Knotty seasoned ash

[s.varty]

After a few years of splitting wood for logs , ive come to the conclusion that well seasoned rings of knotty ash are just about the hardest to split with my petrol powered splitter..........unless someone knows better?

[Jamespepperpot]

Well seasoned Hornbeam!

[gensetsteve]

After a few years of splitting wood for logs , ive come to the conclusion that well seasoned rings of knotty ash are just about the hardest to split with my petrol powered splitter..........unless someone knows better?

 

I had a similar problem with some 4" bent ash cord last year very dry and a nightmare to get through a processor.

[felixthelogchopper]

Surely it must be really horrible, twisty, knotty Euc?

[Head Ranger Pete]

knotty and extremly dead elm - we've got some that was standing dead for about 4 years before it was felled and it defies all possiblity of splitting it mechanically

 

(though i did , for a laugh, give some of it to our season to split with an axe , and he eventually managed it)

[Taupotreeman]

Surely it must be really horrible, twisty, knotty Euc?

 

Agreed, especially if it's a few years old. It turns into something resembling concrete and usually has to be cut with a saw rather than split. Even worse if it's Ironbark Gum.