I have some wood to pick up today that is advertised as sweet maple but I cannot find anything about seewt maple. The only thing that comes up is sugar maple. Are they the same thing?
I've never heard of sugar maple being called "sweet maple", however any time I score any kind of maple I think it's pretty sweet The only other name for sugar maple that I'm aware of is rock maple, in reference to its hardness and density.
I'm with Eric. Never heard of that. I have heard she call sugar maple, "hard maple" though. That's it.
Knowing how some people can't id wood to save their life, it might be sweet gum. I'd ask for pictures before going out of your way.
It must have been too early for me this morning, didn't even think sweet gum until I was on the way. Thats exactly what it was, sweet gum. I think they just put sweet maple in the ad on purpose. I was already there so I took one load of the cleanest pieces. I've had enough trauma with sweet gum over the years, I can spot it with my eyes closed.
Ive never heard of sugar maple being called sweet maple either. I know the maple syrup and candy made from it are very sweet. IMO id say its sugar maple. Any pics JH? I have heard of it called hard & rock maple too.
That stinks. Oh so noodle fest 2021 was today? Never scored any and not that common around here that in aware of. Scored black gum once (one smaller log) and learned my lesson. Those and sycamore on my no take list...elm too.
Yep. I once went to a local CL scrounge for maple. It was Honey locust. I could tell from the couple of rounds left that's what it was. The guy that ID'd it, the homeowner, had it in his yard for 20+ years he lived there and couldn't get the ID right despite the leaves being completely different.
Even with the cleanest pieces I could barely get one normal sized round split. When I did it would almost shatter apart. I ended up noodling my full truckload into firewood sized pieces.
