Loving red elm.

[ohlongarmisle]

Ten years old air dried, burns easily 16 hours bright flames plenty heat, split em big some 8 to 10 inches thick, great wood.

 

[Caw]

Great wood but good luck splitting it. Elm is a pain even with a splitter. 10 year old well stored hardwood is pretty fun to burn. Makes life easy being prepared!

 

[ohlongarmisle]

Great wood but good luck splitting it. Elm is a pain even with a splitter. 10 year old well stored hardwood is pretty fun to burn. Makes life easy being prepared! Nothing can stop this ,trust me I know 9hp Honda 34 ton, never been beaten, and I've split wood with it for 14 years.

 

[Caw]

34 tons....that'll do the trick lol! My 27 handles it fine elm is just stringy and annoying compared to oak and maple. Burns great tho

 

[MongoMongoson]

Great wood but good luck splitting it. Elm is a pain even with a splitter. 10 year old well stored hardwood is pretty fun to burn. Makes life easy being prepared!

Have you split much red elm? I split 5 or 6 cords of it last summer by hand. Most of it flys apart, if I work my way from the outside in. Hit it dead center and even my sharp Fiskars can bounce right back at me. Yes, some logs can be a real bear but most of it split faster by hand than running the hydraulic splitter. I also had some American elm to split, and that was pretty awful, so I set that aside until the end. I have a 25 ton splitter for the nasty ones.

 

[Caw]

Have you split much red elm? I split 5 or 6 cords of it last summer by hand. Most of it flys apart, if I work my way from the outside in. Hit it dead center and even my sharp Fiskars can bounce right back at me. Yes, some logs can be a real bear but most of it split faster by hand than running the hydraulic splitter. I also had some American elm to split, and that was pretty awful, so I set that aside until the end. I have a 25 ton splitter for the nasty ones.

I was just commenting on elm in general. I've mostly split American Elm, if red is that much different then that's great!

 

[Jags]

Red elm and American elm are two distinctly different animals when it comes to splitting. At least that has been my experience.

 

[ohlongarmisle]

Red elm and American elm are two distinctly different animals when it comes to splitting. At least that has been my experience.

Air dried red elm splits ridiculously easy.

 

[cahaak]

As noted, red elm is easy to split. American elm is very stringy and intergrained and is a pain to split without a splitter. They both burn very well.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Had some American Elm to burn some years ago after Elm Bark Bettle went through the area. Burned great and wasn't that hard to split save for the knotty pieces. Splitter made quick work of those. Nevermore ded the stringy nature of the wood. Think that made the splits catch quicker in the stove.

 

[FaithfulWoodsman]

Splits easy, burns great, low ash and love the smell. Red elm would make my top 5 list.