Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
Steve,
Check out this thread.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=112879&highlight=multicut
New chain from Oregon. It's 'spensive but is faster than RM/RMC and holds up as well or better so far, and files easy.
Sand? we gots sand!!! LOL!!
Agreed on Elm. I have never considered elm tough at all. Long dead or not.
Cuts about like Red Oak here.
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
Dinger, saw that thread. I'm gonna see if my local dealer will get some in for testing purposes. If not, any of our friendly sponsors carry the stuff?
My sand's not quite as bad as yours, but not much organic matter here either. Without pulling some paperwork, I want to say +-3%. Nice for scouring tillage tools, bad for scouring chains.
I suppose I should have said "dead standing weathered elm". When its been standing for years and turns grey. I cut a ton of elm too, seems like a 70% or better die off in the last few years. The bark has to have come off quickly after it dies so its not rotten. Some of that stuff gets nearly petrified.
That's the stuff. Not sure what part of the state you're in, but WC/NW WI and EC MN saw Dutch Elm Disease make another pass here lately. Lots of elms standing bark-free. I've got 3 cords of the stuff already cut this year, and I haven't officially started cutting yet LOL. The good news seems to be a lot higher survival rate on the elms, perhaps they are getting some resistance?
PS - fenceline box elders here get cut off above fence level. They have a bad habit of growing right through fences. I keep an old chain for cutting them off at the ground, then they go to the burn pile, not worth the aggravation when cutting "junk wood".