Firewood

[Bermy]

English elm burns ok, have had plenty of it in my woodpile over the years

 

[Cobleskill]

I wonder if it is Siberian Elm they dislike? American Elm is great in my book, although dead and bone dry is pretty much all I ever burn.

 

[Altissimus]

Main reason I moved on from Elm is I seem to have become allergic to Ulmus ... snots and sneezes from cutting climbing and handling them

 

[Altissimus]

Some sort Tree Revenge I figure , the naturals here are Americana and Rubra ... both trigger

 

[Cobleskill]

Wow. Never heard that one.

 

[treebogan]

Norwegians have a crazy facination with Silver Birch. Its as if its the only firewood that will actually burn as far as they are concerned.

They will pay for me to haul Oak/Ash/Elm or anything else but the Birch stays there.

Despite the Country being largely forested, they import millions of cubic meters of firewood from Siberia via Germany and Denmark. Laboutmr costs are too high to process it commercially here .

 

[Al Smith]

It's a lot easier if I bring the wood to the splitter rather than move the splitter .It doesn't take long to buzz up a 16-20 foot log then roll the rounds up to the splitter .Split up half -3/4 of cord at a time .The ash has laid long enough it burns good as does the cherry .Oak still in the log has to air out because it holds moisture a long time . Actually what it is doesn't matter because it all burns and is free except the time it takes to do it .I just wish I would have built that splitter about 40 years ago when I sold the stuff .Then again had I not swung that axe I would not be so good at replacing handles .I used to buy them 4 at a time .

 

[Ed L]

I still have 2 large elm left, 18-20 dbh, nice and straight. At the first sigh of pending death they will be on the sawmill. Beautifull wood, an absolute pita to work with as it moves around more than a hooker at confession. I've used it enough to figure the tricks...

Ed

 

[Ed L]

All things must pass....and so its time for this Shagbark Hickory to go.



Its 32" dbh....the top broke off last year, still hangs. Around here Hickories get hollow, pretty sure this one is no exception. One will have no holding wood and not enough trunk to place wedges.

I can think of better ways to die.

Have a contractor finishing a woods clearing next property south of it, he wiil dig/tip it over with the trackhoe. I'll whack the rootball off, he'll pitch it in the fencerow. $150 dolla no holla, game over.

I'll go out tomorrow with a cordless drill and 18" ship auger, find out just how much trunk is left. Might be able to cut the rootball off with th ms200.

Sadens me to see it go, but its time.

Ed

 

[Dave Shepard]

Elm is great in the owb. If small enough, I throw it in round. It's the only thing that breaks the pusher on my splitter, which I need to weld again.

 

[stikine]

At least you won't have to plow and harvest around it any longer @Ed L

 

[Ed L]

Correct, don't think Tom will complain about having to alter the autosteer gps data.

Ed

 

[cory]

This week I noticed at one of the local xmas tree selling places that they were selling firewood at $1/ piece, that seems like good money, anyone?

 

[Burnham]

Insanity, that; even rather more insane than those little plastic wrapped bundles in front of the grocery store priced at $4.99 per .

 

[lxskllr]

You must live in the ghetto. They're $5.99+ around here :^D

I'd burn my furniture before I paid that for firewood, and wrapping it in plastic is offensive. Take a 100% natural product, and wrap it in plastic cause you're too lazy to tie some sisal twine around it... That extra 10¢ for twine eats into the profit margin I guess...

 

[Dave Shepard]

Not just material cost, but labor, too. Those firewood bundlers are fast.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

699-8.99 here on the way to Yosemite. Usually pine. 1.3 cu foot I believe. The math on that is nutz. Of course in CA, Dont get caught with out all your proper licensing, LTO B, and a harvest permit and plan.

 

[flushcut]

I am happy to report I haven’t paid for firewood ever.

 

[BlackSmith]

It’s $8 a bundle for a 6 stick bundle around here. Gives ya the feel of for the kind of rubes that are locating here from the city.

 

[pigwot]

The trailer manufacturer south of me uses elm for the decks on his low-boy trailers. Says the way the grain weaves in and out of itself (which is why it is difficult to split) also keeps the caterpillar treads on the dozers and loaders from ripping it up.

 

[Cobleskill]

I would think they must soak it with something to stop it from decaying. I think they outlawed penta. Probably for good reason. I have heard drain oil thinned with diesel. Probably not approved either but cheap. Elm goes to hell pretty fast.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I've only sawn about three elm logs that were not junk. Wouldn't know where to source a steady supply of good logs. Elms just grow up under the power lines and die or get bad haircuts by the line clearence crews.

 

[Tree09]

Used motor oil and diesel is the formula I've heard.

 

[Al Smith]

In addition to elm at one time they used osage orange for trailer decking .I have no idea how they found any large enough to saw for lumber .That stuff really is almost rot proof and nearly split proof .Those 20 year old fence posts you cannot hardly nail a staple into .

 

[Cobleskill]

There is a fence line down the road from me using osage they put up when i was a kid. That's getting to be a long time ago. Funny osage never seems to self propagate around here.