Slippery (Red) Elm seems to hold up pretty well, even if it has been on the ground for a while. There's hardly any sapwood, so I think he got that out of the woods. I'm pretty sure that's what he's got there, judging by the bark I can see and the color of the end grain. A split pic might confirm the rosy color and you would see some stringiness but not as much as American Elm, from what I understand. I haven't seen American here, just Red, so I don't know how hard it is to tell the two apart. I see Red BTU listed quite often at 21.6...not too shabby.I would say to be that dry with no rot it had to be dead standing, or else it was hung up, definitely doesn't look like it was on the ground. Also, curious how you pegged the I.D. as elm, whenever I encounter a tree in that shape I have a heck of a time with wood I.D. Was there just enough bark left to tell?
The heartwood holds up well, although the sapwood might be spotty. Once I get this dead Ash stacked that I need to get dry this summer, I'm going after a backlog of dead Red Oaks, maybe eight or ten, that are lying or standing out there. I've also got one Red Elm that the bark fell off of a couple of years ago, similar to what Bwhunter's got above. Biggest one I've seen here, at about 19" of so.I have several standing dead red oaks that I have been meaning to get to for the past 2 years. Hope I have the same luck with the condition of the wood as you did. Nice haul!
That is the stuff I love to get my hands on, trouble is it's usually rotting if it has sat that long.
How was it laying to keep from getting punky?
Jackpot!10-20 more dead standing to pull down and buck that are hung up.
I've come too close to doing that myself. Time to put up some heavy mesh there.I see your back windows. Reminds me of the time I threw a piece of wood in my dad's truck and it bounced off the bedliner going thru the window. I will never forget the look on his face.
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