Splitting Sycamore

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6 жыл бұрын

I cut up a dead sycamore a few weeks ago and finally got around to splitting it.

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@edwardsfamilychannel5807 4 жыл бұрын

Well done, I'm splitting sycamore atm and I'm using a splitting axe, guess who's buying a maul to finish up lol 😂

@theinternets7516 4 жыл бұрын

I don't blame you. Even with an 8# maul it was tough work. I can't imagine trying to do it with a 4 or 5# axe.

@3234MRDV Жыл бұрын

I have stalled out a 20 ton hydraulic splitter before on sycamore!!!

@theinternets7516 Жыл бұрын

It's definitely tough to split.

@pyroman6000 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds a lot like Poplar, Birch, and Basswood, as far as water retention goes. Some woods you just have to split green, or they just wont dry before rot sets in. Back40 firewood has a video of some bucked around a year Basswood he was splitting. Like yours, water just squeezed out around the wedge- he zoomed in and showed it to us. I had some of that and some poplar (green) that were extremely juicy. I guess I can add Sycamore to the list of woods to split now, not later, lol.

@theinternets7516 3 жыл бұрын

If you can keep it off the ground it would probably do okay. I have a poplar round that I've been keeping off the ground and using as a shooting rest and it's done well just being outside raised a few inches above a concrete pad. That sycamore was definitely tough to split.

@Outdoorsful-living Жыл бұрын

I have a HUGE sycamore tree in my yard that we’ll be cutting down soon. I’ve got a buddy that use to be a logger and he swears not to ever burn it in the house because it’s toxic. I can’t find that info anywhere have you ever heard that before? As much as I hate to say I’m assuming he’s just incorrect. Did you notice a different in creosote or anything like that in your chimney after burning?

@theinternets7516 Жыл бұрын

I seasoned it for 18 months. It was very dry and burned well. It's a good shoulder season wood. Shorter burn times and less heat output but for days in the 40s it's good wood to burn so you can save your higher btu woods for colder days and nights. I've never heard that it's toxic.

@RR-et6sh 4 жыл бұрын

I can't believe you can split that sycamore, your an animal! I just saw it in to 3 inch cookies or rip cut it into firewood. What is the weight of your maul head? I use a 6 pound maul, for oak, cherry, hickory, maple etc. But sycamore I refuse to split that wood, even using my log splitter it just makes a stringy mess. So I saw it up. Your tougher than me.

@theinternets7516 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the compliment. It's an 8 pound head. I've actually found that sugar maple is the most difficult to split out of anything so far. It seems like it's almost never straight grained and it's so hard that it's a real bear to split even with just a little twist in the grain. As crazy as it sounds, I actually enjoy it. It's good exercise and I'm in a chair most of the day so getting out and doing some manual labor feels good. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@happycamper-ux5pv Жыл бұрын

looks like you get a real good work out spliting sycomore logs looks hard as hell to split

@theinternets7516 Жыл бұрын

Correct on both accounts! Thanks for watching and commenting.

@condorhuasihualfin 6 жыл бұрын

Hard work!! Is it good as firewood?

@theinternets7516 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know yet. From what I've read it's about like burning wild cherry but I just filmed this back in the spring so the soonest it'll get burned is November or December if it's below 20% moisture by then but as wet as it was it's hard to tell if it will be or not. Thanks for watching and I'll update you once I burn some.

@Xaphoeous 5 жыл бұрын

Eh, it's roughly decent, kinda. Pretty precise, huh? It is supposed to produce about 17.9 million BTU per full cord of seasoned wood. Compare that to white oak at 24.2 and sugar maple at 23.2 and it's not great. But it's certainly a lot better than cottonwood at 12.6!

@theinternets7516 5 жыл бұрын

Lucianomauro, Now that I've been using the new stove for about three weeks I can give you a report on burning sycamore. It's decent. That's about it. It's a good shoulder season wood. It doesn't coal as nicely as ash or oak nor does it burn as long but it also won't run you out of the house on a 45 or 50 degree day and that's good thing. My biggest complaint is that the sycamore ashes are very light and tends to end up blowing up to the front of the stove and when I open the door a decent bit falls out and the door seal has a good bit laying on top of it. Over all, I'd say it's worth getting if you can get it. It dries incredibly fast and will put our good heat if you're willing to feed the stove a little more frequently than you might with ash or oak.

@jmpsthrufyre 4 жыл бұрын

Low heat Gets punky fast A bit*h to split Been there

@theinternets7516 4 жыл бұрын

I actually really liked it as firewood. It wasn't around long enough to get punky. It was great for days in the 40s and 50s and even for mixing in with other/better woods on nights that were only in the 30s. It's definitely a bitch to split though. That alone is why I haven't really sought out anymore but if I can find one with decently straight grain I'd still take it. Thanks for watching and commenting!