I did some reading, I believe you are right, this area was loaded with these, there's a good aquifer through here, those yards behind the houses in the background are soaking sponge wet much of the year, unless it gets dry like it has been. It said the silver maple does well in those conditions, shallow roots, my neighbor is pretty sharp, figured it was time, rather deal with it now then the huge mess later. Not far from this one, the other neighbor had a 48" diameter, huge willow taken down, I filled my grain truck with a full load, but there had to be at least 6-8 loads of it, he gave it away, I did not have the room, meaning my yard was littered with piles of logs, large and small, it burned great, gave me a months worth of heat. My splitter bogged down in some of the crotches worse than hardwood. Tree outfits have made some money off these backyards over the years, they grew some massive trees. Only one pine has ever blown down though, surprising with the wet conditions.
I take a metal 4'x3' or so metal drip or drain pan, 1-1/2" sides on it when I cut the logs into blocks, just move it with my feet to the next cut, it catches most of the sawdust. I dump it into a wheel barrow, spread on a tarp when hot out, dries in no time. I use it for bedding my voles, its kind of like bat guano, maybe not as strong, but its no different than the dark urine soaked horse bedding, so the nitrogen is good, it composts well if you aerate it. I put 12 wheel barrow loads in my small garden late last fall and tilled it in before we got that foot of snow thanksgiving, my garden grew the best I have ever seen it, the amount of I get is a perfect match for annual soil amendment for this patch so I keep the voles as a hobby, I've had them for so many years now they are about domesticated. I dry it good, also great for speedy dry in the garage.
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