On Feb 5, 3:59*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
Is cottonwood a decent firewood? *A friend is removing a tree, and it is
free. *The tree is pretty big, as I hear. *I can see it has 15.something
million btus per cord, pretty low when compared to anything. *Anyone know
anything about its creosote output?

Steve

The real story after all the people who have never used cottonwood for
firewood:

It is down near the bottom of the ratings for firewood BUT - it is
wood, it burns and thererfor puts out heat.
Fact regularly ignored: ALL wood contains approximately the same
amount of BTU pound for pound, thus the only difference as far as
heat goes is "how often you need to load the stove".

For free why turn it down?

I processed a big one year before last and gave it away. Part of the
deal. I had to take it out iin order to get 6 Black Locust. Guy I
gave it too was happy to get it.

Harry K