I've been scouting my 15 acres of mature woods for ripe dead wood ready for the harvest. I want the wood to dry relatively fast.....at least faster than oak. With all the talk of walnut, I took a tree this morning that was 85% dead. I cut it down and hauled it back to the house and had most of it split in a short time period. Talk about easy splitting. This stuff split easier than a knife in soft butter. I think it was the easiest I've split so far. Got close to a half cord.