Black Walnut

[winland]

A friend of my had a Black Walnut tree come down during a storm this past summer.
He bucked it up and told me to come get it.

There is a cord ++

I have not tried splitting any of it yet.
Wondering if I will need my splitter or if the Fiskars will do the job easily?
Should I split it now (green) or wait till next spring to let it season a bit?

 

[OH_Varmntr]

It can tend to develop good knots then it splits kinda funky. But I love splitting Black Walnut with my X27. I would split it now so it can season for next year!

 

[sunfish]

Splits Very Easy, green or dry.

 

[zogger]

What ya waiting for, give it a whack! I only did a branch or two that fell down off a big almost dead one by the creek. I have the trees cleared outta the way it is leaning and one day it'll fall. I ain't gonna fall it, hollow, rotten and fulla bees. Very bad footing access as well, and it isn't an emergency so I pass on it. I'll wait until moms nature does it and just take the branches then.

 

[c5rulz]

Black walnut splits great with the Fiskars, nice straight grain.:msp_thumbup:


Don't let the "You should have made furniture, cabinets, boards, bowls, gunstocks, etc blah blah blah" crowd get ya down.

 

[Dirtboy]

My days hand splitting are done (arthritis in the shoulders), but it splits nice on a splitter. In my case, I have found that splitting it and letting it sit for over a year makes it a lot nicer to burn.

 

[o8f150]

it splits as easy or easier then red oak and red oak splits easy

 

[olyman]

the one drawback,,to walnut,,is you get a LOT of ashes from it...

 

[winland]

It is going to be a beautiful, sunny, mid-60's day today.
Think I will wake up the X27 and see what that black walnut looks like on the inside.

Chuck

 

[iowa]

Get er split now. And if I were you. Let it set 2 yrs before burning. That stuff takes a while to dry as the grain is so tight. But it does split pretty easily.

 

[mga]

it splits nice and the smell is great too. when split green, the wood grain is awesome...kinda with a gold sheen to it.

as for fire wood....i'm not crazy about it, you should mix it with other wood.

i ended up with tons of it, maybe too much.