I envy you, I had to drop, cut, split and stack a whole tree of dead standing white elm, made great firewood but my back was sore for ages...
American elm, or white elm as it's also called here, burns pretty good, better than ash, the problem is it's a royal pita to split, very knotty...
The tree service up here drops the limbs and leaves them by the road because they know that a few guys in a pick up will be all over it in a few...
I split my wood all by hand but if I get one that's really stubborn I set it aside and when the pile gets big enough I borrow my neighbors...
If it's elm or oak sometimes it's just the way the grain goes. Maple however is usually pretty straight grained and very easy to split.
Can't say I've seen any up my way.
I know quite a few of my stacks that got a few uglies of crotches, rounds that would split in ugly ways, etc, because of knots.
We get a hardwood like balsa up here, I do believe the nickname is basswood. It takes forever to dry and when it is dry it burns like hemlock,...
I'd rather use the pallets to stack on, or to burn. They make great kindling.
The standing tree pictures show an oak with what looks like bug damage too.
Cut down and bucked up a small ironwood tree (at least I think it's ironwood). I got all the cutting done and realized the tree was dying at the...
Canola oil as bar oil, I'm interested, how does that compare to store bought bar and chain oil?
Too much, 6 chord and still burning, down to soft wood now though as it's averaging mid 30's. Oak at night for when it drops to the teens.
I envy you guys with the pallet wood, nice dry hot burning wood.:thumbs:
That clay is murder for driving on with a lot of weight, but those ruts will dry out with nice summer air.:yes:
The weather up here is still cold enough to freeze the clay at night, makes for some decent treading on the mud.
RWD or a 4x4 tractor? I know those RWD ones really dig up the clay around here but the 4x4's usually walk along pretty good.
It takes all kinds, I tell yah.:rofl: :lol:
That's rough on the back, be careful splitting and stacking in the snow too, it's slippery.:yes:
Ah, I hear you there lol
