Diameter at Breast Height. The common place to measure a tree as many can have quite a bit of flare at the stump and there can be quite a bit of inconsistency between stump size and tree size.
That's about how I do it too. I really like elm. My wife likes it too because it's not too heavy for normal sized splits. It also make great yellow ghost flames.
There's quite a variety of elms out there. We get a lot of rock and american elm. It's great firewood, but sucks to split. Hydraulics yearly don't have an issue with it though. I've been burning a lot of siberian elm this year, as I had ~2 cords delivered to me for free 2 Winters ago. Siberian elm is not as good as american elm.
Same here, dead Ash. Most of them are gone now, business booming for several years. Also in north central Indiana. ~Lissa
Durchmesser Brusthöhe = DBH, so its the same in english as in german. I wasnt aware of that, cheers for enlighten me troops. Wikipedia tells me in the US and A its messured at 1.37m while here its 1.30m. Sounds good to me sir! Had Elm once and i did like it alot. In 3 years theres more dry one to burn for me. No 2 cords though maybe a half one. We got Scots Elm, Field Elm and Russian Elm/European white Elm. American and Sibirian are unfortunatly out of reach for me.
I find it off gasses the best in my stove for good secondary burns. But I don't go out of my way to get it due to splitting. The tree in my avatar is a big elm. It was about 30" at the stump. I only took one truck load. The homeowner ended up renting a splinter and split all the rounds and delivered half to a buddy of mine.
Cool. I’m north of kokomo 20 miles. There is a lot of work in that area for you. I see a lot of ash trees around kokomo that need attention! That’s good for you.
We’ve pretty much cleared out most of the Ash down here, will have to drive up around Kokomo and have a look see ~ Lissa
I've got tons of elm as a fence row along my yard. Siberian Elm to be exact. I've burned a bunch here and there but nothing that's been much seasoned over a year. Next year is when I'll get into more of it that will be 2+ year split. Seems to burn pretty good but I can't say it's anywhere near a favorite of mine as of now.
Elm is pretty much my staple. Not many varieties of hard wood within 60 miles. We got some ash around here too & some hackberry in a river valley about 18 miles away. Not sure what species the elms are Chinese & American I think. Give me a standing 3ft dbh elm with the bark falling off and I’ll be warm and happy
A year but let it go.for 18 mo.. Itle be surely seasoned out. Most woods are a lil over a year ccs.. Except oak. At least 24 to 30 mo.. red n white oaks.
Around here if you cut a live one and split soon after it be 3 years before it will come close to burning decent. Standing dead with bark falling off .... throw it in the stove as soon as you get back to town. My experience anyway
I’ll have to do some studying this year to see what species are around here. I can tell by the way they process I’ve come across a couple different varieties
