I'm not above boxelder

Yesterday a tree service was dropping an unusually straight boxelder at my backyard neighbor's place.

I went over and asked the guys to leave the trunk sections on my side of the alley.

Verbatim from the tree service guy: "You do realize this is boxelder, right?"

Me: "Yeah, I'm not above boxelder."

He laughed.

I laughed.

And then I got to haul wood in 90 degree heat.

 

Boxelder gets light quick, ime. Probably good for this year, at least it wood be in my stacks.

 

I take it too. It seasons quickly. I've found that you can't ever have too much shoulder season wood.

 

Yep I have taken box elder in the past and would take it again. Good for you.

 

Straight Box Elder...pfft! That's unicorn wood!
I have a bunch in my stacks now...not near that straight though!
The way the winters have been here in NEO here lately, need plenty of SS wood...especially with feeding the mighty mighty Kuuma...little bit of Kuuma chow goes a long way!

 

Maybe a cookie is in order off that log with the three holes in it in the upper left of your first picture , kind of looks like a goofie' face looking at you.

 

Shouldve cut a cookie from the "scary face" log on the upper left. Cant beat a score that close to home.

EDIT: didnt see buzzsaw's reply before i posted.

 

Wouldve looked cool with a few passes through the mill. Winder if it makes good boards?

 

Boxelder heats better then the hot air from the bafoon saying it’s worthless. I wouldn’t pass up those easy picking.


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Yep, you’re hooked...

 

I wont skip on boxelder either.

 

Greeeeeat! Hard enough to hoard firewood, let alone long logs!

 

I burn it too!

 

My thought was that piece looks terrified to be where he is.

 

YoU BuRn BoXeLdEr???????


Lol

 

Nothing wrong with Boxelder - Dries fast and heats the house jus fine. Sap makes fine Maple Syrup too - Boxelder is in the Maple family.

 

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