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Balm-of -Gilead tree. Populus balsamifera. In the poplar family, obviously. Glad you found some virtue in them.

I can't see how this could happen. As wood dries it shrinks across the grain but not much at all along the length of the grain. If you cut green wood into lumber the thickness and width will shrink but not the length, right? I'm not crazy about drying wood this way. The picture shows these...

Is this it? http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200394622_200394622

Yes, but I hope you have a higher use in mind. Great looking saw logs.

That's interesting. I'm not at all familiar with Shumard oak, but according to my books its distribution is pretty southerly. Is there some oddball disjunct population where you live? When I first moved here I was always looking at black oaks and thinking they were red. Took me a while to learn...

Northern Red Oak.

Yes, I should have mentioned that gloves are a good idea. I started using the ceramic wool because the pan hot from the stove burned me right through my welding gloves. Now I use both.

I was shocked at the price of a single piece of ceramic wool so I bought a roll instead. Now I have enough of it for several lifetimes for the price of two little sheets. If you cook in your wood stove (I make pizza in a cast iron skillet set on the bed of coals) the ceramic wool makes great...

I have mature white, red, and black oaks all around the house. This is by far the heaviest crop of acorns I've seen in the five years I've lived here. My GF won't sit on the deck without a hard hat!

When I'm splitting, I keep going until I have a piece that I can pick up with one hand. Some turn out to be smaller anyway, but that's my rule of thumb. Can't be bothered with measuring.

Your photo seems to show seeds and bracts of linden, aka basswood, aka Tilia spp.

HuskStihl is right. Two different species. (Swamp White Oak is a third.) Water Oak is Quercus nigra, with a more southern range. White Oak is Q. alba. If you know even a tiny bit of Latin, you'll see the difference is like black and white.

That will stack out at just over 1 cord. Mercy! You know ash weighs about 4000#/cord. Even though it's been dead for a year I doubt those logs have lost much water weight. That poor truck!

That is an amazing pickup load! More than half a cord? Have you stacked and measured it?

What brand do you use Brewmonster? True Temper. Sold at Lowe's, I think.

Hickory can be a bit stringy, but, are you seriously saying it's too hard to split with your 28 ton hydraulic splitter? Maybe wood heat is just not for you.

How do you manage to break fiberglass handles? I've used an 8# maul for the last several years to split maybe 20 cords and, though it did come loose from the head, the fiberglass handle is still fine. I epoxied it back onto the head and am still using it. Something doesn't sound right. As for...

Just because I enjoy being a pedantic putz, I have to point out that this is not a "true" mimosa. The scientific name is Albizia julibrissin and Silk Tree or Persian Silk Tree are good common names. Yes, it is invasive and makes crap firewood.

I don't always (or even often) agree with Mr Spider, but he really does know his elms and I think he's got this one exactly right.

Not that it's any of my business, but I have to wonder: private property? standing dead?