This channel has been a life saver! Life long city boy that moved to the country, didn’t have the privilege of getting a run down from the previous owner so I’ve learned everything from here or trial and error! Thank you!

Jay, you are correct. Here in Alaska we primarily burn spruce. Occasionally you may get a few Birch logs, but they are few and far between.

Loaded up with pine this morning. It’s easy to find because so many people pass up pine for firewood

Jay, I burn pine all the time and it has worked great for me. Yes, I do burn it along with hardwoods at same time because of the coal bed and it works. My friend Aaron uses pine for his gasification boiler which he built himself and he tells me the pine he uses is green, yes, 40 to 50% humidity. On a gasification! It's complicated, but you have probably seen the video yesterday on my channel. Holy smokes!

Pine is Fine. I love that saying.

Jay, you have that right. Here in Tacoma/Seattle, we burn Douglas Fir and hemlock all day. Yes, we have hardwoods, but they are not as common as Fir.

Per pound pine actually has more BTUs than hardwood due to the resins in it. It just takes up more space. Pine gets a bad wrap, but I had zero issues burning it in my wood stove and I have zero issues throwing it in my boiler now. Wood is wood for me, if it's dry, it's getting burnt.

Per pound, pine has a little more heat content than hardwood. On a volume basis, hardwoods have more heat content because they are heavier per unit volume.

We burn pine in the house stove. I burn it during the day and save the heavy hardwoods for overnight burning. In my stove, pine likes a little more air and doesn’t do great in a low temp setting. But here in the Southeast, Pine is stigmatized for some reason. People won’t touch the firewood and they’ll burn good logs in a brush pile. My electric bill is $60 monthly. So yeah, I’m burning whatever…pine included.

Pine is the only wood i sell here in maine. I sell to campers burning campfires and theres nothing better. It only takes around 2-3 months to season to the perfect campfire level. Cant beat it!

Never had a problem with burning pine, however I also clean my chimney regularly soot and creosote comes from all wood, but having seasoned pine lessons this issue!

Great as always my friend

I used to get wood from a tree service that brought me 95% yellow pine. I have burned 100% pine for about 4 years in a cl6048 . I don't let it burn all the way down and have plenty of coals to keep it burning.

Pine is fine! I like it when its above 30 degrees especially. Move to ash and oak when its really cold. Secretly... I'll even burn it wet. The 6048 don't care!

I cant imagine why people are apposed to burning soft wood. You are right on the pine. Standing dead wood is great stuff. I get it for free off my woodlot. I prefer soft wood, but do have some hardwood for cold nights. Creosote is only a problem when burning cold fires. Draft shut down. A problem also with burning wet or unseasoned wood. Thanks for the video. Factual wood burning advice.

I have been burning resine firewood and it is truly OUTSTANDING BTU OUTPUT Sir and I'm burning HOT 😇👍💪Yes I agree with you about the burning amount Hard wood Soft wood. Keep Up Your OUTSTANDING videos Sir Cheers 👍😇👌🍻

I like Blue Spruce for kindling. It splits super easy into small sticks, burns very hot, and smells nice while it dries, lol.

I sell Pine and Aspen for camp fire and fire pits, burns great

Pine is free!!!in my neck of the woods

My boiler sees very little if any hardwood until mid to late November and then the same about mid-March and beyond. I have access to so much pine and other softwoods that is all I burn during the warmer parts of the year. I can actually burn it all year if I choose to and still get 12 hours without any trouble even during the coldest days but try to use about half hardwood/softwood combination during the middle of the winter. The biggest difference between the 2 other than the BTUs is hardwood produces so many more coals which keeps the water hot for a long time even after the wood is burnt but I have no problems keeping the fire going with just pine. If you are open to suggestions I would build an easily moveable rack close to that boiler and put a piece of metal roofing on it. That is what I have and even though I still put a tarp on it to keep the snow off of it it makes a lot easier to keep the wood dry. It also makes it so you can stack enough by the boiler to last a week or 2 and it makes it easier on a daily basis to fill it. I know you did it for the purpose of the video but if I was out there at 1 in the afternoon on a fairly warm day I would fill that sucker to the top and leave it until morning without issues.

hi there nice show john

I do the same in my 6048. Have 10 acres of norway spruce and red pine. Was an old Christmas tree farm back in the 1940s. I always have standing dead pine and spruce. The spruce dries out almost like kiln dried lumbar. All thats needed is to limb up and cut to length. Then toss in. Its so light weight when dry i usually cut to 3 to 4 feet long.

“This fires getting away from us.” The answer is throw more wood on it! A man after my own heart!

Good looking wood there. Not going through much now with the warmer temps. Nothing better than standing dead pine. Always super dry. Not like hard wood trees.

Pine is fine!!!

Pine is fine as long as it is dry! When I lived in New Hampshire 24 years ago I would burn pine in the spring and early fall.

Jay, enjoy your videos. Like you I am from NH, just north of Franconia Notch. I have a CB 5036, for 16 yrs now. I have perfected a new method (reverse burn) to increase burn time and efficiency. When you reload follow this process. First, using a hoe or flat shovel push all the coals and ashes 18” back leaving the front 18” COMPLETELY clear. Then reload the stove stacking wood in the front of stove allowing 2” or so to touch the coals you have pushed back. Close the door. You will increase your burn time and use considerably (30-40%) less wood. It also produces much less smoke. Would you demonstrate this “reverse burn” technique to your viewers? it works great, i thought of it by observing how gassers burn. Please come up and visit, I’ll show you my set up. Wifey will make you lunch.

Good video. Thank you. Can you make one about the heating system and how it works?

I go out of my way for pine and other softwoods and maple,cherry, honey locust,black locust and any other hardwood besides red oak

Creosote is a problem in any wood species if you dont burn the fire hot enough. I am currently burning 100% honey locust. I loaded my stove full and closed the damper for the night and it got too cold. The creosote was literally dripping down my stove pipe.

i burn pine to if its dry your fine

can you pack full your out door boiler with pine

Pine is fine! Foolish to say otherwise 😁

Here in Idaho that’s all most people burn is pine.

Pine is much lighter than the hardwoods

Mixed with oak it's fine hehehe

I burn pine all the time , wet or dry , who gives a turkey lol

I burn pine in my regular wood stove all the time. Why not?!?!?!?

You just convince me to never install a wood boiler, thank you.

Bro, burning pine gives creosoot.

Sorry homestead looks more like a junkyard . I have junk , put its not like a big mess .

Creosote😂😂😂

C'mon, man !! You can't burn pine. Your wife will leave you, your kids will forget your name and your dog will reject you.

Your right about burning pine. Nothing wrong with it as long as it's dry. You need to learn though, not all conifers are pine. Spruce, hemlock, larch, cedar, and the like are not pine. Classifying them as such makes you sound like a tree hack instead of an arborist, or are you?