Thanks...good thing to know. It's rated OK for BTU, but now I'm not going to take any if I stumble across it.Pagey said:Gum will rot in one season in log form if left on the ground or unsheltered outdoors. I've never seen anything like it! I've burned my fair share of it, but it is not my favorite by any means.
Pagey said:Gum will rot in one season in log form if left on the ground or unsheltered outdoors. I've never seen anything like it! I've burned my fair share of it, but it is not my favorite by any means.
Pagey said:Gum is good shoulder season wood, but I only work it up if: 1.) I have a splitter, 2.) I have storage space indoors in the barn, and 3.) it was an easy score. Gum doesn't split so much as it tears. Gum is a good name for it. Sourwood is a close second for being stringy, but I'll take it over gum.
Pagey said:I personally would not put it in the basement. There was a thread on here recently discussing the fact that someone had mold growing in a basement shortly after storing wood in it. If I were going to venture into storing wood in a basement, it would be something more valuable than gum, that's for sure. If your dad has good cover for it, put it on him. Split it and give it 6-12 months, then see where it's at.
fabsroman said:Pagey said:Gum is good shoulder season wood, but I only work it up if: 1.) I have a splitter, 2.) I have storage space indoors in the barn, and 3.) it was an easy score. Gum doesn't split so much as it tears. Gum is a good name for it. Sourwood is a close second for being stringy, but I'll take it over gum.
Thing is, would it be a good shoulder season wood for this shoulder season, seeing as how I just cut it down, split it, and the water was pretty much running down the wood as I split it?
I have a really large unfinished basement. Would I be better off putting it in the basement for a year and burning it next year? I do not have a shed yet that I can store it in. Maybe I will just give it to my dad. He has some room in his shed for it.
WoodPyro said:I don't think it will rot if you make sure it isn't in direct ground contact. It is so ridiculously hard to split, takes my 22 ton 4-5 times longer to split than most other stuff. I have only split/burned black gum(tupelo) which is maybe a tad worse than sweet gum from what I hear. It is s decent mid-density wood and the number one best thing about it is that it basically has built in kindling if you think about it, awesome for getting a fire started.
Loco Gringo said:Sourwood. Thick, rough bark. Hell to split. Pretty tree though.
Loco Gringo said:Sourwood. Thick, rough bark. Hell to split. Pretty tree though.
Pagey said:Gum will rot in one season in log form if left on the ground or unsheltered outdoors. I've never seen anything like it! I've burned my fair share of it, but it is not my favorite by any means.
Flatbedford said:Elm. I leave it to rot. Good luck with it.
fabsroman said:Flatbedford said:Elm. I leave it to rot. Good luck with it.
Elm trees I have heard about being around here. Never really heard of gum trees around here. Then again, I am no tree specialist. So, if it is elm, how bad is it going to be Does it rot even faster than gum? Is the btu rating on elm worse than pine? I am going to have to think 4 times on ever getting this stuff again just based upon how long it took to split it. If the btu content and storage also suck, I'll have to think 10 times about it, and that will be if I am down on my luck with wood.
fabsroman said:Flatbedford said:Elm. I leave it to rot. Good luck with it.
Elm trees I have heard about being around here. Never really heard of gum trees around here. Then again, I am no tree specialist. So, if it is elm, how bad is it going to be Does it rot even faster than gum? Is the btu rating on elm worse than pine? I am going to have to think 4 times on ever getting this stuff again just based upon how long it took to split it. If the btu content and storage also suck, I'll have to think 10 times about it, and that will be if I am down on my luck with wood.
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