Splitting Seasoned VS. Green Ash Firewood

The difference between splitting seasons vs. green ash rounds into firewood. This is the exact reason I bought a log splitter!

[Thexmm]

Canadian here, i plit my firewood in winter, to use for the next winter. Frozen wood split very easily. By spliting in winter, the wood will have spring, summer and fall to season then ready to burn.

[williammorris]

I really don't know with the oak I split here in Eastern Europe. Sometimes the dry bits split like a dream, sometimes they just dry solid. Same with the green... sometimes I can bust them apart, sometimes it's a hard slog.

I tend to just do it ASAP, so that it can start seasoning quicker (oak is very, very slow to season).

[Goldenkryptonite]

It will help if you cut your logs shorter. When wood is green it still has water in it and the sap is still viscous or slimy. That’s why you can easily peel the bark off a tree. Once the sap dries it acts like a glue that solidifies the fibers into a solid well …. “Log” 😂 try peeling the bark off a dry tree. Hope that helps.

[tammysmith]

I had the bright idea to cut a downed ash into firewood, mulch, wood items. It was dead standing. I have been trying for a month now trying all different ways to cut this dried out ash & researching online. Have found out that Dead Standing Ash trees are the hardest wood to cut, including oak, whatever. It is not a well known fact so don't let anyone tell you differently. It also is knotty & fibrous like you've discovered. I have tried brute strength, used chainsaw which is effective, all kinds of smaller tools like a jigsaw on smaller pieces. It can all be eventually worn down but the rate of going thru special, extra durable, demo grade, carbide steel etc blades is bonkers. Have already spent $$ on trying different blades & just going thru blades. And personal time!! I'm a newby to all this, hobbyist diyer & 63yo female. At this point not willing to invest a whole lot $$ in tools. Uve posted quite awhile ago so I'm wondering if u ever found a way to handle this hard ash. If so could you plz respond & tell me what & how?! Otherwise I've got too much wood to even burn. Have advertised free firewood but no one wants it unless it's already cut up - what! It's free! Ok if u see this comment thank u for any info.

[miguelrotaeche]

First time I saw somebody split logs wearing sunglasses.

[gordbaker]

Those chunks of Ash should split easily.

[NandoValenzuela]

You can tell the other wet wood already has a solit

[detroyt]

I've got some Live Oak that's 2 months old, my splitting maul literally bounces off of it. I'm contemplating letting it dry out a few months and trying again.

[sheppardfun]

Put it on the ground, you’ll have more downward force

[patmorrow]

Basically unwatchable video. Most of it is of a guys stomach .