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Alot of cussing

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  1. Loon

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    Got that stringy elm done this week and heading out for more today and tomorrow.:headbang::D

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  2. swags

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    Haha, that'll do it for sure.
     
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  3. Shawn Curry

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    Nice work! There's lots of dead elm to clean up around here too. Looks like my BIL needs to get his wood supply built up! :whistle: :D
     
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    Yep that's some stringy stuff. I've only split it once in my life and it suuuuuucked :headbang:
     
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    Yep....got about 1/2 cord of the stuff to split here at the house. Little extra work on the hydraulics but it sure does burn nice in the cat stove.
     
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  6. Horkn

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    It's really nice wood, for burning. Not for splitting.
     
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  7. My IS heats my home

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    Exactly, it's similar to red oak that's soaking wet, it gets all stringy when splitting it. So the cussing continues. :p
     
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  8. Butcher

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    I always wait till elm is froze clear thru to split it. Makes life a lot easier.
     
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  9. papadave

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    loon must be a glutton for punishment.
    Of course, I'd be in that camp too, since the Spruce I'm working on is full of knots.....and yet I keep splitting it.:headbang::picard:
    Oh, what we won't do to keep warm, eh?:thumbs:
     
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  10. oldspark

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    I usually dont split green elm, its not so stringy and splits better after some of the moisture is gone.
     
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    Elm splitting requires a whole different vocabulary, eh? We've been spoiled by having all ash to work on for a few years now and not sure if I'll remember the words for splitting elm.
     
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    Seems like 99% of the wood I've dealt with over the last dozen years is the dreaded cussing elm.:picard::thumbs: But like ya all know it sure does make for a great fire.:yes:

    Headed out to the fields now to cuss some more.:cheers:
     
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  13. bert the turtle

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    I really hope it is as good a firewood as people say because I've been splitting it by hand.
     
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    I would be "splitting" that with my 28" bar.
     
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    Definitely not that good. :picard:
     
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    It is great wood, but hand splitting it is a way to land in the loonie bin.
     
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    I like the sound of that
     
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  18. bert the turtle

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    I just split a couple weeks worth in the last few hours. Turns out the sapwood slabs off reasonably well when I cut to 1 foot length. The heartwood is still essentially impossible. I used that as an excuse to buy the Gransfors maul I've been wanting forever.
     
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  19. weatherguy

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    You mean the LOON-ey bin
     
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    All in all
    it still makes a

    "Great pile of BTUs" :yes:

    If it was easy , everyone would do it :zip:
     
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