played in the rain today..pic heavy

[steeltowninwv]

dropped an elm and sycamore the other day....got home from work early today so i wasnt gonna let the rain stop me....

butt of elk tree bucked up

elm top bucked up

most of the top stacked off the ground

this stuff is a nightmare to split manually..ill break out the hydraulics for the elm

split a little with the hydraulic splitter

the next victim..pretty good sized sycamore i dropped and logged up the other day

some locust and red oak i had cut a week or so ago...split up and stacked today....crappy pic..sorry

 

[maxed_out]

steeltown, you are still cranking wow. you trying to get 10 years ahead?

what you are calling elm in the first pic? looks like hickory to me. either way its gonna be a bear to split.

 

[steeltowninwv]

10 years would be nice..lol..i was thinking elm..maybe im wrong...but i was sure it was elm now u got me second guessing

 

[ScotO]

Nice job Steeltown....I'm the same way, once I get started, come hell or high water, I work til it's done..........

 

[Thistle]

10 years would be nice..lol..i was thinking elm..maybe im wrong...but i was sure it was elm now u got me second guessing

1st five pics are definitely American Elm,when it grows slower it has more of the darker heart even if tree isnt large diameter.Plus the deeper diamond shaped furrowed bark of older tree is a good clue.

Definitely tough & stubborn splitting when green. I rarely cut any green Elm,only time is when one has storm damage or a small one gets crushed when dropping my usual Red & White Oak snags.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

steeltowninwv, you've been busy. It is great to cut wood this winter so far with the lack of snow and cold. Also, breaking out the hydraulics is nice for splitting that stuff. Any more that is how we do all our splitting. As the years pile on, splitting becomes a difficult chore.

 

[steeltowninwv]

yeah my dad said its winter sit back and enjoy the fire and quit cutting wood.......i told him if winter ever hits i will....if the weather stays like this im gonna keep on cutting

 

[wishlist]

Nice job steel, that elm can/will be a pain. If it ever freezes, that's when I would split it.

 

[steeltowninwv]

how well does it split once it does freeze...im hoping u are gonna tell me it will split about like poplar

 

[wishlist]

Haha, not even close. It will be much more easy, still difficult, I can tell you that.

 

[Pat53]

Nice job, BTW is that "elk" wood any good to eat ...LOL