Last year I got a good bit of black locust. Almost all of it had serious ring shake so only able to get few pieces out of it. Had to burn the rest. I now have a few honey locust being taken down just down from my house. I cut 4 good sized pieces yesterday (14" + dia) but started pouring rain so couldn't load up to bring home. Went back today and some serious end checking and ring shake already visible. Is ring shake common in locust? Two more trees, larger, coming down this week so will try again but if it's the nature of the beast then not sure I want to mess with it. The thorns make it a challenge already so not sure worth the hassle.