Major Excitement Turns to Major Bummer!

You trying to get in on my signature?

 

Nah, elm is just like any other species, depends on the individual tree and where it grew...I have split plenty of straight grained elm...its gotta be dead/dry though.

 

Thanks for the ride on the "wayback machine"!

 

I've never had an issue splitting Siberian elm. It stinks but it splits and burns fine. I split it with an x27 all the time. Maybe it's American elm that is so hard to split?

 

I had more trouble with black gum and sycamore than sweet gum

 

Garfield was my favorite cartoon...yea, I'm

 

This is American Elm, I think. Logs had been cut about 8 months or so. Bark was turning loose, had some twist to it.
https://youtube.com/shorts/tvbY8v9oNPk?feature=share

 

I dont like elm and it would be a FHC honor!

 

I think this is too.










and for the record, I tried splitting elm after a deep freeze. It was no different.

 

Thanks Jason! . I got on the sig line without even trying!

 

Looks like that was still green...

 

You're welcome, thanks for making the video. It's solid proof how processing elm should go, given you follow a couple simple rules.

 

Yes 12"x24" Elm rounds burn great & last in the boiler. A full load of those will run 24 hrs easy. A standing dead 12-16" Elm with no bark & branches is a very desirable find. 10-15 of those make a good ready to burn this year load. Very little processing required.

 

So you’d place it in the high maintenance section of firewood.

 

I don't have my own forest to watch an elm tree season while standing. I cut, split and stack to season my wood. That recipe seems to work great, except for... elm and gum. Offer still stands, when I'm able to get it, send me a label and I'll ship it to the first person to call dibs.

 

Update: Looked at tree yesterday. Its an elm for sure. Put out leaves in the Spring, but they withered and it died by Summer. Tree service taking it down for him on Tuesday. Im taking the wood...why, i dont know. He has a couple very dead ash taken down too. I want to stay on his good side. He could put it roadside and it'd be gone. 20"DBH so a couple face cord for the tree. Told him 4" and up ill take.

 

Just noodle the crap out of it and be done.