Cut your Cottonwood now rather than later.

[NordicSplitter]

Last year at this time I got a nice supply of soft woods. Pine, Basswood and some Cottonwood. I decided just to cut them into rounds, some big and some small, and let them sit out for one year and split them then. The other day I started splitting. The Pine and Basswood split super easy. I thought the Cottonwood would be the same. WRONG..Just as difficult as the first day I got it. The only beneficial grace was the bark peeled off like a banana skin. The Cottonwood is coming in at 30% moisture while the Pine and Basswood are in the teens. Lesson learned with Cottonwood. Split now rather that later

 

[HackBerry]

Have you ever burned Cottonwood?

 

[NordicSplitter]

Have you ever burned Cottonwood?

Yep...Burns fast and hot. Great for the Fall and Spring.

 

[Soundchasm]

I was expecting the thread content to instruct me to cut cottonwood while it's a sapling. I've never burned it, but I've read plenty of warnings. Those things get so insanely big around here I can't imagine the price of bringing down one of those monsters.

 

[red oak]

This is a good rule for most firewood - split now rather than later.

 

[bigbarf48]

Yep, I've found this to be true as well. It's not bad to split when it's fresh cut,, but let it sit and it turns into a rock