Man drops tree, kills wife

[Corley5]

It usually doesn't get big enough around here that it needs splitting  The little bit that I have split didn't seem too bad.

[swampwhiteoak]

When people around here say ironwood they usually mean

eastern hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana but sometimes they mean,
American hornbeam aka blue beech aka musclewood, Carpinus carolina

They don't really look alike other than they're usually small trees have very dense wood and the leaves are similar.  I see hophornbeam a lot on former pastured woods and hornbeam more on drainages and cove sites.  I guess we need some pictures in the tree ID forum.

[Corley5]

The tree I'm referring to has a fruit that looks like hops.  It has a rough bark and grows on forest edges where the woods is taking back what it once had.  I'm sure it's an eastern hop horn bean.  Ruffed really like it for budding in the winter.