Firewood.. what do you do?
I understand the rules for not carrying firewood from location to location. So to avoid most arguments we typically don't have a fire.. although my wife wants one each time we camp. Not sure how it wo...
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PAThwacker wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
I'm always amazed that in our area state parks say buy wood on site, don't bring any. Then I saw a tractor trailer bring in wood to the campground. It was harvested 300 miles east of the campground in far eastern oregon and we were at a campground on the oregon coast. But the don't want me bringing wood from 50 miles away from the same forest the CG is in. Go figure.
I started asking at campgrounds WHERE does your wood come from. Seldom is it anywhere nearby, usually from central or southern part of the state, 200-300 miles away.
I have about 3 cords of wood from a locally cut red cedar that has been well dried. Bring it on any camping trips in Oregon. Going out of state I have a few cords of cut up cedar decking from a deck removal project. I bring that.
And then in FS campgrounds, we usually can harvest a decent amount of wood locally.
You can not burn treated lumber.
Cedar decking is not treated lumber. Cedar has natural insect and rot resistance, which is why it is used for decking. Southern pine and most other conifers are NOT insect and rot resistant and therefore are treated with preservatives. Tamarack is generally considered to be naturally resistant, but I've never heard of decking being made from Tamarack.
On the other hand, if his cedar deck has been stained, then it really should not be burned.
