I had two Sycamore's that my neighbor had taken down and bucked. A friend of mine and I split it (made about 2 cords, pictured below is some of it as we started splitting). It does fight you, so be prepared for that. It is difficult to split and I could not imagine doing it without a splitter. It puts off heat, but as stated above, not like a traditional hardwood. It also creates a good bit of ash, so just prepare for that. It's great firepit wood though and does seam to season quickly (we split our sycamore in January and I was burning it by April).