Honey Locust score

This one was practically in my back yard. Pretty much two downed branches, and I think it'll stack out to .4 cords. There was a third branch that has been down two years, and I had passed by it last year thinking it must be rotted by now, but I propped it up out of the dirt and cut some rounds and only the outer 1/4" is punky. I'll go back down and get the smaller stuff plus some really dry HL from the oldest fallen branch.

I was surprised to see HL and white oak close to the same BTU/cord rating. It splits really easy, but it has a little weight, so I don't know if that's moisture or "value", but we'll see.

I hope it seasons quickly. I'll split small. I'm in the craziest situation wood-wise, but that's another post.

BTW, I really like these two tools I bought. I broke my left hand (5th metacarpal) 6/12/15 and had to find some way to keep processing with one hand, and both these items are brilliant. The hooks have been able to hold on to anything I can lift (40-50 lbs), but if they were to let go, there's a 90% chance your toe is underneath. The hooks won't grip anything too large or small for their rating (16-18"). And the tongs are a great device to deflect labor from your fingers and keep your hands from becoming too sore. Wish I'd found these a few years ago.

All my scrounges this year have been in reverse order. The hand injury has to do with a bicycle and some dogs and a chipmunk, but that's for the Inglenook.

I'm just glad nobody was near that thing when those limbs dropped! Some trees do seem to have a shady side to them...

It's all split to about as small as I could manage. I'm going to try and stay out of it this season, but I split everything, even down to the 2" dia. bits. There's a slight difference in feel from the smaller branches to the bigger sections, but on average, no doubt this is one-year+ stuff.

A neighbor had a cruddy maple tree drop two big limbs and I'll get those. I only know that it's not silver, red, sugar, or big leaf. I'll split small and that stuff will be good to go.