Target rich environment!!!

Thats gotta be the cleanest barkless I've ever seen. Sweet firewood for sure.

When I find dead/blowover BL like that its the bee's knees. It takes 3-4 years for the bark to wash off though.

 

Was able to get out to the project on Sunday. I gave the young neighbor boy a second chance and took him along. (He will be eleven next month) . It doesn’t seem like we brought much wood to town. But we kept right after it from 11:00 ish till about 3. He did pretty much all the loading except about a dozen of the biggest ones that I did with the machine. I think I have 5-6 twelve ft logs set off to the side to bring back full length

 

Did a little splitting last night, stuff that was gathered on Sunday

 

Great score and looks like it is splitting like a dream. Score like that may even get me off my lazy ash and do some cutting.

 

That’s what I call bone dry.

 

Here's my question? Knowing how you feel about elm, would you take standing dead like that given an easy opportunity? It is some sweet firewood.

 

I was thinking the same thing.

 

Looks like it split nice and clean. Id take it.

 

That's quite awesome! Did all these trees die from disease? I read a lot of the thread but not every post.

I am going to experiment with more elm, I have harvested a few trees over the past two seasons, did not process until the bark fell off. I like it, just not sure I like it as much as red oak, white oak, etc.

 

If it was a size that wouldn't need split, absolutely.

 

There’s plenty of it that size. When you knock ‘em together they sound “exactly” like bowling pins. You’re more than welcome to come join in the fun.

 

Like this?

 

Good stuff!

 

I've long-recognized smaller rounds like that to be great "all day" pieces. For overnight burns I still prefer oak (old habits/plenty available here) but elm like that is still great stuff

 

I personally think that unsplit elm rounds like that hold coals better than oak...at least red oak anyways

 

Never met Theodore? Nice guy?

 

Saturday’s efforts.
Target #1
Target #2

 

The picture labeling went haywire, but you get the idea. The logs in the pile are cut to 12 feet long. Three trees for the day.

 

Absolutely yes.