This year I had a big cherry fall over at my dad's house and then had arborists take down some really tricky box elders that were hanging over my house. When I got to bucking them up, I found that what I thought was my very powerful Dewalt Flexvolt did not in fact like to cut large green logs at all. I was getting maybe six big cuts per battery which I am kinda ok with since I have three, but I also got the feeling that it was overall kinda hard on the saw; I don't think they were really meant for this kind of task.
My question is, if I were to leave the big chunks of box elder for a year, would it save much wear and tear on my saw due to being somewhat drier next year? I know there is likely to be some degree of rot but box elder has such crap BTUs anyway that I guess I am not losing much anyway. I guess I could skip it altogether and let it all go to the bugs but I am curious if leaving green wood for a year is a viable option in order to prolong the life of a saw.
My question is, if I were to leave the big chunks of box elder for a year, would it save much wear and tear on my saw due to being somewhat drier next year? I know there is likely to be some degree of rot but box elder has such crap BTUs anyway that I guess I am not losing much anyway. I guess I could skip it altogether and let it all go to the bugs but I am curious if leaving green wood for a year is a viable option in order to prolong the life of a saw.
