Hit the lottery again

Found a chit load of red elm again. Bone dry with no bark.......split open and solid petrified. I will burn this stuff year round. It gets the tempurature in the house to 72 degrees in no time flat and burns great. Maybe this is the first time I am seeing the rewards of seasoned dry wood. I am a believer. I got my hands on some more. I know I was suppose to take a week off, but it got the best of me.

Nice score. I have burned some dead bark less American Elm rounds, 4-6" and they burn great. I load them up before work and have coals to reload when I get home from work 9 hrs. later.

Nice!
I'll grab that Red anytime. Great stuff. Unfortunately, I don't have too much more...a few more dead ones and that's it for a while.

I got some no-bark Reds earlier this year. Here's some that's in the on-deck circle right now.

Nice score
Week Off? Glad it got the best of you LOL
Burning dry wood is a treat

Great stuff indeed.Not much Red Elm left around me,a handful small-medium sized that are so far alive & healthy.Rarely see more than 1 or 2 dead ones a year now.Was harvesting lots of dead in early-late '80's,a few more again in mid 90's before the supply pretty much ended.A fair amount of American/White Elm left,most arent bigger than 14" max.however

Burned some softer dead Elm last weekend,hauled up from steep hillside last January.Not much weight,tough to split as expected,but put out a respectable amount of heat considering it was barely 30 degrees outside.First thought about leaving it on the ground,but now glad I didnt.

Woody, that living room is so inviting I can feel the warmth of the stove.

Thistle, I went hunting this morning for more slumping red elm and found more but in a difficult place. I'll probably talk myself into getting them.
It will start rotting eventually if totally on the ground and smaller diameter. I split all the rounds and stacked it already. This tree was not as stringy. The stuff is so hard that you can split a bent smaller round and it will still split through the center. I like this stuff way better than maple........but that is just me.

BTU is supposed to be better than soft Maple but not quite as good as Hard...seems about right.

great score