Posted by Loantaka on February 13, 2014 at 19:30:41 from (108.50.248.95):
In Reply to: OT Identifiy firewood posted by kickinbull on February 13, 2014 at 12:03:02:
Sounds like a variety of hickory. Pignut or mockernut perhaps, but not shagbark. It can be really tough and stringy and have a small dark center and otherwise very light color. The hickories will grow in the woods. I haven't really seen many elms in a woods; they seemed to prefer the edges of fields or along roads or fence rows. Both elm and hickory burn decent when well seasoned. We heated our house in New York almost exclusively with dead elm when I was a kid in the 70's. I used to split it by hand with wedges and a 6 lbs sledge. Also operated the lever on the splitter my Dad, uncle and neighbor built together. It ran off the hydraulics of my uncle's John Deere tractor. Later they put it on a trailer with a Wisconsin engine. Good memories!
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