Well I've been lurking around here for a while before joining and have gotten a lot of usefull info. I'm new to burning and am working on collecting wood for my new jotul f500. Have a friend with property that is offering a huge supply of wood however I'm not sure what it is. Hopefully someone has seen this type before and will have some good news about it. The trees no longer have any bark and have been down for about a year. The wood splits decent but is slightly stringy. Thanks.
Wood ID?
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Pellet_Pete
Feeling the Heat
Last pic appears to have elm bark beetle galleries up and down it, so I'd guess it was a dead-standing elm.
mark cline
Minister of Fire
Rebelduckman
Minister of Fire
It looks like Elm Standing dead at least 3 years .
Looks like starting to rot soft to punkie in the split pieces
I do a lot of Elm standing dead from my fence lines
Looks like starting to rot soft to punkie in the split pieces
I do a lot of Elm standing dead from my fence lines
Thank you for the replies. Looks like I will be heading over there for a few loads. Free wood seems hard to turn down even if it isn't the greatest.
BillLion
Minister of Fire
Elm would also explain all the axe marks without a split!
Elm is the worst wood I have ever split. Pain from beginning to end. Decent firewood though in the end.
Elm is the worst wood I have ever split. Pain from beginning to end. Decent firewood though in the end.
Some of the old farmer guys around me think dead standing Elm is ideal firewood. They all seek it. It burns hot and seasons shortly. When you see the slight yellowing inside the splits it means its starting to turn punky but it usually splits way better than a recently dead tree.
I think Elm is a really good medium btu wood. I think it produces more heat than cherry, its just not as available.
I think Elm is a really good medium btu wood. I think it produces more heat than cherry, its just not as available.
I grew up in Ithaca, when all the big elms were dying some decades ago. We lost some really beautiful old trees from our yard, but put them through our new (mid-1970s) VC Defiant to heat the house.
Between being the toughest wood in the world to split and getting horrible cases of poison ivy from the vines on the trees, I still have a soft spot for elm. I find the occasional smaller one here in NH... just processed one that looked pretty close to the pics above. Good burning, if you catch it before it gets too punky.
Between being the toughest wood in the world to split and getting horrible cases of poison ivy from the vines on the trees, I still have a soft spot for elm. I find the occasional smaller one here in NH... just processed one that looked pretty close to the pics above. Good burning, if you catch it before it gets too punky.
They're good for campfires, too. Put couple bigguns on the fire and they'll show nice red coals all night.
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