I usually burn Oak or Ash, but a number of Silver Maples either came down or had to be taken down in my yard. How long does it take to dry if cut and split?

Moosetrot

Silver maple seasons quick. 3 or 4 months is all it needs to season, unless the pieces are huge. We used to burn a lot of silver maple because the trees broke so often.

Keith

Silver maple is common here, so a lot of it becomes firewood. Good enough when it's mixed with sugar maple, cherry, etc. or on days when all you need to do is take the chill out of the house. But I agree, it isn't the best yard tree because of rot and breaking limbs

Last week I had a big limb break off a huge dying ash and come down across the lane to my wood shed and burn pile. I cut it on either side of the lane and drug the butt end to the edge of the woods with my backhoe. The rest is still in the yard. I don't have to mow until spring...I'll get to cutting it up or dragging it away by then...maybe.