did six trees last year
Guys, given that someone here has done just about everything at some point, educate me.
I have about 2 years worth of free wood coming my way, mostly sycamore, now from what I have read, its a ##### to split. so here comes the questions
1. how hard is hard? 8lb maul or noodles
2. whats it like to burn. trees cut down today, bucked , will not be burned till nov/dec next winter... ok/not ok?
3. anything odd/special about it.
4. it's free so not saying no, no matter what you say!
Ta in advance
steven
Not the largest sycamores at all, but I split all of it with my supersplitter, burned some last night in fact. I will classify it in the "medium" range as in hard to split, with pine and white ash being the easiest. It isn't even in the same difficulty ballpark as sweet gum or huge old swamp oaks, etc. I'll take sycamore all the time, no probs splitting. Perhaps whopper rounds are hard, I have no experience there, haven't had any big blowdows here yet with that species. Most of my wood is big blowdowns, or big branches on the fenceline, or small stuff that doesn't need splitting from the fenceline areas. The sycamore from those trees I did..hmm..seems the largest rounds I was getting six to eight chunks from.
My philosophy is, cut more, split less, I use a LOT of smaller chunks that don't need splitting. I burn stuff I just know most people discard. If I got to touch a tree, I milk it out, thumb size or larger gets cut. Another advantage or two of cutting small is cheaper/lighter saws used or needed (plus you get to cut more, fun is fun....), less weight in the round when moving about, a bonus for old beat on "rode hard and put away wet" backs (that would be me), and less wear and tear on the equipment in general.
With that said, free wood delivered! Can't beat it with two sticks. Enjoy the heat!