I guess I have to, Darn Elm!

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wishlist

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Mar 28, 2011
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Was out chasing whitetails this morning and found this top of an elm broke off from Sandy. So I thought " what would zap do" Lol. :D

After the last huge elm that I c/s/s I said no more! I hate that stringy stuff. Problem is this elm is blocking 4 wheeler access to the back of the property and needs to be moved asap. I can pull up to this wood with the truck and trailer so its easy pickings. Of course, no need in just taking the top when the trunk is still standing and there is another dead ( elm I think) standing tree close by. Guess I'll get the saws out soon. :)
 

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Ooooh, lucky you!! Twice the work for half the BTU's.

I've got several truckloads to split and stack that the power company left me when they trimmed under the lines last summer. I feel your pain.
 
Terrible to get the first split off (8lb maul and a 6lb sledge works well) but not too bad after that. I just split 2 of them this summer. Mine were a little past prime but great early and late season burning.

At leasy yours did not end up where mine did......
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DuckDog said:
Terrible to get the first split off (8lb maul and a 6lb sledge works well) but not too bad after that. I just split 2 of them this summer. Mine were a little past prime but great early and late season burning.

At leasy yours did not end up where mine did......
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That tree looks like it's been dead for years, and should have been cut.
 
Dents in trucks = character
 
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burnt2perfection said:
Ooooh, lucky you!! Twice the work for half the BTU's.

I've got several truckloads to split and stack that the power company left me when they trimmed under the lines last summer. I feel your pain.
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Burn2, I'm years ahead on my wood stash but really need some shoulder season wood. Last winter was really warm and put a big dent in my box elder and some other who knows what softer wood. Elm isn't pine but its not hickory either so it will work. :)
 

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wishlist said:
This is what I'm looking for zap! :eek:
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Those one's you usually don't have to go looking very far for - looks like a high fence ":hunt";)
Can't wait for gun season to open in few weeks here
 
wishlist said:
Was out chasing whitetails this morning and found this top of an elm broke off from Sandy.
Guess I'll get the saws out soon. :)
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Do you wait until after hunting season to start bringing in wood?
 
Dave, I can answer that. Yes, you do have to wait.

Wishlist, yes, that is elm and I know not why you give it a bad rap. I burn a goodly amount of it and so long as I wait until the tree looks like that 3rd picture, the wood is usually not stringy. Of course if it grew in a fencerow out in the open then it would be stringy no matter what. But that one with the bark off should split and burn rather nicely.
 
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Looks like most of it won't have to be split at all, plus its free. And on your property ! ;)
 
Elm that is that dead splits pretty easily. I have quite a bit of it and that is what I am burning this morning. good luck
 
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When I shoot bucks that big I just cut the antlers up and stack with my cord wood. Antlers like that burn long and give off high BTU's

On a serious note I find elm to burn hot and leave very little ash - I like it.

For those out getting after them - good luck deer hunting - the bucks are really getting rowdy here in Mid-Michigan. I have been seeing 3-6 bucks a day lately and all of them have their nose in the tail end of a doe grunting all the way.

Love November!!
 
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Backwoods Savage said:
Dave, I can answer that. Yes, you do have to wait.

Wishlist, yes, that is elm and I know not why you give it a bad rap. I burn a goodly amount of it and so long as I wait until the tree looks like that 3rd picture, the wood is usually not stringy. Of course if it grew in a fencerow out in the open then it would be stringy no matter what. But that one with the bark off should split and burn rather nicely.
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This is why I hate elm Dennis. I dug some out today, cut it 3 years ago standing dead on side of road. Big tree, no bark on lower sections and I had to noodle some to load it in the trailer. Hydraulics wouldn't touch it until I let it freeze up then it was still tough.
If this next elm gathering adventure is even remotely similar I'm loading it up and dropping it off in a driveway near Hemlock rd! :D
Btw, you sure don't see bogydave or zap trying to stack this stuff! :eek:
 

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Good luck Bob on the deer, I've seen the bucks moving quite a bit in Shiawassee County! :)
 
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I love burning elm, that's whats been in the overnight fires now for the past two weeks. Lots of it in my stack, I get it every chance I can. Yes it can be a PITA, but the hydraulics don't seem to mind it a bit......::-)
 
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wishlist said:
This is why I hate elm Dennis. I dug some out today, cut it 3 years ago standing dead on side of road. Big tree, no bark on lower sections and I had to noodle some to load it in the trailer. Hydraulics wouldn't touch it until I let it freeze up then it was still tough.
If this next elm gathering adventure is even remotely similar I'm loading it up and dropping it off in a driveway near Hemlock rd! :D
Btw, you sure don't see bogydave or zap trying to stack this stuff! :eek:
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For sure there is a world of difference between a tree in a fence row vs one in the woods. I hate the fence row trees.
 
I'm an elm lover . . . especially if it's standing dead . . . and especially since I have a hydraulic splitter.
 
DuckDog said:
Terrible to get the first split off (8lb maul and a 6lb sledge works well) but not too bad after that. I just split 2 of them this summer. Mine were a little past prime but great early and late season burning.

At leasy yours did not end up where mine did......
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You guys may do things a bit differently than us here in Maine . . . but generally we buck up the wood before loading it into the back of the truck. It may take a few more steps than dropping it directly into the bed though. ;) :)

On a serious note . . . how bad was the damage?
 
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