Got a ton of these logs, split a bunch and gave it to a family member, now shifting back to splitting for myself. Is this cottonwood? Splits pretty easy, ends are “fuzzy” where the chainsaw cut. A lot of the park peels off easy when split and it’s very wet/gooey but not sticky between the bark and the sapwood. Thoughts?
I’ll get better pics. I just realized how bad that one is. It seems really really wet when it’s first cut but it sure dries quick when split. I’ve never processed anything quite like it.
The last cottonwood I got was the hardest splitting stuff I ever processed and I process a lot of elm. Most of it just shredded. Tree service guys dumped one load and asked if they could grab my trailer and load it and bring it back and park it. They told me it was maple. (I don’t let the tree services dump anymore without pictures or me inspecting first). I ended up taking the load on my trailer to the landfill…was afraid I was going to bend the beam or break a weld on the county line 25 ton.
Could be basswood or aspen as well. Out of town for work but I’ll get some better bark and split pics. It isn’t hard to split if you don’t try to sink the x27 right in the center. Very straight grained.
Cottonwood around here always smells like farts. Or manure or when you stir up mud in a swamp. How does it smell?
