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  1. Boom Stick Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 26, 2011
    270 posts
    Capital Region, NY
    Heavy. Straight as an arrow. wood.jpg photo 2.jpg photo 4.jpg
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  2. ohlongarm Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 18, 2011
    703 posts
    Northeastern Ohio
  3. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,106 posts
    Michigan
    Elm
  4. husky345 vermont resolute New Member

    joined: Sep 20, 2012
    48 posts
    london, ontario
  5. f3cbboy Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 19, 2009
    432 posts
    rockland county, NY
    i think it looks like oak too.
  6. Boom Stick Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 26, 2011
    270 posts
    Capital Region, NY
    Def not oak...I remember leaves were not oak leaves. Elm will work....my 1st walnut and elm score today. I'll take it!
  7. Boom Stick Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 26, 2011
    270 posts
    Capital Region, NY
    elm.jpg Just looked up elm leaves and I think this is an elm tree.....Thanks for the info!
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  8. geoxman Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 26, 2010
    275 posts
    STL City
    elm
  9. Jack Straw Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 22, 2008
    2,006 posts
    Schoharie County, N Y
    Try to split it by hand and if your ax or maul bounces off of it like you're a cartoon character, then it's ellum.
  10. schlot Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 21, 2011
    606 posts
    Iowa
    Looks just like the elm I stacked today.
  11. Boom Stick Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 26, 2011
    270 posts
    Capital Region, NY
    It split like red oak today...one test piece into 6 splits.........very dense and very wet....not oak though......leaf shape and pattern was similar to elm. Maybe I got lucky. When my FIL was talking about taking tree down few months back i looked at it and though ash....shows you how much I know!
  12. adrpga498 Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    750 posts
    New Jersey
    I got 3 truck loads of downed trees from the storm. Rounds already at the curbside, thought it was oak until I split it. Look similar to what you have but sadly its gum that I had to deal with. Oh well, at least I have future shoulder season covered.
  13. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,720 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    I vote elm
    Good fire wood. Better if it splits OK. Not always an easy wood to split ;)
  14. Bacffin Feeling the Heat

    Does not look like oak to me.
  15. Wood Duck Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 26, 2009
    3,757 posts
    Central PA
    That is not oak, aside from the way it looks just like elm there are no medullary rays. With those high resolution pics we'd see medullary rays in the end of the rounds. I think it is American Elm. I have split some Elm that was not particularly difficult to split, so don't judge solely by the difficulty of splitting.
  16. midwestcoast Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 9, 2009
    1,389 posts
    NW Indiana
    Get it all split ASAP before it changes its mind about letting you split it!
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  17. PA. Woodsman Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 26, 2007
    634 posts
    Emmaus, Pennsylvania

    Good one!! :)
  18. tcassavaugh Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 10, 2010
    594 posts
    Southern Maryland
    nice pick boom stick.......gonna keep you warm once it gets dried out and seasoned. its gonna start getting chilly up there. i know the past couple of weeks it was into the low 20's by morning and a little chilly sitting in a tree stand. i was up about 20 miles east of Albany near the Mass border during the first week of deer season. enjoy.....and stay back when you FIL starts pulling on those trees ;)

    cass
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  19. Boom Stick Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 26, 2011
    270 posts
    Capital Region, NY
    I split a whole bunch of these elm rounds today.....split really nice........I did get into an ugly piece and I was rejected promptly. put it aside for the splitter. wood is at 30.something percent moisture and heavy.....inner heart wood is like a green brown and I could have sworn it stained my hands yesterday. I am gonna make sure this all gets split in the next day or so. My FIL has a downed elm on his land! I am gonna take it, has been there for a while.

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