Wood Identification
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Yes, dropped more than I thought it wOOd. Next reading and last will be Wednesday night.
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TimJ
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Zap, after you check that split tomorrow, please split it again and check it on the inside with the moisture meter.............I'd be curious to see if it still reads higher in the center
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Ratman
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My mouth is watering again... I split all my wood by hand and find with Elm that leaving it sit for a while before splitting makes it so much easier, or should I say actually possible.
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Zap, my experience with elm was a real monster road side tree that the county dropped and I lucked into it. Bark was falling off but man that sucker split HARD. Twisted etc.... I waited until January ( 2 years ago ) on a good cold snap and it did split easier. I could tell the large rounds were still full of moisture but frozen and the wood "popped" when split . Still had the nasty twist going on which makes it impossible to do a "zap" stack of wood! Interesting info with the moisture meter.
I never split any Elm during the winter but did split some beech in the winter, that chit was popping.Zap, my experience with elm was a real monster road side tree that the county dropped and I lucked into it. Bark was falling off but man that sucker split HARD. Twisted etc.... I waited until January ( 2 years ago ) on a good cold snap and it did split easier. I could tell the large rounds were still full of moisture but frozen and the wood "popped" when split . Still had the nasty twist going on which makes it impossible to do a "zap" stack of wood! Interesting info with the moisture meter.
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