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WoodpileOCD

Minister of Fire
Jan 19, 2011
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Central NC
Woke up to chain saws this morning and this is what was going on next door. Alas it was all sweet gum (the scourge of the Carolina's) and I'm bumping up on 3 years ahead after this weeks work so I'm starting to get real picky. Too much work for too little gain right now. Seems like 80% of everything that gets cut in the neighborhood is gum.
 

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i take it that gum is a little hard to split? haven't tried it. i have loads of gum trees in my woods behind the house. would make some good logs if i could get something in.

cass
 
It's not terrible to split with hyd's, but but with a maul it'll bust off chunks rather than even splits.
Not the greatest wood as far fuel goes either. Grows shrooms within a year, and unless good and dry it's smolders/smokes bad.
 
too bad....like i said, real common and popular around here in southern maryland.

cass
 
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