It almost wanted to come apart! There's a few more nice sized elm logs at the tree dump like this. Easy cutting easy splitting. I remember reading on here somewhere that if you let elm sit in the round for a couple years that it will do this. Its definitely better than the elm I split earlier this year(lightweight and basically shredded).
My experience with splitting elm without hydraulics is you have to hit the happy medium. Not green unless it is frozen and not completely dry. I like elm but don't have a splitter so if it is too much it gets turned into shorts.
That may be barkless catalpa Woodchucker . I had a similar tree i thought was elm and wouldve bet good money it was til i split it. Smelled just like catalpa i had scored in the past. Great score either way. I wouldve taken it too!
Looks like the elm I find around here. I just stack the rounds in the field on my property for a couple years before I split it. Never had a problem at all.
Thats Red Elm and it can sometimes split quite easily. It's pretty much always easier then American (White) Elm. GOOD burning stuff!!
I believe Woodchucker is a ways north of me & I have never seen an Catalpas that far north in Western IA but I’m not Johnny Cash & haven’t been everywhere…
It just reminds me of what i scored last year. Maybe mine was some type of elm and i just didnt recognize it as such with very little experience with processing elm.
That Wood Wolverine fella is having a negative influence on you if you aren’t processing Elm enough… It’s tough to tell without being on scene to lay eyes on it. I have never processed Catalpa so I have no experience with it.
Wish I knew more about trees. I know that this elm smells a lot better than the stringy stuff I split earlier this year. But they both smell like elm.
I'd be surprised if that's Catalpa. Really surprised. It actually could be if it came from a town yard waste site. Ornamental in Iowa. Not native to my knowledge. The outer surface certainly looks like long standing dead Elm that I am used to getting. The very straight grain and very clean splits look a tad bit questionable. Hard telling. I have had some local Elm that split like that. Either way it looks great. Grab all you can!
Agree it looks like Red Elm, one of my favorites. I find red elm can split easily if dry. It is nothing like American Elm, which I normally will only split with a log splitter.
Do any of the splits/rounds have a center pith just like ash? If so its catalpa. If not it must be elm.
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