Elm any good for firewood? - Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
May 24, 2014. #5. rob066, In Pennsylvania the elm will be one of two species. American elm a decent firewood that IMO is better than white ash for heat, just lots more work to split it and without a splitter most people pass on American elm. Or it's Rock elm #2 of the list of best firewood in NA, not to crazy stringy to split but tough on the ...
Chinese Elm as firewood - Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
2007年12月9日 · May 3, 2011. #19. The Chinese Elm and Siberian Elm are two totally different trees... The Chinese Elm is a "landscape" tree found mostly in suburban areas in yards, parks and whatnot. The Chinese has a more delicate leaf with a finer saw-tooth edge, and the leaves stand on shorter stalks off the twigs.
Splitting Dry Elm for Firewood, Advice? | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree ...
Location. PA. Jul 2, 2005. #6. splitting elm. Rather than ripping it, set the elm on end and cut into the edge of the top at a 45*angle about 6 inches or the depth of the thickness of your saws bar. This will give you a spot to set your wedge in to get the …
elm as firewood | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
2008年9月4日 · Ontario. #8. If cut green and left on the ground it will soak up water like a sponge. Splits best dry, like has been stated. I never pass up a standing dead elm, as long as it's safe to cut anyway. It makes instant fire wood, most often bone dry and ready to burn, maybe about equal heat wise to ash or white birch.
Burning Diseased Elm | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
2007年5月7日 · That advice is ludicrous. Burning it or burying it are the two acceptable ways to get rid of dutch elm disease. The catch 22 is in many urban areas you cannot store elm firewood unless it is debarked. I was thinking about this, and no forester is dumb enough to say that burning elm releases live spores into the air.
Siberian Elm... first time on a burn. - Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree …
2004年12月29日 · PA. Apr 26, 2012. #1. I have a stack of Siberian Elm that has seasoned 2 years. It smelled like Puke (or something else unmentionable) when I split it green, so I was hesitant to burn it. Well, it's what I have left to burn for these not so often spring burns, so I took the plunge. I did notice, after peeling off the loose bark, that there is a ...
All elm firewood to be burned in Bismarck, ND
2011年4月3日 · City arborists will begin combing the city, looking for firewood piles that might contain elm wood. If elm wood is found, it will be marked with orange paint to aid the homeowner in the identification process. Wood owners will be asked to debark, burn or dispose of the over wintering elm wood habitat within ten days of notification.
Black Walnut as firewood | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
2006年11月28日 · Location. Northern Virginia. Dec 5, 2006. #1. I don't need to tell anyone here that there are better uses for walnut than as firewood.... But, long story short, a friend cut up a black walnut tree that fell in his yard before I could save it. I graciously accepted the firewood The wood has been split and stacked (cross-hatch) since february ...
Splitting Elm Logs | Arborist, Chainsaw & Tree Work Forum
Dec 1, 2009. #9. Standing dead elm, that's well seasoned, when cut into shorter rounds a foot long or so, will split with the Fiskars suprisingly well when worked, as Woodbooga says, at the edges. Usually, one or two strikes often gets a crack started, then flip the piece and meet up with the crack on the other side.
Elm / Sweet gum any good to split / burn
2006年3月27日 · Elm is a great wood to burn if you have a closed stove. It does not have large flames and coals up very well. It can present some difficulty when splitting. Most Elm I have been getting has been standing dead and is infested with large cream colored grubs that are …