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Dead Maple ?

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  1. thewoodlands

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    This looks like a dead Maple with most of the bark off, I might get this at the end of this week.

    I'm not sure if this will go in the wood stove stacks or for the outside fireplace.
     

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    If its solid, it be dern good for the stove!
     
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    I think from the sound of it, part of it might be hollow.
     
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    Hollow, could be buggy...maybe some 4 leggeds running loose inside
     
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    Hollow...... you didn't get it before it rotted = firepit :thumbs: (we have alot of that round here too)
     
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    I recognize that bark.... Thats an American Firewood Tree :).
     
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    I drive this trail every day, I never even noticed this until last Sunday.
     
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