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[elijah]

Found this about 30 minutes from the house. It's some kind of maple, but not sure which one. It looks to be over a cord in rounds, big heavy rounds, I might add...

 

[Dix]

Awesome

 

[Occo370]

just out of curiousity.. if its measuring a cord in rounds what do you estimate it will be in splits.. i know it will change pending on how tightly stacked and size of splits but does anyone have a way to estimate

 

[sgt7546]

Maple must of been the wood of the day...Nice job.

 

[SolarAndWood]

Nice score. Was someone thoughtful enough to buck it so consistently or did they leave it for you?

 

[elijah]

Nice score. Was someone thoughtful enough to buck it so consistently or did they leave it for you?

They left it for me to buck. It was cleared on a little 3/4 acre lot that is going to be developed in the city. They used their huge back hoe to 'drop' the trees. I was able to back my trailer up right next to the pile which is always a big plus!

 

[SolarAndWood]

Knocking trees down with a backhoe is fun. It's nice they left it somewhere you could back up to and buck yourself. Perfect score.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

That is a dandy score. Congratulations.

 

[Deron]

Nice score.

 

[Danno77]

just out of curiousity.. if its measuring a cord in rounds what do you estimate it will be in splits.. i know it will change pending on how tightly stacked and size of splits but does anyone have a way to estimate

I usually estimate that split it will increase by 10% if you stack tightly.

 

[elijah]

just out of curiousity.. if its measuring a cord in rounds what do you estimate it will be in splits.. i know it will change pending on how tightly stacked and size of splits but does anyone have a way to estimate

In my limited experience, if I can get straight, clean splits, I'll get about about 10 percent more. My first cord and a half of chinese elm rounds turned into 2 cords after splitting because I wasn't able to stack it tight at all. But for my future counting and planning I adjust 10 percent or so or just slightly round up.

 

[DiscoInferno]

Looks to be silver maple, BTW.

 

[thewoodlands]

Found this about 30 minutes from the house. It's some kind of maple, but not sure which one. It looks to be over a cord in rounds, big heavy rounds, I might add...

elijah nice score, it looks like you have been getting some rain is snow next.



zap

 

[elijah]

Looks to be silver maple, BTW.

Just looked up some pics of this and I think you're right. I brought home a little twig/branch with some leaves and it matched up. I hope this is good burning wood, it wasn't as heavy as the elm I brought home the prior weekend. Thanks for the tip!

 

[elijah]

Found this about 30 minutes from the house. It's some kind of maple, but not sure which one. It looks to be over a cord in rounds, big heavy rounds, I might add...

elijah nice score, it looks like you have been getting some rain is snow next.



zap

Yeah, I think so and so does the weather channel. Ever since I moved here in 2001, we've always had 1 snowstorm in October. The snow doesn't stick or really cause any havoc, but it happens every year. I thought this might be the first year without the Oct snow storm but it looks like we might get it this week.

 

[DiscoInferno]

Looks to be silver maple, BTW.

Just looked up some pics of this and I think you're right. I brought home a little twig/branch with some leaves and it matched up. I hope this is good burning wood, it wasn't as heavy as the elm I brought home the prior weekend. Thanks for the tip!

It will split easily, season fairly quickly, and burn fine, but it is a fairly light/low-BTU wood. Somewhat below elm on the charts.