JBinKC
ArboristSite Operative
Once you get to where you can spot Red Elm it will spoil you for splitting. It makes great heat too, Any other Elm, I pass on it if it wont fit in the stove. I split by hand and the effort it taKes for Am. Elm can be put to better uses. I think I would rather split forks and knots just about any other premium wood than a staright piece of Am. Elm.
Any wood that lays long enough that the sap sours will stink when it burns. rred Elm smells like cinnamon though wnen you split it and ginger when it burns.
No arguments with you there about American Elm. I also limit it to pieces I can fit in the stove as rounds or disks.