Siberian elm, had to leave a bunch more on the ground as the tree guys had to move on to another job, and had to clean up first. I used about a gallon of Anchor Seal, spent about a total of 8 hours, two trips, loading, unloading and sealing, in 92 degree heat, so I'm pretty much toast now. But I reckon this will keep me out of trouble for a while.
This tree split off into 3 main trunks that all went straight up and had very few branches until they got way up there. Most of the pieces from the butt were thin slices so they could move them, but they did one nice thick one, about 14" just for us. Took three or four guys to get it into the trailer. My partner and I couldn't budge it when unloading, so we looped a rope around it and dragged it off the trailer with my truck, with log positioned on the ground below it so that it would come to rest at about a 45 degree angle to the ground. We then could push it the rest of the way up, support it with some of the other logs, and cut it into the three non-round pieces you see in the foreground.
It's all covered now with plastic tarps. I've had good luck so far this summer keeping wood under a tarp, and spraying it down every few days. The tarp hold moisture in and keeps the sun off, with no wood cracking yet. the stuff I put under a tree in the yard in mostly dense shade didn't fare nearly as well in our hot and dry climate.
Dan
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