your eyes are bigger than your stomach when your passenger is a stump

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Is that birch?

Rounds ride shotgun in my Impala often...and they don't care what I play on the radio.
You still got some room there on the floor in front of the seat

Looks like white birch. Rots quickly. Get it split asap.

White birch for sure, by the looks of the staining, the rot has started. Split it quick.. Save the bark, makes great fire starter.

White birch rots where it stands, if the crown shows any signs of dieback, its time to drop it. Wait much longer like when the crown is entirely gone and it usually may still have a good bole but the branches will be punky. Its dangerous to saw drop at this point as large dead branches may fall.

Nice score for you, congrats. When peeling for fire starter, get as thick of a peel as you can. I score it deeply (1/8" or so) with a utility knife on the long side of a split, and then every couple of inches perpendicular. Then dig in with your knife and try to get a peel with some orange to it. Depending on the particular tree and condition, you might get just paper thin outer or a good run with the sub layer attached. Best of luck and always work safely.

I had no idea what that title meant until I saw the pics.
That trailer looks like the folding HF job I just sold. I didn't think it could hold that much.

Well, you have to subtract the weight of the floor, sides, jack, spare, etc. I've folded up that trailer a bunch of times to put it away, and 'safety factor' doesn't really come to mind.

On the other hand, if you're on small roads, nobody in back of you, and the thing folds (not on purpose, lol) would that be a tragedy? I'm not sure how it would fail, just bow slowly in the middle? Maybe give you a warning?

BTW, I like what you did with the sides.

Like others have said get that split soon. I really like that unique smell that White Birch has to it!

Certainly looks like birch -- white or gray.

I gained access to a lot of birch in the last couple of years. It was the majority of my supply last winter. It's one of the better woods available in our area.

Technically I don't think that is a stump riding in your passenger seat . . . it may have come from the stump, but once cut off from the root system it's just another bucked piece of wood as the stump is what is left behind.

Nicknamed "Stumpy".

Normally an overloaded trailer fails at the axle(bearings overheat and wheel falls off) or where the tonque passes under the front of he box.
Love burning solid birch as well. My Dad used to cut birch for the deer camp during the first weekend, burn it in the fireplace during the next two weeks...