Black Walnut Large tree- fell during Hurricane- Can I sell as Firewood?

wildwood

Hello Arborists,
I am located in CT and we suffered through Hurricane Irene last August. I lost 1 large Black Walnut tree. (roughly 100 ft tall with 24" stump). This tree was straight and alive before it was uprooted from the storm. My husband cut the tree into logs 3-4 ft long. I have an estimated 1 1/2 cords here. Wondering what would be a good asking price for these logs to be used as firewood. I would rent a log splitter and do the work if there is some return. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Wildwood

Brent Ferris

I believe Black Walnut is not a particularly good burning wood. BUt you might do better offering the logs to wood turners and carvers - uncut, unsplit - and see what they say. FOr a price for firewood, go to a local retailer and see what they are asking. For the amount of work involved, it is usually less than desired.,

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wildwood

Dear Brent,

Thanks so much for the good advice, I will see about off loading the logs.

Alex Metzler

black walnut burns pretty well, I burned it all winter long last year after we took down a large standing dead 'juglans negra' and it kicked off a alot of btu's in my fireplace without leaving much ash behind at all, id say its up there w oak, its definitely better than maple which is considered a high quality burning wood, i plan on burning it this year as well as most of my firewood came from a job we did in sept, another large standing dead B.walnut, i collected a nice stash of dry limbwood thats ready to burn , this particular job was conveniently located right down the street from my place too..

If you have large diameter trunkwood that looks either millable or workable, woodworkers might be interested in it, black walnut is beautiful stuff, the only problem with black walnut is that to get it to where its properly cured takes a three year process, which i believe includes kiln drying at the end, cut all the stuff 10" and down up for firewood, then leave the large sections for a woodworker to come see, if hes not interested in the log then cut up the rest, either way its not going to waste,