I’m glad @buZZsaw Brad don’t live around here

I seen a tree service truck go past work twice today, presumably heading to the tree dump. so, I swing in after work on the way home.
black locust, at least I think it’s black, but definitely locust! But as luck would have it, the other local chainsaw junky was already there. He said he wasn’t going to take it because it would take 2 years to dry and he doesn’t have room to store it. (We’ll see)
I’m good friends with the city maintenance guy and told him not to push it up until I get a chance at it. I plan to attack it tomorrow after work, heat & humidity be dammed.
So unless someone else is feeling ambitious or buZZsaw BRAD jumps in the FHC helicopter and pulls an all-nighter, I might just finally get a chance to see what all this locust fuss is all about

 

I processed some Honey Locust last winter/spring. It was a joy to cut and split. I’m also interested in how it will burn in a couple years.

 

Safe from me. I hope you get it all. Psyched for you my friend

 

I scored some black locust last winter. It's super Awesome for the below 15F nights.

 

I hope you can bet a good amount of what you saw there, if not all of it!

 

We......need.......pictures!

I love black locust. I find that it splits easy, straight grained, pops......I find it easier to split when green. Gets a bit stringy when dried in round form. I also find that it dries fast, less than a year sometimes, and burns super hot. I lover the nutty buttery smell of it when it burns. Shorties make amazing kindling and easy to make as well. You really get that nice "plink, plink, plink" sound when the kindling splits fall or get tossed around.

This was a black locust tree that was cut down by a tree service I know right around the corner from my house. I snatched it up in a jiffy thanks to an old man who walks on the path near my house all the time who alerted me to its presence. Heh heh. Exactly 1 year ago yesterday.

 

Will be nice if you get it, even nicer if that tree company would drop it at your place next time.

 

Awesome! Don’t forget to take some pics.

 

We need pics Sandhillbilly and I agree with the wolverine; you need to stop by that tree service on a Friday at quitting time with a cooler of cold ones.

 

I swung in on my way to lunch, still there, untouched! Getting a bit excited! Checked with the granddaughter this afternoon to see if she wanted to earn some cash this evening, she said yes.

as near as I can tell the tree service must’ve dropped off at least 7/8 loads. It is a real mixed bag of wood. Locust, walnut, ash, and a spruce or pine of some sort. We filled the pickup box with just locust. The trailer has maybe 10 walnut rounds ( I’ve never burned any of it either) and I think 4 good ash rounds. Just concentrated on the super easy stuff tonight.

trying to figure out a plan to get more.
There’s some pretty big locust to be had, but that chit is HEAVY . If I don’t have to haul concrete Saturday I may take my skid steer and grapple out. But haven’t figured out a way to get it back to the house. I could probably block it up and load it on the skid steer trailer but then I would have to roll the rounds off at home, and then go back to get the machine.
Not giving up on it yet, it’s to good of score to let slip away. Not to worried about anyone else getting it, there’s not to many wood burners around with saws enough for the job, or equipment, or ambition, let alone all three. I’m only lacking one of those.

 

How do you tell the difference between honey and black locust? I didn’t see any thorns in the limbs.

 

These are tempting me also. Spruce or pine of some sort looks like nice logs for milling

 

Looks like honey locust to me.

 

Thats honey locust. The red heartwood and bark gave it away. Its the hydrid variety so no thorns. It is heavy but makes for some great firewood. Are you able to cut on site?

 

Here's a few pieces of HL i scored at my dump a year ago. Id love to find more. Have just over a cord of it.
BTW you're gonna love splitting it!

 

Yes I can and do/did cut on site. City guy stopped by for coffee this morning and said he would leave it alone till I got what I wanted.

 

I just learned about honey the other day.

Here's some thorn-free honey. Very reddish brown on the interior. Both are super heavy but I think honey is heavier.



And here's black locust. Black has a real thick bark that's kind of foamy and light. The wood is more pale once split, kind of yellowish. Both are super straight grained and extremely dense fibers. Black locust smells more bitter when split and honey smells like ash a bit, that thick kind of dense rose smell. I made a lot of kindling out of black locust shorties.

 

Maybe if you bucked up a bunch the town guy would drop it on your trailer for ya. He’s gotta deal with it one way or the other.

c’mon Brad, I’ll strap ya into the jump seat and you can nap to to the wop wop of the blades.

Great score Sandhillbilly. Grab it all up. It gets cold in Nebraska.