smokinjay said:
Jags said:
Baahaaha - BAHAHAA - its elm.
+1
Well, I'm glad ya'll are in agreement on this!<grin>
I don't guess I should tell ya'll that these were the biggest rounds I had...that I about busted something wrestling them out of the clear-cut tangle, stumbling to the truck with them, and looked proudly upon once they were stacked in the backyard (kinda like gazing proudly at the nice 10-point buck in the back of the truck).
But, the really fun part was carrying those rounds to the nice, new, red and shiney wood splitter (that is now tore up) and
carefully placing them on the cradle. Pulling the valve handle expecting to see a nice round of red oak (I'm thinking it's water oak) start to split nicely down the grain...knowing that these rounds will give a days worth of fuel for my little F3CB. Then suddenly my expectant attitude slowly turning into a "what the..." attitude as the wedge groaningly smushes and tears and rips and chatters and smushes it's way through the wood leaving a fuzzball of wood fiber (I *can* detect something of a split of wood under that fuzz, though!). Expecting the smell of red oak to waft my way, it is with surpise and another "what the..." moment that the Ode de' Slipper Elm strikes the smell receptors in my nostrils causing them to shrivel up while yet retaining the smell in them.
Yes, this was definitely a learning experience. Now, if you see some guy down in south Alabama that is out in a clear-cut and he's hacking a piece of wood off a downed log and then bending over and smelling it, then either cutting it up or walking away saying things he shouldn't...that's probably me! :-S (Man, that's gonna add a lot of time to getting a load of wood!)
Ed
Distributor for "Ode de' Slipper Elm" sachets