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Men's mental health chop off

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Juniper Hill, Oct 14, 2022.

  1. Juniper Hill

    Juniper Hill

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    After baby sitting them for a year I hate to see them go.
     
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    Kinda like old friends. I delivered 3/4 cord to a local customer last week. Have to stack in her garage. She normally gets a full cord, but didnt burn through it all. When i went to stack the new stuff i recognized one of the splits from last year! :loco: :crazy:

    You definitely put your heart into it and it shows.
     
  3. MightyWhitey

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    I can set up a bunch of Elm for you to try that on!!
     
  4. Juniper Hill

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    We have elm around here but I've never gone after it. If it's anything like sweet gum, I'll pass.
     
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    Totally bananas, yet I’d bet most of us read this and quietly nodded in full understanding. :emb:
     
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    Depends… let it sit in bucked form for a summer and it splits pretty good…. Still a hydraulic job… gives good heat too…And fairly fast drying… it gets a bad rep like pine…
     
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    Red Elm isn't too difficult to split with my Fiskars as long as it's fairly fresh cut.............................it's the American and Chinese Elm that are the stringy SOB's that even hydraulics can have a time with.
     
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    You look like a man on a mission! Great splitting my friend and glad to see you take part! That’s a lot of rounds.
     
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    Elm is one of the worst I’ve hand split other than sycamore. The one I did was dead and seemed to be dry but some of the hardest I’ve ever had to split I believe.
     
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    Set it up and show us some splitting while you’re at it lol.
     
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