Salt ceder splits really bad for me, too. Back home in AZ it has taken over the local river and tributaries.
In the warmer months , back home, it will split over night. And many split far enough down the shaft to render them useless.
Best I've done is leave the bark on, seal the ends, bundle together, and put in the coolest, least drafty, place you can. Dried extremely slowly they do ok. I've also had issues with it cracking where the little branches were trimmed off, so I started sealing those spots as well. The wood is extremely hard and tough once it dries. I found it difficult to straighten and hard to work so I lost interest in it. I hear it's neigh on indestructible if you can get it to work out.