Senatormofo
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Damn! That's nasty stuff.
I'll be sure to steer clear of Gum! That looks like a Nightmare!
Damn! That's nasty stuff.
I'll be sure to steer clear of Gum! That looks like a Nightmare!
The worst I have split, green American Elm. Cottonwood sounds worse though.
Those are my choices too Nixon. Sycamore may be one of the wettest woods that I have seen also when just cut down and split.That's interesting ! I've been splitting some locust lately , and it split well . But then again it wasn't seasoned . That might have been the difference . To me it's elm, sycamore ,and sweet gum.
I had a monster cottonwood in my yard that got hit by lightning 2 summers in a row, seven or so years back.The Cottonwood we have here is cake to split. I don't touch that junk unless it fell in my yard though, almost worthless for use as a heat source.
Imagine having to deal with 2 cords of this. Needless to say I was hard up for wood at the time.
Gum wood, pictures are worth a thousand threads.
Try it Joful. Sometimes it is not bad. Sometimes it is really bad!I've got a nice pile of sycamore waiting to be split. I guess that will get done on splitter rental day.
Why anyone would waste the time and wear/tear on low BTU wood splitting is beyond me
Split? What is this activity "Split" that you speak of?
I'm surprised nobody has run into any curly yellow birch. We cross our fingers each time one goes on the splitter since it is a 50/50 chance up here.
Really?Split? What is this activity "Split" that you speak of?
On the rare occasion I get something that is bigger than it SHOULD be for burning, and it worth the effort but difficult, it will be Sugar Maple.
Why anyone would waste the time and wear/tear on low BTU wood splitting is beyond me
Really?
And people diss us westerners for our "softwoods". Almost nothing splits like Douglas Fir. I did 2.5 cord a couple weeks ago by hand in about 2 hours.
It's alot easier splitting firewood than farwoodWhen I was still splittin wood by hand I had some Ginko that actually laughed at me every time I hit it with a swingin axe.
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