This stuff is very aggravating. Except for the monsters which i cant handle, we got it all done today. 90% was very easy but then got into this crazy stringy stuff. Mrs Loon kept the bark brewing. First picture?
Mentioned that bill but she was trying to keep the gravel clear where we were piling. Gonna wait till next year to try and split the big ones as there is no way i am gonna try and deal with the stringy stuff right now.
Nice shreds there Loon! I rest my case why i dont take elm! You and The Wood Wolverine should have a contest for stringiest elm pics!
That there is the big ash on the left of picture brad and it sucks! It is way too big to deal with up on splitter and thinking i'll try again the Savage way next year.
Wouldn’t take long for me to quit. I hate that chit. IF, and that’s a big IF, I needed to burn that, I’d noodle it with a saw, no more splitting.
LOL, I wasn't even thinking of the shreds that fall/fell off. Just each piece having a built-in kindling. When I clean up from the splitter it is mostly bark, although I do pick out a "valuable" kindling piece every now and then. I used to throw the splitter crumbs on a trail I run the tractor down a lot but now I'm making a pile of compost although I'm finding it full of tree roots so I guess I need a new spot for a pile.
Hmm. I don't see any pics except the Bigfoot footage. I can understand just based on the descriptions in these posts. I've been dealing with a of ashelm though with yardbird trees. Ash is usually not stringy, but a lot of these yard trees are stringy. Sometimes as stringy as elm.
Thank you!!! Yeah, no bueno. I just moved some of the dead elm that I split this spring. That elm I split was much less stringy than your stuff Loon
Well Loon, that's some nasty stuff. I've had some Ash trees the grew out in the open/wind do that too, miserable stuff to split. It might split better at lower temps, like 10F lol.
Have never really dealt with that much ash over the years gang but what i have cut was never like the big stuff i got in the backyard right now. Will roll it outta the way for now and go back to my red maple.
Does elm split a lot cleaner when its well below freezing? Years back i scrounged some fresh cut green and it split clean as it was Winter. Split clean through like oak.
I've had elm, American I think, that splits like that. Got a load from a neighbor and ended up giving it away as I had better things to do. But others, red and Siberian, that spit like red oak and just clean as can be. Doesn't seem to matter, cold/warm or fresh/dried some. I tend to get yard trees and ash tends to be on the stringy side, but not that bad.
