Split some elm this morning that I cut down a week ago. Stuff was absolutely perfect. No strings or fuzz. I like to split it when it has this nice ice crystals inside the rounds. Pops right apart like nuthin.
Yup I seen a bunch of Siberian Elm like that.June 2010 got a pickup load of half dead off CL on other side of town.Split almost as easily as Silver Maple,dried almost as fast.Ready to go in December.
That's 1 thing I learned from years of dealing with elm. I never dump any until well after the trees have gone dormant. On the few occasions that I have tipped some over when they still had leaves and were in the flush of growth they bleed like a stuck hog and are harder to deal with when processing.
Good stuff. I love splitting in the winter as well. No bugs piece and quiet. Nice work. Nice splitter. You got a nice amount there
Looking good. Some gnarly looking pieces in the background there I've only ever had red elm and it split pretty easy by hand for me
seen this on my local C/L, I have more wood than I have room to process/stack right now so cant justify going to get it. even if it is FREE http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/zip/4801175158.html FIRE WOOD Back right up to tons of Elm
Nice work Butcher. Great time if year to process firewood. I hope to get out and do some of that this weekend.
