After seeing your pictures I think it's bitternut. It had been split for some time before the pictures were taken. The smaller limbs (not shown) look identical to your pictures. I may burn it in January and February depending on the weather. It has been split and stacked for about 3.5 years now. I was never really sure what it was.
Pics work now, weird. I was going to say look on the ground for the seedpods but I guess it's a little late for that! I really like the stuff and probably my first choice of favorite wood to deal with.
We don't have many around here but I've worked up around a dozen or so. Maybe I've just been lucky as I do know trees can vary even if they are growing side by side. The first one we dealt with was an over 3 ft diameter blowdown when we just had Dad's fixed horizontal.We had it all cut up and tried to roll one to the splitter and found how heavy it was. I told him, "let me try the maul" and he snickered. I too thought it was a pipe dream but 2 - 3 swings split every round straight down the middle. This is one case where a maul would be quicker than a hydraulic. Stacking was a dream as it was like stacking blocks. Shagbark has been just the opposite for us. EVERY one has been a full cycle split on the splitter. Stringy to the point of being like elm.
Guess I'll be taking the BX and the buggy up the hill to bring it down soon. Ill have to make a second rack for the porch. Between the hackberry, ash and now the hickory, I should have just about enough to make April, depending on the weather.
I just got done working up my first hickory tree. I believe it was bitternut, but it could have been pignut. Who cares, it's hickory. I was shocked at how easy it split. I guess I assume it would be like all the stories I hear about shagbark, but it split like red oak. Wish I would have know that before I heaved a couple loads of 150+ lb rounds onto the trailer.
Love hickory. Shagbark is #1 IMO Are those old pictures? Stuff in the pics looks fresh cut/split to be 3.5 years CSS
Was fresh cut and split when I took the pictures.... 3 years ago. Never could get help with an I.D. on that "other forum"
Prime BTUs Looks like it splits good too. Neighbor bought hickory kitchen cabinets, beautiful wood. Hickory was always a good squirrel tree Hickory fed squirrels taste good
