Epic fatwood haul

[spandit]

Had a few tonnes of softwood dumped here yesterday by a kindly tree surgeon, gratis. Not sure what kind it is - some sort of pine, but it's full of fatwood! Even the non knotty bits have large dark streaks but I tried lighting a small piece from around a branch and it went up like a firefighter.

Hard work splitting all the chunks, even though most of it splits really easily - there's just so much of it. Can one have too many logs?

 

[quietone]

Nope, unless you haven't got the land to process and store. Love to see a pic of your haul, can't beat log porn.

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[spandit]

They told me there's 2 more loads coming today! Have nowhere to put the split logs but I'm sure I can find a corner somewhere to dump them

 

[spandit]

Here's a sample of fatwood too

 

[quietone]

Here's a sample of fatwood too

Nice. You lucky chap. Looks almost like salted ham too.

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[Hugo]

You lucky chap.

 

[spandit]

Got a lot of work to do, mind, that's less lucky!

 

[Macaroon]

That looks like top quality fatwood, a nice haul indeed............about the work side of it, they say it warms you at least twice!

 

[The Cumbrian]

Good haul there, just be sure to have your chimney swept regularly after burning a lot of it.

Have a guess how I know....

 

[Goatboy]

Also nice to have a lump in a dish in rooms around the house. Makes a lovely room freshener, also means you have a lump of tinder drying and at hand.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[santaman2000]

Good haul there, just be sure to have your chimney swept regularly after burning a lot of it.

Have a guess how I know....

Really it shouldn't be burned in an indoor fireplace as fuel; only as kindling. Yeah, it will soot uo the chimney if you burn lots of it.

 

[santaman2000]

Here's a sample of fatwood too

Great photo! I can almost smell it!

 

[spandit]

It's Corsican pine, I'm told. They came back today and have already dumped two more loads, including some Scots pine. They're coming back for another too! Not going to be short of logs for a little while yet.

Properly seasoned, it's fine to be burnt indoors - the Scandinavians burn little else...

If anyone local wants to come and cut a bit, then just let me know...

 

[Klenchblaize]

+1

Great example (Post #12) if you've never seen a piece.

K

 

[Goatboy]

Here's a sample of fatwood too

If someone didn't know what they were looking at then they might be forgiven for thinking that they're looking at a sinuous piece of rich red meat.
That's just loaded with calories ready to catch alight and fiercely crackle away to start a warm glowing fire. Cracking picture, shows perfectly what fatwood/greasy-root is.

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[santaman2000]

....Properly seasoned, it's fine to be burnt indoors - the Scandinavians burn little else.....

I was only referring to the fatwood, not all the pine. Fatwood doesn't really "season." It retains the resin for a century or more. That's why it makes such great fence posts, etc; it lasts forever (or at least for 3 or more generations)

 

[spandit]

I was only referring to the fatwood, not all the pine. Fatwood doesn't really "season." It retains the resin for a century or more. That's why it makes such great fence posts, etc; it lasts forever (or at least for 3 or more generations)

Ah, I understand. It's all cut to log length, more or less, so no fence posts in there...

 

[benn25]

Oh that is lovely.......very nice haul & a tad envious

 

[redneck]

Lucky man that looks superb

 

[spandit]

That pile has quadrupled since I took the photo. At least, it had, but I've been busy splitting and sawing, so it's reduced a bit. Think I've cleared a path to the stable doors anyway (once I've picked up the split logs and put them in the log bay I've emptied).

Sadly, most of the fatwood will just end up on the fire in due course as don't have the patience to separate it all out.