Meh, nothing that 20k worth of equipment won't handle. Please don't ask why I know that. Nice score Eric! Elm really is good firewood.
This stuff is dry, dense and makes a nice sound when it gets knocked around. Looking forward to burning it in 2021-2022.[/QUOTE] That sound you talk about.........I have often thought knocking two pieces of that dry, dense Elm together sounds like bowling pins.
x2 Splitting Elm is easy. I don't know what all the fuss is about. Cigar in my left hand... Hydraulic splitter lever in my right hand
From about the 5-6th whack, I'd have gotten out one of my saws and noodled the rest. Heck with 30+! You're a glutton for punishment!!
Reminds me of the one rhyme. Lizzie Borden had an axe She gave her mother 40 whacks When she saw what she had done She gave her father 41.
Got through round one (hint hint, I’m going back for MORE!) Hydraulics plowed straight through it. Zero regrets on investing in a splitter. Seemed pretty dry all the way through for the most part. Still, no plans on burning it until next year or later. Got a decent amount of kindling and nuggets for some instant gratification as well.
Now you're cooking with...........well,Elm! You'll love that stuff when ya burn it. BTW if you need anymore of that small stuff you've got in the pails, I cleaned up about a 1/4 cord of it yesterday & didn't even make a dent.
That looks like it’s splitting smooth as molasses. I’m guessing your stuff was dead a little longer than mine. I got through it but it was still producing plenty of those stringers that make it difficult. I’ll add one more thing: The sound it makes in your video when the wedge drives it apart is the same as what I was hearing today and it’s oddly satisfying
Yes, it should be super great firewood next winter. I probably would not burn much of it until late December or January.
One more for the hoard. There’s another load waiting, mostly smaller limb wood that will need to be cut to length but no splitting. I have so much dry wood as it is, so in the morning I'm going to just offload all this at my uncle's house. His M.O. is to burn whatever he cuts that same year... I've been slowly working on him to see the value of truly dry wood. If I get him stocked up with more than enough this year, he'll have leftover stacks to burn next year in which case I'm hoping he'll come to the realization on his own...
