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what kind of maple is it? (tree id)

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  1. Spirch

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    my neighbors had his maple cut and gave everything to me

    it's a maple, not sure what kind, i am sure someone can help me here :cool:

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    Looks like Silver based on the tree structure. Got any leaf pics?
     
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    going to try to find one photo, not sure if i can
     
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    thanks to old security camera picture, hopefully this one is giving enough info, you can check the original picture to zoom in, it's 4k

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    Yup 100% silver maple
     
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    I'd take it! That's a huge amount of wood from next door.

    Was it already cut to length?
     
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    Yup, looks like silver maple...not the highest BTU maple, but its sure burns nice! I like to mix it with other species in the stove
     
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    Dries good in a year. After split, of course.
     
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    It splits really nice too ime even the big nasty pieces.
     
  11. Spirch

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    not, it wasnt, the people that cut it didnt do proper length :(
     
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    cut last year / split this April
     
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    it gave about ~13-14 face coord (4f x 8f x 16in)