Great grab! But that's not your 'very first scrounge;' You previously scrounged on dad and neighbor. That's fine, though; I find that a wee bit of hype adds to the reader's excitement. So you're not new to tree ID? Reason I ask is that I don't see any bark there that looks like Hickory, and the leaves I can see look more lance-shaped than the ovate-lance on the Shagbark and Pignut here...
Welcome to the forum xjcacher. That will supply you with a goodly amount of wood. Being a neighbor means not far to move it too. Great wood on top of that. Worry not about the 16" bar. We cut lots of wood up to 30-32" with no problem using a Stihl 290. In fact, most of the wood we cut the 16" bar won't reach all the way through but I have never found that to be a problem. I remember many moons ago cutting with a 36" bar and one longer (don't remember for sure but may have been 48"). We cut lots of 50" diameter logs with the 36".
Think it's a mockernut, the limbs are completely smooth and the trunk is very deeply veined and very hard the chain will almost throw sparks off the bark.
Good for you !! 10 4 on loving to cut back in the mountain. I have a place that is covered up in dead locus and you can not hear a car or nothing. That what I LOVE.
All I see is elms. Cottonwoods are only in the low spots near water for the most part. Usually surrounded by salt cedars, juniper bushes, and mesquite thickets.
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Finally got it all cut up and about 2/3rds of it hauled ( the rest is in a low place in about 6" of water. Here are some pics: F
Good for you XJ! Thats a great feeling to know you have wood in the bank! You through me for a loop to lol I HATE willow and thought you meant willow as I had never heard of willow oak....
Finally got it all split and stacked, it's 4 feet high 8 feet deep and 10 feet wide so comes out to just over 2.5 cord.
Nice cube XJ. Good to see another "local". I used to live in the Mansfield area, anywhere close to you?
