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  1. Midwinter

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    I'm at the dump, and there's a big pile of this. What is it? IMG_20170909_55791.jpg
     
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    Leaves are of a Elm species, from I can see...
     
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    I think you are right. I took 6 or 7 pieces. Maybe I'll test that folk wisdom this winter that frozen elm is easier to split.
     
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    Good luck. Elm likes hydraulics for sure when it has been cut like that. Splitting by hand you want the pieces no longer than absolutely necessary as the shorter the pieces the easier (relatively) it will split. Also don't be afraid to let those logs sit a year before you attempt to split. You also may need a couple of steel wedges for splitting that stuff or rent a splitter.
     
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    Figures why somebody threw away a whole tree.
     
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    It's BTUs
    Well earned BTUs
     
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    Looks like Elm stringy and hard to split without hydraulics but not impossible. Good firewood
     
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    So is the bark. It's elm. Decent wood, just be sure to have a hydraulic or electric splitter. Splitting elm with a maul or axe will make you go insane.:hair::wacky:
     
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    It isn't easier to split when it's frozen. The grain is still interlocking.
     
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    Oh well. I usually find dead, dry elm at the dump. I have never seen fresh green elm there before, so I got snookered. Now the final indignity will be that crazy uncle making a double entendre out of "snookered".
     
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    Elm is pure misery. Fiskars bounces right off. Put it to the curb with a free sign on it.:whistle:
     
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    Noodle it in half, cut it to length, and let it sit to season.

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    Maybe I'll lay it on the ground and stack other wood on top of it, a la Backwoods Savage!
     
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    Post it on craigslist and see if Mwalsh9152 will stop over and grab it.:whistle:

    Just funnin' ya.
     
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    That is quite a haul. That poster has quite some wood piles in the background.
     
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    Someone should invite him to join here, before he deletes his Craigslist post! In a way that wouldn't seem like a scam.
     
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    OK, I invited him, in a non-scammish manner.
     
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    Is there a picture of the final haul, with something like a hat for perspective?

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    I ended up with family day today. Maybe tomorrow if I have some time. Though, I'm going to be out of town for work next week, so I may not be able to.
     
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