Bunch of poplar

Had someone reach out to me about wanting a bunch of poplar. Last week I talk to the guy and we agree on $400 for all of it. Probably going to be 12-14 cords. I got out there today and cut the small pile and loaded my dump truck up with 2 cords. I kept cutting once the truck was full so tomorrow I can start by just loading and hauling. The first pile of logs is what I got cut today. Would have gotten more done but my wife ran a 15k race today and didn’t get home until noon leaving me with the kids until then.

 

Does anyone else think that looks like Ash?
Nice haul, no matter what it is.

 

Wish it was ash

 

$400 for 13 chords sounds amazing. I know it Poplar but man that’s a steal. I have tons of poplar in my forest. Guess I won’t retire anytime soon.


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The Poplar around here has a different looking bark. Learned something today.

 

I burned all poplar of some variety this winter. Gotta say all in all it isnt that bad. My PH still hits top temps from it just doesn’t stay there as long obviously. The call it shoulder season wood but if you are willing to keep stuffing the stove it may actually be better than oak for the real cold spells. No coals, you can keep it floored wide open if you want. I had to relight the stove a lot more this year. By the time the stove dropped down to my normal reload temp there are t any coals left.

If your not home to feed it that’s a different story.

 

This is tulip poplar. Maybe that’s the difference.

 

Yeah, I thought it might be.

 

That is the difference & Tulip Poplar is a better firewood than the Aspen or Poplar the we have so much of here papadave .
Nice score jrider , Id've jumped on that in a second too.

 

ive mistaken tulip poplar for ash myself papadave, the bark can be very similar.

 

great score jrider! Nice and straight and knot free for the most part. I like the tape and chalk marking. I do the same only use a folding ruler. Fits nice in the back pocket.

 

Theirs is called yellow poplar, or tulip. Ours is white poplar

 

We have 4 kinds of poplar here that I've come across. Big tooth aspen, which I don't think much of for firewood. Quaking aspen which I've only seen growing along the highway in some places. Some kind of poplar/aspen with a light grey bark and another one with medium brown bark. They all have the trembling leaves.

 

poplar here often has a chalky white color in the fissures of the bark

 

small hickory tree bark looks a lot like tulip poplar

 

The big poplar trees here look a lot like ash imo. Smaller poplar not so much.

 

Tall one is ash fresh from the outdoors including moss/lichen.
Shorty is Tulip Poplar that’s been in the house for around 23 years.
Not much difference in looks at all if you take away the greenish tint from the moss.
If it wasn’t for the blonding that is showing up in my area I still wouldn’t know the difference.

 

Nice haul. Tulip poplar splits easy, dries fast, lights and burns good. Good deal.

 

I looked at this blowdown the other day and thought it looked like ash, but then wondered if it could be elm, because I’ve cut some small stuff not far from this spot.
After getting a couple cuts into it yesterday I decided it is probably some type of poplar.
What do you think?

 

Doesn't have the green heart of tulip poplar, is it heavy? Bark looks like hickory. Might be ash.