Covering for Sgt. Dan

Guess based on another factor.

I was told harder to softer and therefore hotter to punky. Osage orange, red oak, ash, elm, tree of heaven (yea, right) that punky sumac poking upright shoots all through my yard.

Re: Too early for a hint...

but just an added bit of information. I intial did not want tree of heaven, TOH, firewood, not much heat, me thinks. I was informed to check out the SP of TOH, I was surprised that TOH is: 0.55, right up there with ash. I will find out, as the proof is in the pudden

Re: you know there are tables for such

information. But, danged if I can remember which book I last saw it in. How does your new toy work? Don't you have to burn the wood and see how many degrees temperature it raises a gallon of water. Let's see, I'll guess #1, elm (one of my favorite firewoods if it's properly dried) #2,Osage #3 red Oak, #4 ash, #5 tree of heaven. Or would ash be higher than red oak? hmmm.

Re: Yes...

it's assumed all the wood is dried to the same moisture content.

Thanks Dale

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Re: With all due respect...

it could not of happen to a better person. I know that you can solve the puter problem. Somebody like me: I'd sell the thing on ebay for an opening bid of a quarter, : ' >. Thanks for checking in

Now what your 2 cents worth on the trivia question? : ' >

Re: Hint:

So far... I believe everyone has gleemed over the original question and did not catch a certain word. Might try rereading the question.

Re: Hint:

I'm think'in that the more dense the wood the smaller the piece because you are using a pound of the wood as your measurement. Still, a BTU is one pound of water raised one degree F. I'm not sure that the denser wood, even though smaller in size, wouldn't be hotter and burn longer so I don't find the twist in the question. Perhaps another will.

Re: I'm thinkin'

he's wanting the actual BTU's that each pound of wood will contain per the new meter. Sorry Dale, this Dale has no idea, and I still don't remember where the tables are.

Re: btu's/pound

osage orange 6959

red oak 6388

white ash 6397

red elm 6940

am elm 6389

Numbers represent total, not recoverable BTU's.

No data found on tree of heaven.

If you have a fireplace, and can find dead dry red elm on the stump, or freshly fallen, but not rotted, it burns with a pretty blue flame like a gas log.

Re: Close enough, : ' >

What I was looking for: they are all the same. I have read and talked with valid sources that a pound of wood will all put out the same heat, assuming MC is equal. You think about it a pound of Osage orange might be this long ( ) and a pound of elm might be ( ) in length.

As far as the BTU meter goes that was a make-up as this question was a hypothetical(sp). This was a quick trivia on the run.

Thanks to all that played. Dale

Re: Correction: elm might be ( )

Re: Correction again, Many spaces in the elm { }