I'm about half done splitting the big Sugar Mable. I've never worked hard maple before, but after reading on AS what great firewood it is I went with it. Well, it better be darn great firewood because it's a huge pain-in-the-azz to split... and even more of a pain to stack. I'd rather split elm, at least most of that has straight grain instead of this curvy, twisty stuff. I've got a small mountain of un-stackable uglies for burnin' in the fire pit, way, way more than I get from workin' oak... or elm. If I was in the business of selling firewood I'd haf'ta add an aggravation fee to this stuff.
Y'all can keep your hard maple... this is my first and probably my last. I can't see puttin' myself through the aggravation again when there are dozens of oak, ash and even standing-dead elm in my woodlot.
Y'all can keep your hard maple... this is my first and probably my last. I can't see puttin' myself through the aggravation again when there are dozens of oak, ash and even standing-dead elm in my woodlot.