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Wood ID

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by reckless, Oct 29, 2013.

  1. reckless

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    Got a cord of "seasoned" firewood and I think I might have to go into business my self in a few years and sell real "seasoned" stuff (even if its only 3-4 cord a year). Only good thing I can say was that about 2/3 were all around low 20's on fresh splits and the rest was 30+. Some of the splits were 10x8x16!!! Luckily this is my emergency wood if I start to run low _end rant_

    This stuff is super yellow in color anyone have any ideas? 3rd pic was just for color comparison. Thanks!
     

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  2. Blue Vomit

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    Hard to tell with the bark off for sure but I think you have black locust.
    Jackpot.
     
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    I'd go with black locust or mulberry. Any bark present on those?
     
  4. Wood Duck

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    Those wide growth rings don't look like Black Locust to me. The second picture looks greenish and resembles Tulip Poplar. I don't know what you have.
     
  5. Paul bunion

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    Wide rings, thin, apparently smooth bark on the what little we can see and pizz yellow. I would guess ailanthus and hope I'm wrong.
     
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  6. USMC80

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    I concur
     
  7. Blue Vomit

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    Interesting.
    If you bought this from a dealer and it is BL you did very well, depending on the price of course.
    If it is poplar or ailanthus... Ouch, I hope these were just a few splits mixed in.
     
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    I was thinking mulberry when I saw the second picture, but upon closer inspection I am pretty confident that it is... Something else.
     
  9. schlot

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    From my experience, if it's aged Mulberry, it wouldn't be yellow anymore.
     
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    All my aged mulberry has turned Hawkeye gold.
     
  11. blujacket

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    +1 Mine is a purplish brown
     
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  12. reckless

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    Its too heavy to be poplar ( I have split and handled plenty) On a fresh split it is reading 23% and it still has good weight to it (comparable to oak). There were only about 10 splits of this stuff none with bark :(
     
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    I'm betting Mulberry... Old round, but recently split... And a pretty straight grained one at that...
     
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  14. thistle

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    Most of mine is dark purplish chocolate,almost black.Even that from May-June is almost that already
     
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    Not sure what it is but for sure I'd be splitting some of it. Those are some large splits at 8 x 10 x 16. No doubt saving some labor by splitting them bigger but that is okay. You may want to leave some of them big and just re-split maybe half or 3/4 of it.
     
  16. Ron

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    The yellow piece looks like black locust. Hard to tell.