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Originally Posted by TimT
Also if someone offer you Sycamore for firewood.... run don't walk away...its a ***** to split, and doesn't burn very well....
A few years ago I was offered free firewood, just had to take it away from my friends.. house...Two truckloads of unsplit Sycamore...
In hindsight my friends thinly veiled plan was to get me to help him clean his yard with an offer of free wood....I still have some of that wood ...hoping it will hurry up and rot
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Ha ha! I had a similar experience. A HUGE elm came down on my property in the early 70s during the energy crisis. I thought I would heat my home with wood for a couple of years. I borrowed a 16 hp splitter and eventually managed to get it all shredded - er, "split." Ended up with about 4 cords. It burned like a wet sponge. I had to buy hickory, maple, and oak to get a fire going that was hot enough to ignite the elm.