A near neighbour has been felling Leylandii and Sycamore recently and giving away the logs. I’ve dedicated many hours to barrowing these about 500 yards from his garden to my allotment, uphill. The woodshed and store is full of cut and split logs.
I have a question; the Leylandii is more difficult to split than the Sycamore. I was surprised by this, one being a softwood and the other hard I thought it would be the reverse. Chainsaw handled both equally well. Any thoughts on this?
I also have stored beech which is about five years old - trunks around 15-18” girth. My chainsaw hardly makes an impression and splitting these is very, very hardwork, close to impossible.
I had expected the five year stored beech to split easily by now. Should I have split these when I got them? Any suggestions on how to split this very tough wood?