Firewood thread!!! Let's see what you got!!!!

[Lightning Performance]

Great farwood!

 

[Battle Cross 2]

I still have 20' of this one to put on the ground. On the same property as the monster oak.

 

[Battle Cross 2]

White or red is good hardwood/fruit wood. Not easy to split the knots...noodle them. Good farwood.

Makes good smoker wood to. Have a guy at work that does a lot of poultry with it.

 

[Locust Cutter]

Mulberry is great! I cut Hedge for the cold weather, Oak, Mulberry, Red Elm Locust, Ash and Hackleberry for moderate cold and then Cedar, Pine, Siberian Elm, Bradford Pear, Walnut, and others for shoulder season.

Ahem...
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eff that...
Send me a prepaid shipping label next time and I'll give it all to you. 34T 10 horse.

You should try that with a Super Split Special Edition. It does surprisingly well slicing through that crap. Keep the wedge filed up a bit and peel from the outside in, and you'll do very well.

 

[Battle Cross 2]

Mulberry is great! I cut Hedge for the cold weather, Oak, Mulberry, Red Elm Locust, Ash and Hackleberry for moderate cold and then Cedar, Pine, Siberian Elm, Bradford Pear, Walnut, and others for shoulder season.


You should try that with a Super Split Special Edition. It does surprisingly well slicing through that crap. Keep the wedge filed up a bit and peel from the outside in, and you'll do very well.

Theres very little hedge around here. Most of it is on private property. Theres a golf course on the way to another members house that has hedge lining the road but I doubt they would let me cut any.

 

[Hinerman]

Mulberry is great! I cut Hedge for the cold weather, Oak, Mulberry, Red Elm Locust, Ash and Hackleberry for moderate cold and then Cedar, Pine, Siberian Elm, Bradford Pear, Walnut, and others for shoulder season.


You should try that with a Super Split Special Edition. It does surprisingly well slicing through that crap. Keep the wedge filed up a bit and peel from the outside in, and you'll do very well.

I have seen elm that even the SS Special Edition couldn't split. It may have been your splitter. It (the elm) wouldn't split with a hydro either. Had to noodle the whole damned tree; even the small stuff (8") wouldn't split. The only analogy I can come up with is imagine trying to split 8-18" steel cable. Never seen anything like it.

 

[titanman6100]

The only way to split elm is when it is like 20 out or colder then it pops right open

 

[Wolverine]

The only way to split elm is when it is like 20 out or colder then it pops right open

Tried that before, with the first run in I had with elm. I didn't help one bit.

Another major negative is all 3 times I've burned elm, my stove got clogged up with mainly one large brick of hard ash. In this instance, I broke it up so I could get it through the shaker grates and into the ash pan. After that, I pulled this out to show. What a pita.

No way I'm shoveling it out with a stove like this:


So the pics I showed above was an instance where I cleared a lot for a friend. There was one elm so I kinda had to clear it. I gave away 80% of that wood but there are still some splits in my stacks. I set them aside till I had enough for a stove full. After burning, I had the rather large brick/mess. I hate it, I'm done. Won't bring it onto my property again. I have access to much better wood so I can afford to snob it off.

 

[titanman6100]

Well if i lived closer i would take it off your hands

 

[Wilhelm]

Turkey oak embers, door is about 4.7x5.1", burn chamber is about 14" deep and significantly wider that the door.
It is a kitchen stove.



Turkey oak logs, and my mom's pup Heidi

 

[Battle Cross 2]

Fired up the hobo heater to clean up Christmas wrap. Back to the oak tomorrow for a wind down from Christmas.

 

[Hinerman]

Well if i lived closer i would take it off your hands

There are different species of elm. The red elm, which is almost non-existent around here, is the elm everybody loves to burn and not bad to split. Most of the other stuff is a pita.

 

[huskihl]

Red elm isn’t too bad to split green. The stuff Jason posted pics of above is white, or American Elm. Gnarly shît. But if you can find them standing or on the ground dead, they split about like anything else. Dead, the white variety almost appears punky but still has good weight when dry. We burned a boatload of it when I was a kid

 

[Wolverine]

4th day in a row splittin', stackin', carrying. Bout 63' long.

 

[RI Chevy]

Whoa Jason...

 

[Wolverine]

 

[huskihl]

4th day in a row splittin', stackin', carrying. Bout 63' long.
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Single row?

 

[Wolverine]

Single row?

Double with a single on top to prevent water from pooling on the rubber cover.

 

[I saw a lot]

That must be around 300 Craigslist cords or more. Great job.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Hey Studs,
Wife & I did some quick fireworks scrounging. Found some pig nut hickory, locust, hackberry...
Also stumbled upon what I thought was a dead down black locust, but after the wood chips commenced a flying, it appears to be something else.
Any ideas...red elm, red maple?
Doesn't resemble any red oak I've ever cut.
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!