I got these just riding thru the neighborhood Tree service was taking them down ad I asked what he was gonna do with the wood and he said it was going to the dump. You know the rest
On paper, dogwood looks like the perfect firewood -- very dense, and a green moisture content so low it's practically ready to burn right away. Too bad it's slow-growing and (I'm told) hard to split.
Wasn't really that hard to split. I will tell you what was hard to split was some sycamore I had gotten last week. That was the nastiest,stringyest , ignorant damm wood I have ever wanted to deal with and will never ever take any again. Take it from me man, leave it well enough alone !
He said they are going to drop a locust tree in a couple weeks. That would be AWESOME ! Love me some Locust ! If I can get some of that it would put my horde into 2019 !
It looks like those double blade setups on the Honda's would do a good job I don't like the idea of no side discharge though. Sometimes I run over sticks and crap, that I don't see, I don't know if I want them flying out the back at me
Dogwood is very hard. It makes great wooden mallet heads and gluts (a large wooden wedge used when splitting logs into quarters.) If you know any woodworkers you can make some friends and a little cash with that stuff.
Will, like many others you learned the hard way about sycamore. Nasty stuff it can be. That is why it is best to cut when still young and small so it doesn't have to be split. Now let us hope there aren't a bunch of thorns on that locust.
He said it's Black Locust . I dealt with it before and saw some small thorns on the branches etc. but nothing like like ones on wild honey locust. I think I found a decent scrounge supply . He said I'd wanna cry if I had a clue of all the trips he's been to the dump with all the hardwoods . He doesn't have the property resources otherwise he'd process and sell it himself.BTW that last score yielded about a half a cord after I split and stacked it. Like money in the bank !
You burned any yet ? It is some hard azz wood was wondering how long it will take to sit till it's ready to go into da insert