Sycamore, Hickory, Elm. I broke my splitter on a round of Ash that grew up in a hedgerow it was twisted from the wind.
Sweet Gum, Elm and Cottonwood. Glad I don't have to deal with any of them anymore. I mostly cut spruce, easiest wood ever to split, and the colder it is the easier it is to split.
I know some guitar makers or luthiers that would love to have some of that Sitka Spruce. It is used for the top on acoustic guitars.
Nordic Splitter,around here without a doubt it Sweet Gum, Black Gum, and Beech!!! Have a nice day... Stumper
Sorry to hear that, I remember dealing with them as a kid. I grew up in east Texas through South Carolina. All over the gulf states fairly near the coast. Son of a traveling pipe fitter. There is a lot of trash tree that are hard for a kid to split with an ax.
Elm for sure, only "attempted" to split it once! I've split some really big maple (28") without a problem, although it was a great workout. Dry Cotten wood splits really easy.
On the other hand I'm really strugeling with splitting some big box elder rounds at the inlaws farm! Should be dry by now, but the Fiskars just sinks in with no crack. Can't wait to pound it with the ISO core, I didnt have it last time I was there. We will see...
Try flaking smaller pieces along the growth rings off. Then towards the heart. Hope that makes sense.
Honestly , that has to be the single worst looking tree I've ever imagined seeing. Like something out of the worst nightmare a guy could have.
Not disagreeing but never had trouble with beech using hydraulics, I will leave sweet gum on the ground though.
Anything that was grown as a landscape tree. I have pulled out trees for people living in apartments and HOA communities where the trees seem so knotty it's ridiculous getting through them. Knowing that some are grown and the trunk is 20-30 feet of space where branches are void... that's the sweet spot.
“bang” you are right if you don’t have hydraulics “Beech” will win unless you name is Paul Bunyan lol. Thank you for reading my Post...Have a nice day! Stumper
I burn sweet gum; not that hard to split with a splitter; I split a pile of it recently. I looked for the BTU chart on here but couldn't find it. I did find this on another website; sweet gum will produce approximately 20.6 million BTU's per cord. Have not noticed any odor when burning that bothered me.
My first attempt at splitting the green willow oak was hard. However, the other day I tried again and took the first bite at the edge. Once I whittled it down a bit, it popped open OK.
