Replies / advice needed over on the firewood forum about.....

[Keith42]

Elm / Sweetgum trees.

 

[TimberPig]

You've actually got it in the homeowner helper forum, not the firewood forum.

 

[musher]

Homeowner Helper . . . Is that kinda like Hamburger Helper? :greenchainsaw:

 

[begleytree]

thread moved to the firewood forum
-Ralph

 

[tony marks]

all i can tell u is dont hit a sweet gum piece of firewood lenth log ,with a splittiing mall or axe . it may end up planted in your forhead. a splitter is the only thing to split gum with. imo

 

[tomdcoker]

Replies / advice needed over on the firewood forum about

Sweet gum will not split with axe or maul, but you can slab it off. Take a small cut at a time around the edges and when the axe hits twist the handle. It will work but it is hard and slow work. That is experience talking. Tom

 

[Keith42]

sweet gum

Sorry for posting in wrong forum. Thanks guys for all the replies.