What Type Birch is this?

I can’t remember the last time we were able to corral you in.

 

Next time I plow my friends driveway I’ll hop out and look. If it’s still there it’s punking up just like Birch.

 

Well that's an easy enough test to hit it with something hard. Another load I took yesterday has darker bark and it very heavy and feels really dense, so I''m pretty sure that's good. I'll go bang on that tree tomorrow and see what it feels like. Hopefully the snow/rain holds off until dark and I can get it all split.

 

Yeah, birch has a short "shelf life" once on the ground. The one you posted pics of looked too punky.

 

No bucket truck here. My white pick up is a common sight here and in New Haven county. Where do you hail from?

 

I'm in Milford.

 

Brad's easy to spot...

Big dude, ponytail, often salivating over a pickup load of Black Locust stacked to the hilt! Denouncing the one true firewood king...Red Oak

 

While we're on the subject of wood ID, what is this? Red Oak?

 

For any kind of birch, if you can't get to processing it, minimally, cut a thin kerf the length of the logs and open up the bark. This will help delay the wood getting punky as quick by letting moisture out.

 

Red maple. Most common tree in the state. Typical ambrosia and spalting so common in the wood. Center rot common too. The red maple i cut today had it. (hollow rounds pictured here)

 

My pic is Maple?? Really thought that was Oak. I hate splitting Maple. It just laughs at my girl arms.

 

Here is a piece of birch that I zipped the bark on, before cutting to length.

 

Ive had red maple laugh at my guy arms.
Use a hydro most of the time now so no worries. Norway maple seems to be the easiest splitting of the maples IME

 

I have an electric splitter, but it tends to choke on the Maple. I really wish I had somewhere to store a gas splitter. It's just not in the cards for me.

 

Thanks. I'll do that to the pieces that I can't split right away.

 

I have an electric one i use for resplitting and kindling making.

 

Welcome to the forum.
Not far from you either. Also in No Haven.
Great group guys and gals here.

Buckle up and hang on for the ride!

 

I was just reading through the thread and thinking need to mention to "unzip" the log ASAP (I do it before bucking...easier to just run right down the log) on birch, and pretty much any wood that has that tight smooth paper type bark...I do it on cherry too.
Welcome to FHC Rudy!