Not sure what kind of maple but my brother in law cut these down and gave me the wood. I brought 7 truckloads home so far and he is going to bring the large rounds to me in his dump trailer. Should be at least two good loads I think. You guys must be good luck, I have never had so much wood.
that is silver maple. once cut and split it seasons quick. (4 months max around here) I have burned rounds many times too. silver maple burns nice and leaves a nice bed of coals for relighting. sweet score!!! most times it splits super easy too!!!
Pics 4 & 6 the leaves definitely look like silver maple. Pic 2 looks more like red maple. Any chance you can get better leaf pics?
Pic 1 looks like red maple to me Pic 2 looks like silver maple I made a post seeking confirmation of the information I've found online. Maple leaves
You're quite welcome, just keep in mind, there's a very good chance that I'm wrong. It would be beneficial to know which species you have in regards to drying time, and BTU output.
I second that based on leaf pics. If you hand split do it ASAP as if the ends start to dry and check they can be TOUGH then. If using hydro disregard!
I agree with that. Since ive joined FHC in February, the wood gods has rained firewood on me JeffC . Which would be great but it gave me a concussion when a split hit me!
I read in one of the threads that you got injured, but didn't see the thread that mentioned what happened. indeed Do we need to pitch in & get ya a helmet.
Only if it has the FHC logo on it! I was making a FHC funny!!! Making Firewood can be Hazardous to your Health! i was trying to amputate an ingrown toenail with the Fiskars!
Hahaha! buZZsaw BRAD 's hardhat is his steel toes to prevent further brain damage. In my case it needs to cover my......... uh nevermind.
I will be using my Hydro for most of it. My shoulder is a limiting problem to hand splitting ability. But nothing a new axe cant solve I bet
silver and red maple will be tough to split if the ends starts to dry out and check IME. If you need to hand split then store the rounds with one end touching ground, thus keeping it moist. It may help. Ive done this and it works pretty good.
Very interesting Brad. Neat trick. Always been a pet peeve of mine to see rounds laying on their ends. Makes em waterlogged and rot faster IMO. Heavier to get on the splitter. Good to hear in certain situations there’s a good reason for it. I’ll have less tendency to be driving and muttering “you idiot” when I see wood stacked on its ends LOL Invariably these people probably arent doing it for the reason you specified but I’ll do less muttering now. That’s always good.
In my case its usually for only a few weeks at most and during the warm weather. They wont check in the Winter usually. I had a load of red maple rounds that started to dry in March and even lightly checked they were a b#$%h to split. The wet ends not so. I have some dead ash rounds standing in the processing area for the same reason. Couple weeks there.
