One tough splitting birch

[bogydave]

Today I spilt the tree I cut from the yard last week.
One tough tree, twisted & stringy. Growing on the edge of the yard, getting hammered by the wind made it tough.
Top started to die so I knew it was starting to rot in the center.
Several rounds, the splitter "down shifted into 1st gear" to get thru the gnarly grain.



Todays Mts picture:

 

[woodchip]

Makes our silver birch here look easy to split.

Presumably that will start seasoning now, and be ready to burn next winter.

Nice mountain view too.....