The Wood Wolverine will chime in soon and tell you to throw the Elm in a ditch. He hates that stuff. He might have a valid point.
Yep, even with 34 tons of hydro, Elm sucks. Frozen, not frozen, old dead standing and 6 months cut,, no difference with what I've had. You guys are probably sick of seeing my pics by now,, I have enough of a selection of premium hardwoods that I can afford to be an Elm snob. It's not worth my time. When I burn it in my wood/coal smoke dragon, it creates very hard bricks of ash that I have to break up with a poker. The shaker grates won't get them down into the ash pan. To the OP, I'd recommend you simply noodle these into burnable size, or preferably just let it rot by the creekside...
Just lets everyone know that even if it seems like . They are still fun to look at and the newbies get to learn!
I highly suggest noodling. I cut down an old dead elm like this for my father ten years ago. It was tough on my 27 ton, so I quartered them first and then split them. They are so messy and can bend the the platform, wings, etc on a splitter if you are not careful. Plus the sawed edge will help make the stacks neat. I am all for old school labor, but your time is worth something right. Enjoy
Yeah but the darn things fall across trails. So I got to it , then it gets dumped in processing area.. BUT always goes closest to bonfire pit BUT if it gets split.. It burns nice.
Elm is great firewood...........................you'll definitely earn the CSSing though with a couple varieties. Hate the snobs here that essentially demean anyone that cuts the stuff or even mentions it. BTW...............red elm/slippery elm splits easily with a Fiskars X-25.
You won't get an answer to a question that Has not been asked , so ask away Noodling is when you lay a round on it's side and you cut with the grain of the wood, the chainsaw teeth shear off Long chips that look like noodles , like this
There is no red or slippery elm that goes to waste around here. I grew up splitting with a maul. It inspired me to buy a hydro splitter! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Seriously? Hate is a strong word. It's all in good fun sir. My intentions are not to demean, we're talking about firewood here. Let that sink in a minute...
I bought it from the guy that built my lake. Lost an engine.... $6000 later good as new. I use it on job sites, otherwise I couldn't afford to have it. It is pretty handy to knock down and carry a giant ash tree to the processing area. I lined one side of the lake with the root balls for the little fish to hide.
