Gotta love that Spruce!!!

[alderman]

Picked up some Spruce this morning that had been down awhile and whacked into 16" lengths. Went to split it with the maul and it was a definate no go. I ended up halving everything with the chain saw and then after beating the heck out of it with the maul finally got it whittled down to firewood size.
I'm sure glad there's not a whole lot of that stuff around.

Everything else I've cut (Fir, Hemlock, Alder, and Maple) split easy in comparison.

What species gives you the most trouble with splitting?

 

[Austin1]

Picked up some Spruce this morning that had been down awhile and whacked into 16" lengths. Went to split it with the maul and it was a definate no go. I ended up halving everything with the chain saw and then after beating the heck out of it with the maul finally got it whittled down to firewood size.
I'm sure glad there's not a whole lot of that stuff around.

Everything else I've cut (Fir, Hemlock, Alder, and Maple) split easy in comparison.

What species gives you the most trouble with splitting?

Spruce for me too! But now that I have a splitter I laugh at.

 

[Joshlaugh]

#1-elm
#2- sugar maple

 

[thejdman04]

Twisted box elder elm

 

[TreePointer]

#1-elm
#2- sugar maple

:agree2:

 

[StihltheOne]

some of the giant ol twisted cottonwoods are just plain knarley.

 

[turnkey4099]

Neighbor got a cord of Spruce a year ago. Didn't take him long to show up at the door asking me to come split it for him with the splitter. That stuff strings badly.

Harry K

 

[qweesdraw]

green Cottonwood for me!

 

[LANNY]

Elm and most of the knotty oak I wind up with after somebody else took the good part....Lanny

 

[wvlogger]

some real twisted and notty shag bark hickory

 

[MJR]

Norway tops - tuff...

 

[motoroilmccall]

I'm not sure there is anything worse than Elm...

 

[jcappe]

Definately elm, it's even a PITA with a splitter

 

[stevejr33]

Elm, people seam to keep giving me the stuff because they don't want to deal with it.