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  1. jrider

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    661E5E1A-8620-469E-ABD0-1392E5A56734.jpeg 5A6F440D-C3AA-4596-B4DB-81BABF977559.jpeg Was cutting polar logs today at a guys wood yard and saw this log so I asked him what it was and it was one I have cut before on occasion but never knew what it was until now. So what kind of wood is it? And no, it won’t be firewood.
     
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  3. jrider

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    Nope
     
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    Pear?
     
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    American elm?
     
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  6. jrider

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    Not pear or elm
     
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    Honey locust?
     
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    hickory
     
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    Large growth rings omits the chance of hardwood species, no? Seems like all hardwoods have smaller/tighter growth rings in these parts anyway.
     
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    Black cherry?
     
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  11. jrider

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    No no and no
     
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    What is a polar log? New term for me
     
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    It does look much like some kind of an elm but not like what we have here.
     
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    Stupid autocorrect on my phone. Poplar
     
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    Pin oak.
     
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    My guess was black walnut...
     
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    Silverbell?
     
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    damm you jrider!!!:BrianK:
     
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    Nobody has it yet. It does have a distinct odor when cut/split
     
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