If you were to use a search engine to find companies that would be interested in buying your trees, then be advised to go through trusted websites, as fraudulent dealers are lurking to find trees they can prey on, especially the ones located away from the urban areas. Pine and spruce are so closely related in strength and uses with fir that they are often milled, distributed and marketed generically as spruce-pine-fir, or SP&F. I have 20 large red oaks standing that I would like to sell. Less dense softwoods have less BTU per cord than more dense hardwood but they also weigh less per cord. Has anyone heard of this problem? Isnt it just as simple as the more lbs of wood that your shove in the hole, the more heat you get? rating for mountain mahogany. This will make it suitable for making veneers, runners, banisters, and even doors. 3 0 obj No charge for wood. I live in the midwest southern iowa have burned firewood for most of my life,and have discovered that different woodstove set ups heat better using different wood. We run fans in the winter as much as we run them in the summer. We have tons of the best hard woods in this country . I am looking for a company that buys trees. I have no empirical data, but for us they have given decent heat. Northern Cal checking in, renovated an old homestead 5 years ago and have been clearing doug fir and california bay laurel for fire safety zone around the house. Nonetheless, you must ensure that the wood is kiln-dried to improve its durability. This doesnt mean they cant show interest in other tree varieties. Because spruce has a higher strength-to-weight ratio, it may have a slight advantage over pine for structural applications. Can you use its wood for construction? Use of Spruce lumber is common for construction of racing sculls; Red Spruce is for general shipbuilding and canoe construction. Cottonwood (we refer it as Waterwood) is worthless. Started by LUV2MILL //-->,