What kind of wood is this guy splitting?

Bark or no bark its a 'cussing tree' around here Sav. The only real problem I have with elm is when its time to go in the stove and ya got 10in wings fighting for space...

 

^^^THAT is what I'm talking about
BWS must give his elm a firm talking to before it goes under the splitter

 

White elm to be more specific. When it's dead it does split easier but always a bear by hand around here. I did get the treat of splitting elm with a wood splitter earlier this month it split rather cleanly still a web of strings on it though.

 

Got an MTD also fox and it sure don't split like sav's does?

 

That's how my elm looks.

 

Moisture content. If you are ahead, yeah, it doesn't matter about MC, but it may make it easier or tougher to split. That's all.

 

Horkn,
I subscribe to the theory of where a specific tree grows affects the properties of that species of tree. For example, around here near the bluffs of the Mississippi, when you get oak that is cut from botttoms ground (areas close to the river) usually filled with sediment from the backwaters of the river. That oak is different from oak that spent its life up on the bluff where its feet weren't wet alot. The bluff oak cuts, sands and finishes different than bottoms oak. Sometimes on oak trim you'll see some of those grey streaks. I believe, that is when the tree experienced a real wet period while growing. The oak harvested from the bluffs tends to be more dense.
I know Basswood is way different how it looks to where it was grown. I have mentioned before that I used to have a quite a bit of basswood on my place and I used to cut it up and sell it to wood carvers in blocks. The one old timer did tell me he can tell that there was a difference from my wood to the stuff he bought in the lumberyard. He didn't say if it was good or bad just different. I at the time thought because mine was air dried and the lumberyards was kiln-dried. But, who knows.
So, having Elm with different characteristics does not surprise me.

 

Nice video Dennis. I still split by hand with the x27, but watching you split that elm makes me think I should start looking into giving it up for some hydraulic help. Thought of this thread because I just got back from the woods with a few of these ...

 

Yummmmmmmm!!!!