Re: Cottonwood?
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Depends on the stage it’s at it has a point where it’s not that bad to burn I call it the bowling pin stage with that solid clunk to it but it’s discolored or soft burn it in one big pile then. The limbs often make better burning material then the main trunk themselves.
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Re: Cottonwood?
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10/21/21 01:02 PM
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Cottonwood makes very good sheeting for barns. A friend of mine, who has a sawmill, sheets all of his barns with cottonwood. The advantage of cottonwood is that lots of tall wide trees are available. Once the wood is dry, it's very light weight and easy to hold in place while its being nailed. As long as you nail through the cottonwood, into a harder wood, it will stay in place. Cottonwood does not hold a nail well on its own.
Cottonwood makes good butts for thrown weapons such as spears, knives and axes. Almost all the thrown weapons events I have gone to use cottonwood. Weapons stick well and don't bounce back. Wet cottonwood can take a lot of abuse and the cuts close well when you pull the weapons out. Large rounds of cottonwood are typically free to cheap. If your sons like throwing weapons, you should mount a cottonwood butt for them,, about 4 feet high.
Keith
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Re: Cottonwood?
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A cord of cottonwood produces 2 cords of ash. Keeps you warm just cleaning the stove and packing out the ash!
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Re: Cottonwood?
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10/21/21 02:19 PM
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Green cotton wood. -- PASS
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Re: Cottonwood?
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Maybe mix it with good wood to just get rid of it next year? Like 1 piece to 5-7 others in the wood burner. That's what I was thinking if I end up with it. I have an outdoor stove so can burn things I wouldn't in the house. I don't mind taking some crap wood as long as he also brings good stuff also. That's the catch. I don't want to be the stop for all the trash. Esp since he has a Crain and they will be in large logs I will have to spend time cutting to move it.
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Re: Cottonwood?
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10/21/21 07:12 PM
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Cottonwood makes very good sheeting for barns. A friend of mine, who has a sawmill, sheets all of his barns with cottonwood. The advantage of cottonwood is that lots of tall wide trees are available. Once the wood is dry, it's very light weight and easy to hold in place while its being nailed. As long as you nail through the cottonwood, into a harder wood, it will stay in place. Cottonwood does not hold a nail well on its own.
Cottonwood makes good butts for thrown weapons such as spears, knives and axes. Almost all the thrown weapons events I have gone to use cottonwood. Weapons stick well and don't bounce back. Wet cottonwood can take a lot of abuse and the cuts close well when you pull the weapons out. Large rounds of cottonwood are typically free to cheap. If your sons like throwing weapons, you should mount a cottonwood butt for them,, about 4 feet high.
Keith Keith Are you talking outside sheeting? Or does it need siding over it? I figured it would rot in the weather, I've used it inside, if it dries you bout have to pre drill to drive a nail in it.
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Re: Cottonwood?
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10/21/21 07:42 PM
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If you have a wood boiler outside, cottonwood should be just fine to toss in there. If it is as big as some we have here, it may take a good long while to dry if you don't cut it up into smaller stuff. It does burn hot when dry, like aspen, and it does ash up a bunch. It is the newspaper of firewood. I'd grab it, you sure as heck can't beat the price, plus it is delivered! Bonus! It will burn great in temps like we are haveing now, when you need the chill taken off the morning, but don't need a glowing bed of coals to take you through the afternoon and evening before you toss it full for the night. As Broadway Joe & Jimmy "J J' Walker would say.......It's freeeeeeeeee!
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Re: Cottonwood?
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When the choice is cottonwood or nothing; I take cottonwood every time.
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Re: Cottonwood?
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good news is it burns bad news is it looses about 60% of it's weight as it dries it starts near the heaviest wood per cord green and ends one of the lightest. it has half the heat of oak for a cord the up side is when it is dry it makes good kindling and it typically splits fairly well it is very similar to poplar poplar is actually worse it does make decent kindling to get other wood burning , but it has about as much heat in it as a roll of toilet paper weighs about the same dry ok a little more her is a list of wood and btu per cord and expected weight https://forestry.usu.edu/forest-products/wood-heating
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