Dropped about 5 cords of standing dead this weekend.

All was standing dead, mostly Black, willow, and southern red oak, swamp/red maple, and sweet gum. My brother cut 2/3 of the trunks and I pushed them over with our skid steer. Standing dead cutting can be very dangerous, but machines can help (skid steer has 3/4 enclosed metal cab in case a widow maker drops during knock down). I am now burning some Acer rubrum (red/swamp maple) and it is HOT! Using an EPA efficient insert, I am zero carbon footprint heating by burning already dead trees

Haha, no just sweating!

paulywalnut, yes sweet gum is not my favorite splitting wood. That stuff can be stringy mess. Thankfully, only a few trees were sweetgum! My Oslo: I am too lazy to do it right, so I have to find dead stuff to cut. Plus, I'm a bit of a tree hugger so I'd rather not kill them if I can find dead stuff first. Cutting standing dead stuff is still very dangerous and I am lucky that our family business has a skid steer to make the takedown a little safer. Otherwise I would probably stay away from standing dead trees (figuratively and literally).