Another score from my tree service contact...Mulberry!!!

Dont have the Bur Oak blight here yet as far as I know but we have a lot of the Bur Oak along the river valley so now shortage for me.
Will check with ISU extension and see if its in my area.
Sounds like your findings on the Mulberry are the same as mine more or less, a very good wood no better then the Bur Oak or slightly less.

 

Mullberry rules

 

All of this mulberry talk made me want to burn a split. Dug down in my stack and found one loose one that slid out. Gonna toss it in later with a piece of red oak and some ash.

 

Getting closer....

37 & sunshine this afternoon,perfect for working.

 

and the rest...

 

Looks good thistle. Some nice big splits in there

How long does mulberry take to dry?

 

You got yourself a gold mine. Sweet hook up...

 

Man you a lucky dog thistle! Good for you!

 

Around here 12 to 18 months.I have most of the splits smaller than the Silver Maple.Even 5-6" rounds are getting split into 2,3 or 4 pieces.If the wood was even partly dead most would be left whole.

 

Niiiiiiiccccceee !!! One of these days ill get to cut some of that stuff

 

Thistle,
Nice score!
I also worked on some dropped off mulberry today. Pics tomorrow.
To my eyes, some of the prettiest wood.
Wife makes jam ( or is it jelly?) from the berries. Delicious! No pics of that because we ate it!
Took this pic a while back after a day in the sun.

 

Now that's awesome

 

If cut green dont think I can get it to 20% in 12 months, 18 months with 2 summers should get even the green cut dry, the older trees fall over so plenty of dead Mulberry where I cut and sometimes thats good to go right away.

 

Almost done now.... Gonna take a few days off.Counting the leftover Silver Maple there's about 2 wheelbarrows worth of small odd forked/branched pieces & several larger short knotty chunks in pic 16 left .Will run them through the bandsaw,right down the middle & toss them in the pile of small chunks at front.Too hard to split (not even gonna attempt it) & not big enough to rip with the saw.

The biggest rounds in pics 8,12 & 17 will be eventually milled into slabs/blocks. Heaviest ones are around 200lbs I'm guessing.

 

And the rest.....

 

Now its over to the AMVETS Post,its Steak Night!! First Friday of every month,I'm frickin' starving!!!

 

Firewood and steak, what more can you ask for

 

Great progress !
Hope my splits come out as nice as yours.
From this mess.. To this now what do I do with this?

 

Great pile,lots of big ones there.

Sawzall with bimetal blades? Cut off as close as possible,then split the remaining piece with sledge/wedges until the t post falls out.