Big score tonight!

[turn_n_burn]

Just scored a pickup bed full of hybrid poplar. All in rounds, cut between 16" and 8 feet, some reasonably dry, some green as Kermit the frog, lots of nice checks in some of the log ends. Not a wood snob obviously, but I do like the smell. Anybody with experience splitting this stuff? I don't anticipate it being easy, but nothing worthwhile is.

 

[Rebelduckman]

Poplar splits like butter in my neck of the woods. I'm talking tulip poplar anyway. Good kindling and cool night wood

 

[Chimney Smoke]

Poplar generally splits if you threaten it with a maul and don't even hit it. At least the straight grain stuff I cut when I'm actually cutting it for firewood splits that easy. If it's not straight grain I don't bother with it too much.