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This was a dead standing tree that was about to come down so I cut it tonight, small maple? Pic 5815 is the outside of the bark and 5816 is the inside of the bark.

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That may very well be an elm Zap. Keep in mind, the only tree i d's I'm an expert on are "live" or "dead". ;hm A C

EDIT: I can usually tell the difference between an evergreen & deciduous tree as well.==c
 
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amateur cutter said:
That may very well be an elm Zap. Keep in mind, the only tree i d's I'm an expert on are "live" or "dead". ;hm A C
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This weekend I'll split the biggest round then get a m/m reading, my guess would be 25-27 percent.

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Post back on the mc, I'd be really interested to know how well it dried standing there. A C
 
Will do A.C., I think I'll do it tomorrow night after we move the rocks for the fireplace.

zap
 
Looks like American or White Elm to me.
 
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If I had to bet this week's paycheck I would say American elm . . . at least that's what all the elm I cut look like with the bark flaking off in sheets like that.
 
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never cut or burned maple, but I have cut and split the red elm. I cut a few pieces of maple the other night and split it. It split like butter.
Just the splitting alone will tell.
 
Looks like elm to me too.
 
Elm.
 
I never did get to split it tonight but will do it Friday night, elm sounds good.

zap
 
Hit it with your maul and if it bounces back twice as hard as you hit it, then it's Elm.
 
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zap how long has that tree been standing dead ? Reason for asking is my father-in-law has huge one standing dead in a fence row for about 5 years now. I was going to cut it down this fall and pile it with my front in loader but now it has me thinking alot of good wood there.
 
My guess wood be 3 years if not more.

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coltfever said:
zap how long has that tree been standing dead ? Reason for asking is my father-in-law has huge one standing dead in a fence row for about 5 years now. I was going to cut it down this fall and pile it with my front in loader but now it has me thinking alot of good wood there.
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Don't waste that tree if you can help it. Elm is good firewood, & usually doesn't split too badly after being dead for few years. Some of the top wood may be close to a burnable mc already. The stuff that does split stringy, lights real easily even on weak coal bed. A C
 
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Don't waste that tree if you can help it. Elm is good firewood, & usually doesn't split too badly after being dead for few years. Some of the top wood may be close to a burnable mc already. The stuff that does split stringy, lights real easily even on weak coal bed. A C
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+1 . . . while fresh American elm can be pretty stringy and tough to split, older standing dead elm often splits pretty easily. I never pass up standing dead elm -- heck, it's mostly what got me by in my first year of burning as I had quite a bit of it on my property and did not have as long a seasoning time as I really needed.
 
Looks like size does matter, the bigger round after splitting it was 36-38 percent, the smaller rounds (split two smaller rounds) are ready to burn. And yes, it is Elm.

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TimJ, I put those splits in a stack later today, I think you are correct in you statement.

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TimJ said:
I'd say that moisture will come out of that bigger round pretty quick and be ready for Nov. burning
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TimJ, looks like I'll test the 36-38 percent splits again tonight, my guess would be 31-32 percent.

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From Friday to Monday ? Let us know
I c/s/s a whole bunch of red elm that was down along time as well and very similar to yours
Will be good to find out.......I don't own a MM
 
I took a reading tonight, the bigger splits (which are small) are down to 24-26 percent from 36-38 percent.
 

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