ago we bought in 2 artic loads of crack willow nothing over 20cm dia,we cut and split,stacked as billets.Once dry we sawed it up on the bandsaw and sold it.We bought it in abit cheaper than softwood so we sold it cheaper.Everybody that had it wanted more.Sold as a whole load of willow not mixed.

[Sniffy]

For prob last three years I have burnt mainly willow in our stove . Gives off great heat. Yes it's not as long burning as harder stuff , but I only have to get up and move a few feet to fill the fire . Which is fine apart from when I have had a few cans :-)

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Logged masses of the stuff from big trees pulled over by a D7 at Aggregate Industries sites in South Cerney (happy memories). Neighbour bought the lot; must have been a 10m3 heap on their front lawn delivered every saturday for months. They stacked it all away and boy did it burn well; twas flippin hot I remember that!

[West Highlander]

Thanks for the replies.

 

I suppose there is the question of what is 'good'. To me, burns hot and fast isn't good as that means more storage space and reloading of the fires and I can get what I want from other woods that are denser. But I can see why other people might hold a different view.