Stocking up

[patrickspipe]

Got ash and red oak delivered free and took down i think an american elm today. The elm is not good wood but its free. Real fibery stuff, but now onto building the shed

 

[wahoowad]

your pictures are all sideways

 

[patrickspipe]

Lol i just realized that ooops

 

[patrickspipe]

The files were too big. Have to edit them. Im a newbie

 

[patrickspipe]

Ok all fixed

 

[Sinngetreu]

Nice, its definitely that time of year.

 

[Woody Stover]

Elm isn't bad at all. Not quite as long-burning as Oak but it's all BTUs.

 

[patrickspipe]

I keep staring at the pile and my wife thinks im insane. Then i showed her this forum and told her there is a lot more like me. She'll change her toon when no oil bill comes in

 

[Jags]

The only problem with elm is that some can be very difficult to split. Other than that it makes for some fine stove chow.

 

[patrickspipe]

Yes jags i found that out the hard way. Shoulders are sore, So i robbed my buddys splitter while hes at work lol

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Welcome to the forum Patrick.

The key to getting good elm is to wait until it is dead and all or most of the bark has fallen off the tree. Unless that tree was grown out in the open (where the wind causes twists in the grain), it can be split without getting all stringy and it also splits about 10 times easier than a fresh green tree of elm.

 

[patrickspipe]

Thanks for the tip savage. This tree had to come down though, one liter had already fallin and the other was hanging over the neighbors house with poor root/ trunk foundation. So should i leave it in log form for a year? Or split it now??

 

[Jags]

Cut/Split/Stack now. The sooner you get it split, the sooner the drying process gets in gear.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Thanks for the tip savage. This tree had to come down though, one liter had already fallin and the other was hanging over the neighbors house with poor root/ trunk foundation. So should i leave it in log form for a year? Or split it now??

As Jags stated, the sooner you get it split, the sooner it will dry. I would not wait but split it and stack it as soon as you can. Good luck.

 

[patrickspipe]

Thanks. Will def split tomorrow