I think it's Slippery (Red) Elm, but...

[Woody Stover]

...man, this stuff is heavy! It's at about 18% MC and way heavier than White Ash. Hard to believe this stuff will only put out 20 M BTU. It blew over into a White Oak, but the roots were still in the ground. I cut the bottom and pulled it off the stump with the quad and a chain. Cut another 4' off the bottom and it swung over to the Oak, hanging straight up and down! Chained it to the quad again and pulled...it slipped out of the Oak a bit and plugged in the ground. :-/ Cut it again and it went back to hanging straight up and down. Then finally I was able to pull it out on the next try. Whew! It was about 11" DBH. I love finding wood that's ready to burn. I'll try some tonight...highs in the low 50s/lows in the low 40s the next few days.

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This is a smaller round...the bigger ones have an even tighter grain. Would the tight grain account for its being so heavy? I'm going to see if there's another Elm nearby to verify that this is actually Slippery Elm; I think there may be some Rock Elm around here, too. I know that stuff is heavy.
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Definitely has a red/pink color to the wood.
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Pretty little pile, no? The wood lower right, redder in color, is an Oak branch. If you look at the wood at the top of the pic, you can see why I'm going to break out the power splitter. :lol:
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[lukem]

Red Elm for sure. I like it...i think it is under-rated on the BTU charts....I'd take it over cherry any day. No bark/dirt to deal with. Leaves clinkers in the stove when you burn a lot of it.

 

[Thistle]

Yup that be Slippery/Red Elm. Great stuff,not much of it around my area anymore.I've seen maybe 30-40 smaller ones still alive & healthy on parent's acreage.The ones that survive dont get near as big now before Dutch Elm Disease starts to affect them unfortunately.

I did get a 7" standing dead one 3 weeks ago,only 2nd dead one found since April now.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

You should find that the elm is no match for the hydraulic splitter. It should split nicely.

 

[Woody Stover]

Red Elm for sure. I like it...i think it is under-rated on the BTU charts....I'd take it over cherry any day. Leaves clinkers in the stove when you burn a lot of it.

Man, I am lovin' the clinkers! Loaded a medium-sized split and round in the back of the stove and filled the rest with Sugar Maple, with a little Pine kindling in the front top. Checked it after 12 hours; There was the bottom piece of Red, coaled out pretty good but still in the shape of a log. I decided to let it burn out. When I checked again, there were a bunch of glowing clinkers so I swept them to the front and reloaded...after 23 hours! :bug:

 

[onetracker]

i love slippery elm

splits easily (usually)
smells great
burns clean and hot

 

[Duetech]

last chart I had listed red elm at 22 mil per cord and black walnut at 20. For sure the red elm out did the walnut. Not much mature red elm around here either.