Very good video man I have an open fireplace with a 1970's heatilator that I use to heat my basement I love learning about different types of firewood and what will heat better and so on around my area everyone seems to sell cherry and oak mixture I got a load of black locust last year and there is a HUGE difference in the heat output
I went camping in Wayne National Forest in Ohio over the weekend. There was a large downed tree that I recognized from your video as Cherry. I cut about a 36" long, 9" diameter chunk for firewood. You were so right, that smoke smells great. Nice sweet aroma. Thanks for the info.
Great info Jon! We all know the values of great firewood even limb-wood once logging or cutting down is done. We can all plant new trees and follow a cutting crew so I believe we can all be on the same page. Nuisance trees and logged areas are fair game whether it be maple or cherry or walnut. Great wood is where you find it. Keeping the family safe and warm using good knowledge is the key... thanks again!!
I had a fresh cut cherry tree delivered to me from my tree service. I split it up and stacked it within days. 4 months later I split a piece open and took a moisture reading and sure as heck it read 21% on the inside. It dries so fast.
@@kevinmcquitery4543 The best way to sell it is dry. It will definitely sell as long as it's not ugly looking. No rot or severe ant damage. Cut it at 16 inch lengths to make it look nice when you stack it. Let it sit until fall and sell it for $150 for a third of a cord. Oh and don't put round limb wood in there. Split everything at least once. Customers don't like rounds in my experience
One other good attribute is that it’s somewhat rot resistant. I just cut up a dead cherry that was hung up off the ground for several years. All the bark and sapwood was rotted away, but the wood itself was still solid through most of the trunk.
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things in bloom Fifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will go To see the cherry hung with snow.
Very good, concise presentation. I get my cherry wood stacked and limbed from my local Weyerhaeuser tree farm. Its hard to locate, but its very easy to harvest once you find it in a log deck. Thanks from the Oregon Cascades!
I feel I must agree with Steve Sadowski’s comment about being sad it wasn’t utilized for furniture lumber. I’ve never encountered any cherry in Nebraska but have had some black walnut firewood and absolutely seemed criminal. I always enjoy your videos!
I am a carver and i am putting my offcuts into a big industrial bag for firewood later. Putting cherry in with oak, just making sure the woods can burn together ok. Thx ;)
Word to the wise... if the cherry wood (or any fruit wood) comes out of an orchard it may have been sprayed with pesticides and fungicides yearly for decades.
The cherry wood he's talking about is from wild black cherry trees from the forest or or yard trees obtained from a tree service. Thier fruit is not sold commercially so you need not worry about chemicals
Another great video and appreciated, but I must disagree with the sparking characterization of cherry. If “sparking” means it pops and throws embers than it I would rate it high on sparking. Much more than ash or hard maple..
Hey David - thanks for the addition. I could be wrong here. Id have to do a closer comparison. A different example of “high” sparking wood would be Mulberry I think.
Hi. I need some help identifying some wood that someone told me was cherry, but I don’t think it is. The bark structure looks almost identical, except it doesn’t have the little horizontal lines. And the heart wood is a very light beige color. Not red like cherry. Any suggestions on what it might be?
@@semiprofessional8470 I was able to identify it as horse chestnut. The logs sprouted leaves before I had a chance to split them. I heard it’s not good for cooking or heating, so I gave it all away…about 2 cords worth 😩
I have a lot of black cherry about 70-80 foot tall on my property. They aren’t In the way but I would love to cut them down to burn. I have maples and I’m trying to develop my land into a deer habitat. They cannot eat cherry trees right? What are your thoughts?
Very good video man I have an open fireplace with a 1970's heatilator that I use to heat my basement I love learning about different types of firewood and what will heat better and so on around my area everyone seems to sell cherry and oak mixture I got a load of black locust last year and there is a HUGE difference in the heat output
Just cut up two huge cherry trees. I use cherry for camp cooking along with heat in milder temps so my stove don’t run me out of the house.
I went camping in Wayne National Forest in Ohio over the weekend. There was a large downed tree that I recognized from your video as Cherry. I cut about a 36" long, 9" diameter chunk for firewood.
You were so right, that smoke smells great. Nice sweet aroma. Thanks for the info.
That’s amazing - so glad you got some real world use out of my videos. Cherry is incredible.
