Problem I had was,I had to buy cordwood than split it all into stovewood,big differance.
Also both stoves had cat convertors so softwood of any kind was out of the question.
The best heating woods we have in our local as far as BTUs/cord are madrone,Almond,eucyliptus (SP)
You cannot split Euc, without a logsplitter,no way no how (real aussy euc)we have tons of it available.
Today heating with wood is not an option anymore here,10 yrs ago I could get 5 cord lots deliverd for 115/cord in july.
Now it runs 285.00