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[franky1]

never seen it,, bot Google says its a hard wood

[duke]

Burning cherry right now, but I agree with free heat, it doesn't seem to make as good a coal bed.

[hoardac]

I usually cut what I can for boards out of it then burn the rest.

[CountryBoyJohn]

Here is my score from today. All cherry.

[AirForcePOL]

Nice!  I plan to cut some cherry this weekend.  But it figures, when I want to go cut its actually going to be above freezing for once.  The snow is gonna melt and make a sloppy mess! 

[MattyNH]

Cherry wood burns awesome..Occasionally I get cherry wood in my grapple load..

[mlappin]

At the auction today the highest selling pickup load of wood was cherry. $170 for a pickup load.

[AirForcePOL]

American elm...don't hear much of people liking that one, most likely because its a b*tch to split. Chinese elm isn't worth cutting, while I prefer red elm over oak when I can get it.

Burn mostly elm, oak, and wild cherry here.

Mlappin, what is it about Chinese Elm that makes it not worth cutting.  I have a friend who is having two of them cut down and is offering me the wood.  From the sounds of it there is a bunch of it.  I'm usually not picky but I don't want to waste my time on it either. 

[Pinehouse4]

That's the same Cherry I have here. It does dry fast as has been stated.

Catches fire fast but doesn't last like some of the harder woods.

I always liked to have some to get a fire going, very dependable.

Bob

[mlappin]

After doing a little research it appears several different elms can be called "chinese" elms. The true asian species of elm is actually the hardest of the elms.

I've burned it in the past from a few different sources. My grandparents had quotes from several different tree services when they had one topped out and another removed from next to their house, the services all called both trees a chinese elm.

Wasn't that hard to cut green, near impossible to split by hand without the use of wedges and burned alright, but not near as well as red elm.

[farmboythegreat]

I've burnt  about  6  decent sized  cherrys this winter  and love it . From standing to in fire the same day  gotta love that

[AirForcePOL]

Thanks!  He has two big trees both of which he said are 150 ft tall and he will load the wood on my trailer with his backhoe.  I have a splitter at home.  I don't think I can pass it up 

[farmboythegreat]

Thanks!  He has two big trees both of which he said are 150 ft tall and he will load the wood on my trailer with his backhoe.  I have a splitter at home.  I don't think I can pass it up 

I bet he's got really small feet

[AirForcePOL]

I bet I don't care how big his feet are. 

[d conover]

I bet I don't care how big his feet are.

I think farmboygreat meant the trees probably aren't 150' tall since chinese elm usually only gets 50 or 60' tall....