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Maple what kind?

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  1. Jeffrey Svoboda

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    I'm pretty sure it's red maple but the bark is throwing me for a loop. Just never cut any like this before so I'm not ruling out silver. Pretty sure it's not sugar cause it's kinda on the light side. IMG_20160706_201523687.jpg IMG_20160706_193228999.jpg IMG_20160706_193219023.jpg
     
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    Looks like my pile of Red maple. The bark is smooth on the smaller limbs, and rough on the older stuff.
     
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    Nope, looks like MY Red Maple. :D
     
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    Red maple
     
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    Yep - red. Cheers!
     
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    Would the real red maple please stand up.
     
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    Looks like a nice little stack of red maple. Nice score.
     
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    There is lots more to get. This maple base is at least 2ft around and came from a golf course so I'd assume it was pretty branchy. That first pic is a trailer load and there are probably 10-15 more loads of maple, oak, and beech. Gonna get another load today.
     
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    Around these parts we just call it soft maple. We have lots of it.
     
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    Red maple not high BTU but, nice stuff easy to split


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    I used Red last winter to good effect on some fairly cold nights.
    Didn't hold heat as well as Oak, but I had plenty of coals and some heat after 7-8 hours.
     
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    Last year was my first use of it and I was quite surprised how well it does for shoulder season. Hell last year I used it till almost the first of the year.
     
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