Hornbeam aka snag don't split just shreds
Beat me too it. Doesn't have the coloration for hornbeam. Bark and split screams elm.we got to the bottom of it...it's american elm!
My best guess w/o a pic would be beech.Help me with this tree id.
Cut it in winter, it has a rough bark, very white inside, and was about 30 feet tall.
The issue is , I can't split it with an 8lb. maul! pieces 18" long and 4" in diameter just bounce the maul back at me.
After pounding 6 or 7 times it will go, but its very stringy and twisted inside.
The only other id feature is it seems to have small limbs growing every so often straight out of the center of the trunk, the whole lenght of the tree.
any ideas???
Would this wood be easier to split dry?
My best guess w/o a pic would be beech.
If you can post a pic., that would help.
good luck,
chuck