Great info Jon! We all know the values of great firewood even limb-wood once logging or cutting down is done. We can all plant new trees and follow a cutting crew so I believe we can all be on the same page. Nuisance trees and logged areas are fair game whether it be maple or cherry or walnut. Great wood is where you find it. Keeping the family safe and warm using good knowledge is the key... thanks again!!
I had a fresh cut cherry tree delivered to me from my tree service. I split it up and stacked it within days. 4 months later I split a piece open and took a moisture reading and sure as heck it read 21% on the inside. It dries so fast.
i have one that I'm about to take down for a friend. You think it would be hard to sell it once split to make a little money off the tree?
@@kevinmcquitery4543 The best way to sell it is dry. It will definitely sell as long as it's not ugly looking. No rot or severe ant damage. Cut it at 16 inch lengths to make it look nice when you stack it. Let it sit until fall and sell it for $150 for a third of a cord. Oh and don't put round limb wood in there. Split everything at least once. Customers don't like rounds in my experience
@@jeffy1466 thanks so much and will definitely take your advice.
@@jeffy1466 that is true people don't like the rounds. I love them though
One other good attribute is that it’s somewhat rot resistant. I just cut up a dead cherry that was hung up off the ground for several years. All the bark and sapwood was rotted away, but the wood itself was still solid through most of the trunk.
I have had the same experience with black locust. Years later I still got good firewood. Take care
🍒 smells like 🍓 when splitting. Like all the pink ashes to after its burned. Great vid 👍🏽
Huh, I always thought it smelled like cocaine when cutting and splitting it
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
Very good, concise presentation. I get my cherry wood stacked and limbed from my local Weyerhaeuser tree farm. Its hard to locate, but its very easy to harvest once you find it in a log deck. Thanks from the Oregon Cascades!
I feel I must agree with Steve Sadowski’s comment about being sad it wasn’t utilized for furniture lumber. I’ve never encountered any cherry in Nebraska but have had some black walnut firewood and absolutely seemed criminal. I always enjoy your videos!
Totally agree. It burns wonderfully, but at the same time, it seems a shame to burn it given how nice the boards are for woodworking.
Cherry is my favorite outdoor firewood nice vid👍🏻
Great info. Would love to find some Cherry next time I go camping.
I am a carver and i am putting my offcuts into a big industrial bag for firewood later. Putting cherry in with oak, just making sure the woods can burn together ok. Thx ;)
Word to the wise... if the cherry wood (or any fruit wood) comes out of an orchard it may have been sprayed with pesticides and fungicides yearly for decades.
The cherry wood he's talking about is from wild black cherry trees from the forest or or yard trees obtained from a tree service. Thier fruit is not sold commercially so you need not worry about chemicals
Living in south eastern pa i get cherry quite a bit I love it good video
Great tips, excellent video.
Ash, Oak, Maple, and Cherry are all in my mixes.
Cherry is great to mix in with some oak or hickory in the cold months
Great video !
Good info bro I’m young as hell and I cut trees all the time for my fireplace lol
Cherry bark resembles burnt potato chips!
Hi! Does Hickory bark have lenticels as well?
Hey Adam - no, I don’t believe so.
Another great video and appreciated, but I must disagree with the sparking characterization of cherry. If “sparking” means it pops and throws embers than it I would rate it high on sparking. Much more than ash or hard maple..
Hey David - thanks for the addition. I could be wrong here. Id have to do a closer comparison. A different example of “high” sparking wood would be Mulberry I think.
Does it create creosote.
Hi. I need some help identifying some wood that someone told me was cherry, but I don’t think it is. The bark structure looks almost identical, except it doesn’t have the little horizontal lines. And the heart wood is a very light beige color. Not red like cherry. Any suggestions on what it might be?
I cut a flowering cherry recently that looks like that.
@@semiprofessional8470 I was able to identify it as horse chestnut. The logs sprouted leaves before I had a chance to split them. I heard it’s not good for cooking or heating, so I gave it all away…about 2 cords worth 😩
is camphor good for fire pit or smoker??? TIA
Cherry is great for fire pits. I think some people use it in smokers, but I haven’t done that myself so I’m not sure.
Looks like you're rocking a priest collar.
I have a lot of black cherry about 70-80 foot tall on my property. They aren’t In the way but I would love to cut them down to burn.
I have maples and I’m trying to develop my land into a deer habitat. They cannot eat cherry trees right?
What are your thoughts?
It won't affect deer habitat if you remove cherry. Birds and some other small animals will eat it though
Total waste using that type of tree for fire, too valuable
Every question answered thanks