This is some of the most knarly, spiral grained stuff i have ever seen...i would not split..lol..it tore..very ugly splits
Honey locust is some tough stuff,done plenty of it by hand( sledge& wedge) it's a heck of a workout.good luck.
Yup its tough stuff alright,pretty much equal in density/heat value with White Oak,but dries quicker & (usually) is tougher splitting.Even straight knot free rounds. Well worth the effort though.Great wood for furniture,cabinetwork,lathework & various art/craft projects when found in suitable quality also.
That's what I was wondering. I'm by far no expert but the Locust that I used to cut was greenish heartwood with yellowish sapwood. One of my top fav wood.
Honey locust is salmon colored when split. Usually it splits like a dream with the exception of crotch pieces and knots, like most woods. That bark doesn't look quite correct for honey locust, its more scaly than what you have. Did it have the big spikey, man eating thorns like the picture? Honey locust takes at least 2 years to season. I have some that is over 3 years old and still isn't below 20%
Honey locust has the zombie slayer thorns on the trunk. Black locust has small thorns on the branches.
Black Locust has small thorns on twigs,sometimes branches. Most all Honey Locust in the wild has large thorns (sometimes in clusters as big as a basketball) on the trunk/branches.Cultivated varieties of Honey Locust used for shade trees for the past 60 years are almost always thornless,occasionally one is found with small thorns,that's rare though.The wood of both wild/cultivated HL is identical in every way - from color,density,texture/grain pattern,heat value,workability etc.Color is salmon pink to light reddish brown heartwood (similar to Red/Black Oak),sapwood cream to light yellowish.
Black locust it was! Thanks, although I have moved from that property, I still own it and sure do miss the 8-10" standing dead, self storing & drying source of topless dream wood & fence posts!
How did anyone ever go near that stuff in the first place to even find out it is decent firewood? I'd be keeping a far, far away. That is one scary tree.
One things for sure, you wouldn't have to worry about the neighborhood kids climbing your trees! I said it before, with the luck I have if I ever was to skydive, this is where the wind would blow me to. Be like that old Letterman velcro wall.
That is one gnarly split! Went with the hydro on that one huh? Those ones give you the best workout! Was it a yard tree? I agree the bark doesn't quite look right on for HL. The smaller round in the foreground looks more like you'd expect for honey locust. If I was guessing I'd say red oak for that one - split looks like it too. Nice BTUs either way!!
I remember when I was in Arizona one time they had on the news this poor kid that fell off his bike face first into a cactus. Felt pretty bad for him.
