Word of mouth got around to a guy from church who heard I sell firewood. He had someone that was going to take it but that fell through and he didnt want it to go to waste. Theres probably 2 or 3 more loads at his place. I cut a couple of the longer sections and he loaded them with his skid loader. I was able to unload every piece with my fiskars hookaroon but the big one in the first picture. He said its Chinese Elm, but Google is telling me otherwise. Im thinking Ash?
Chinese elm is very often misquoted as Siberian elm. It’s just one of those things you have to learn to deal with. There’s no mistaking the bark of a Chinese elm. The end grain does present more as ash................ which specific species is beyond me.
Nice load and nice to have connections. Ive seen wood that ive mistaken for ash (tupelo [black gum] and tulip poplar). In your case id say thats ash. best way to tell is buck a round and run it through your splitter.
Thanks guys. Im going to feel bad selling this as campfire wood since it has such good btus, but there's so much of it I think I'll manage. This is my first sizeable amount of ash so Ill have to test some freshly split stuff in the firepit to see how it burns. These trees were cut down last May.
I split a few ash rounds the other day, freshly cut from a live tree, and they were some of the stringiest nasty rounds I've ever split. Nice straight grained wood but didn't want to pop apart at all.
Sure splits easy! Looking forward to flying through this stuff with the hydraulic. I really only use the maul to bust up bigger rounds for easier moving.
I do the same for the most part. I can load big rounds but i can get more in truck if i section them. Sometimes ill split with the Isocore maul rather than the X27. Did you get the wood stand going yet?
Not yet. Theres some finishing touches that need added, but I plan on getting it out there before the weekend.
I've never run into that with ash but if they were yard trees or in a fence row that definitely is possible.
