Most of my woodburning is Shagbark Hickory. I try to only cut my dead standing or on the ground wood and never had a problem with splitting with my Huskee 22 ton splitter. This last big tree is a pain in the butt being stringy. When I cut it up in rounds it had been laying for a year. 28" across at the base so very big tree. Top small limbs alittle stringy but ok. As I get into the larger rounds I'm getting so mad I'm about throw all this wood into my burn brush pile. ( not really just alittle anger ).This wood is not needed for 2 years away. Will this get better for splitting if I let it set in a row off the ground for a few months or go ahead and try to get what I can out of it and burn pile the rest . The one's of you that have been cutting wood for many years and see this alot what do I need to do.