Yes the heartwood in the picture looks more like honey locust than the maple I'm used to seeing. If it is honey locust it is one of hybrid types used in landscaping because it doesn't have the nasty spikes. The first picture looks like honey locust to me but I'm not calling either cause I don't see enough cut maple to be sure.
I will be there in the morning and get some better pictures. These guys cut it and load it all for me, for free and I drive away. Pretty sweet deal for me!
I’m going with everyone that mentioned the hybrid honey locust. I’ve never burnt the hybrid type but i like the thorny type. Super HEAVY! I’d get it.
That is an awesome score! Knot free rounds split easily, but crotches and knots are very tough. People here have said that it is slow to dry. I've only had skinny pieces, and I've had good results drying them next to the stove. You can't do that with a whole tree though. Good luck!
You got yourself a nice load of honey locust, I'm 100% sure of it because I have a metric chit-ton of it in my stacks. Great firewood.....
That would be black locust......I have a dump trailer load of that to pick up tomorrow morning from tall uprooted ones I took down last week..... 4 trees that were around 16-18" diameter at the bases, and a few smaller ones.
Definitely not maple...... Here's a big honey locust I milled in October 2018. Beautiful wood.....but it's dammed heavy! Stihl MS661 with the 36" Alaska mill.
A little hotter but not so much so that you would ever notice. And it depends on which Z BTU chart you read.
Some beautiful stock. Does HL have any aroma/smell to it Scotty Overkill ? Never have cut any myself. Very cool and thanks for sharing!
I once saw a kitchen and dining room floored with honey locust. It was a total DIY job, from felling the trees to milling to installation and finish, nothing short of a work of art.
It is amazing how much that bark looks like a silver maple but not the wood itself. That looks like honey locust all the way.
its a thornless honey locust. hope you are on a 3+ year plan. honey locust holds its moisture longer than oak. I had some css on concrete for 3 years and it still wouldn't burn for squat. (burning in an owb) it really needed one more year.
honey locust and black locust are not even in the same species, or family. black locust seasons in a year after css, honey locust seasons after 4 years. btu's are close after that. honey locust is usually partially eaten up by powder post beetles by then due to is sweet flavored pulp wood. black locust is in the same family as mulberry and hedge, (osage orange). where as honey locust is in the same family as redbud and kentucky coffee bean tree.
Yes its a very sweet smell... This is one of the woods I really enjoy sniffing after splitting.... Agree... That bark is not like the Honey locust that I'm familiar with... But that meat wood definitely has the pink tone to it.... True dat on the ageing of HL.... I can get by at 3 years on CSS.... But I'm into a stack of HL at about 4 years currently and its running beautifully.... as you said the dust from the beetles kinda of stinks especially on a windy day...
