interesting difference in black locusts and my biggest oak score yet.

I posted a bit ago asking about a thorny tree and found out it was a black locust. My original guess was tulip because of the large rings and wood color. Then the black locust that I got last week looked so different I never would have thought of tulip. The one w/ the small rings did have a few more trees around it that I'm sure made the growth slower.






Then the oak. The rounds were way freakin heavy and the biggest of them couldn't be split at the site. The wedges were just popping out after a few good wacks. When I got them home I tried hitting them w/ my brand new (read sharp) x27 and the head just bounced right off.

I'll give it another shot. To be honest the way it bounced back at me got me a bit nervous so I only hit it a few times. I did hit it pretty darn hard all 3 or 4 times though. If I have a better experience the 2nd time around I will post the results.

brand new chain that day and didn't realize how much slack had picked up. It was still tight towards the end of the day too. I remember checking about 2/3 of the way through the day.
That's a pretty keen observation on your part.

They are both black locust and had the proper thorns to prove it. I'm glad it's not just me though.
When I dropped a piece of the BL on that big oak round to split. It sounded like two rocks getting knocked together.

I knew I was getting a rental splitter for some of the more stubborn pieces. So I didn't even bother to try again on the big rounds.
It was my 1st time w/ a splitter and will not be my last.
I like the idea of splitting the somewhat easy stuff as I go along w/ the scrounges. Then saving all the PITA stuff for the splitter once a year.

Thanks Ray, I haven't posted in a while and should do some updating.