is sweet chestnut any good for burning

[Steve Bullman]

Something that hasn't been mentioned, it also produces very little ash

[LoadhandlerUK]

Like my old granny

[Pinkfoot]

Nowt wrong with it. I would be happy to have it. Well seasoned it hardly spits at all.

[big chris the log]

Just about to purchase 40 acre's clear fell off sweet chestnut. Does anyone know whether it is any good for burning and whether it will sell on the commercial market and what prices it can fetch ad roadside.

If its good stuff worth more for fenceing where abouts is it in the country.

As others have said burns well but MUST be dry or it will just sit and go black

best mixed in with other species on a wood burner or log boiler.

Not as valuable as beech oak ash birch etc .PM me your details though cheers Chris.

[Chalky]

Thanks for all your feed back,general consensus is that its ok to burn. prices at roadside seem to be getting £45-50 a tone which pretty good i would say,Ash money. any idea whether it would be valuable for fencing material,Can't see it myself

[Hiluxr]

Thanks for all your feed back,general consensus is that its ok to burn. prices at roadside seem to be getting £45-50 a tone which pretty good i would say,Ash money. any idea whether it would be valuable for fencing material,Can't see it myself

 

Good for stock fence posts, and cleft post and rail. Cleft posts are 6ft 6inch length and rails are 9ft 6inch.

Think you would need to do a fair amount of sorting of diameters though which might not be cost effective, especially if its overstood coppice.

 

Great firewood for the woodburner, if you are local i would take a load.