That elm could still keep you warm, just knit a sweater with it. :lol:Jags said:woodconvert said:Jags said:woodconvert said:Cuts easy with a chainsaw, splits easy with a splitter .....
Yer elm is different than my elm, thats for sure.
Prolly not. My splitter will shear a piece of oak so a stringy piece of elm isn't difficult to split, by hand is a totally different ballgame. As for cutting it i'm really surprised it's tough on your chain. Do you have a safety chain or a chisel chain???. I've got a chisel chain on mine that's far from being new and it eats it up. Maybe the weight of my saw makes it cut better????....but that doesn't splain the non-dulling chain. I'm stumped (no pun intended).
I use a chisel chain on my ms-361 and my splitter is a 5" ram cranked up to 2500 psi. Yes I can cut 6" white oak sideways with the splitter, and I can run a 25" bar, buried into oak a throw a rooster tail of chips. Thats not the point. If COMPARING elm to other firewood, I would say that "easy" is not a proper description. If comparing to concrete pillars maybe, but not other firewood.
If I were told that the elm works up easier than white oak, or ash, or whatever, I will say it again, your elm is different than my elm.
Unless you consider this easy:
and I had an entire tree act this way, not just a stump or two.
Carl said:Looks like we will have to wear sweaters this winter since we are burning some of that ole elm. %-P
Ours split ok with only a couple of really stringy ones and even got them done and in the shed. Probably a cord of it mixed in with oak.
woodconvert said:Jags said:woodconvert said:Jags said:woodconvert said:Cuts easy with a chainsaw, splits easy with a splitter .....
Yer elm is different than my elm, thats for sure.
Prolly not. My splitter will shear a piece of oak so a stringy piece of elm isn't difficult to split, by hand is a totally different ballgame. As for cutting it i'm really surprised it's tough on your chain. Do you have a safety chain or a chisel chain???. I've got a chisel chain on mine that's far from being new and it eats it up. Maybe the weight of my saw makes it cut better????....but that doesn't splain the non-dulling chain. I'm stumped (no pun intended).
I use a chisel chain on my ms-361 and my splitter is a 5" ram cranked up to 2500 psi. Yes I can cut 6" white oak sideways with the splitter, and I can run a 25" bar, buried into oak a throw a rooster tail of chips. Thats not the point. If COMPARING elm to other firewood, I would say that "easy" is not a proper description. If comparing to concrete pillars maybe, but not other firewood.
If I were told that the elm works up easier than white oak, or ash, or whatever, I will say it again, your elm is different than my elm.
Unless you consider this easy:
and I had an entire tree act this way, not just a stump or two.
I'll plow the gnarliest piece i can dig up through mine and see what it looks like. I'll try to post a pic.
Backwoods Savage said:As for splitting, some elm can be split by hand very easily!! Bet that draws some comments, but it is true.
As for seasoning, even live elm will season quite fast. Yes, it is full of sap, but it is not that dense so the moisture leaves in a hurry.
Backwoods Savage said:How about those apples?! Captain agrees and nobody has yet to disagree!
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