I Never Believed I Would Turn Down Free Logs!!

I can't totally answer that. I know it splits horrible and isn't thought of much for firewood, so never gave it much more than a try, and when I confirmed the horrible splitting part, wrote it off. Someone on here in the past has commented that they have burned some and it had some value to them. I guess it depends on what you have available and what you're willing to do. And it's probably better than a snowball....

 

Thanks, just curious…

 

Maybe someone else will pipe in with some better first hand experience on the burning side...

 

And I'm dang proud of it!

 

I would put it with silver maple heat wise.

 

I see so many complaints on here about splitting Elm that I don't understand. I've picked up one load of what I believe was a Siberian Elm that split beautifully with the Fiskar. Just a couple more whacks than poplar.
Is Siberian Elm just an exception?

 

Meh...bunch of whiners.
Nah...was it dead/barkless and super dry? (ready to burn)

 

No fresh cut that day. To be fair I only took the really straight pieces without visible knots.

 

Probably wasn't Elm then...if it split that easy...

 

This help?


I'm such a


I've got access to wood that doesn't require you to let it sit for 2 years before you split it.

 

Many years ago I had elm (at least 12-14" diameter fresh cut rounds) that split very easily. I wonder if the fact it was well below freezing when split?

 

Nope. First run in with elm, I took that advise and tried it after a deep freeze. In my case it made no difference.

 

Was in central Florida last week and saw all kinds of firewood stacked along roadway with signs on it "FREE". Mostly oak and pine. Storm damage clean up.
Most was cut 16-18 inches. Felt kinda bad just driving on by and not picking it up.

 

For problematic gum, I've learned it's definitely easier and cleaner to not split right down the middle but more off centered to start. I'd imagine the same would go for elm, although the elm I've had all split pretty easily.