standing dead elm?

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That name is for the stink when it is wet, smells like urine.
 
Jags said:
woodconvert said:
Jags said:
woodconvert said:
Cuts easy with a chainsaw, splits easy with a splitter .....
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Yer elm is different than my elm, thats for sure.
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Prolly not. My splitter will shear a piece of oak so a stringy piece of elm isn't difficult to split, by hand is a totally different ballgame. As for cutting it i'm really surprised it's tough on your chain. Do you have a safety chain or a chisel chain???. I've got a chisel chain on mine that's far from being new and it eats it up. Maybe the weight of my saw makes it cut better????....but that doesn't splain the non-dulling chain. I'm stumped (no pun intended).
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I use a chisel chain on my ms-361 and my splitter is a 5" ram cranked up to 2500 psi. Yes I can cut 6" white oak sideways with the splitter, and I can run a 25" bar, buried into oak a throw a rooster tail of chips. Thats not the point. If COMPARING elm to other firewood, I would say that "easy" is not a proper description. If comparing to concrete pillars maybe, but not other firewood.

If I were told that the elm works up easier than white oak, or ash, or whatever, I will say it again, your elm is different than my elm.

Unless you consider this easy:

and I had an entire tree act this way, not just a stump or two.
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That elm could still keep you warm, just knit a sweater with it. :lol:
 
Looks like we will have to wear sweaters this winter since we are burning some of that ole elm. %-P

Ours split ok with only a couple of really stringy ones and even got them done and in the shed. Probably a cord of it mixed in with oak.
 
Carl said:
Looks like we will have to wear sweaters this winter since we are burning some of that ole elm. %-P

Ours split ok with only a couple of really stringy ones and even got them done and in the shed. Probably a cord of it mixed in with oak.
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Oh, I like burning it. Burning it is my sweet, sweet revenge. :coolgrin: Actually, those "hairy" pieces work well for starting a fire. One match and "poof" --fire.
 
woodconvert said:
Jags said:
woodconvert said:
Jags said:
woodconvert said:
Cuts easy with a chainsaw, splits easy with a splitter .....
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Yer elm is different than my elm, thats for sure.
Click to expand...

Prolly not. My splitter will shear a piece of oak so a stringy piece of elm isn't difficult to split, by hand is a totally different ballgame. As for cutting it i'm really surprised it's tough on your chain. Do you have a safety chain or a chisel chain???. I've got a chisel chain on mine that's far from being new and it eats it up. Maybe the weight of my saw makes it cut better????....but that doesn't splain the non-dulling chain. I'm stumped (no pun intended).
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I use a chisel chain on my ms-361 and my splitter is a 5" ram cranked up to 2500 psi. Yes I can cut 6" white oak sideways with the splitter, and I can run a 25" bar, buried into oak a throw a rooster tail of chips. Thats not the point. If COMPARING elm to other firewood, I would say that "easy" is not a proper description. If comparing to concrete pillars maybe, but not other firewood.

If I were told that the elm works up easier than white oak, or ash, or whatever, I will say it again, your elm is different than my elm.

Unless you consider this easy:

and I had an entire tree act this way, not just a stump or two.
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I'll plow the gnarliest piece i can dig up through mine and see what it looks like. I'll try to post a pic.
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Well, done split a piece o' elm on my splitter, took pics and i'm taking my first stab at posting pics so bear with me:

Pics are too big...no worky. Anyhow, split real easy, super dry ready to burn. I did get one piece with a bit of elm fuzz on it but NOTHING like Jag's pic. It was about an 8" dia "Y" piece. That's the gnarliest bit i've got. If someone has the cliffs notes on how to resize the pics I can retry to post them.
 
Backwoods Savage said:
As for splitting, some elm can be split by hand very easily!!!!! Bet that draws some comments, but it is true.

As for seasoning, even live elm will season quite fast. Yes, it is full of sap, but it is not that dense so the moisture leaves in a hurry.
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Just riffing on Backwoods Savage easy splitting elm comment...Yeah that's pretty much my experience too. In the winter when I work the dead trees I C&S;on site in the woods cause I'm not really expecting to make any serious production but some of that elm does split OK with a maul...I don't know why that is but that's the way it is.
 
How about those apples?! Captain agrees and nobody has yet to disagree!
 
Backwoods Savage said:
How about those apples?! Captain agrees and nobody has yet to disagree!
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Maybe thats why both you guys are savages. :lol: :cheese:
 
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