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Wood ID/Split Load

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  1. ReelFaster

    ReelFaster

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    Spend all afternoon yesterday with my brother in law grabbing some white and red oak rounds from a friend of his. Loaded up our trucks and trailers and headed over to his place to split it all, ended up with a decent sized load.

    He had a few round of a tree that blew over year or two ago on his property, wasn't sure what kind. Sorry the pics aren't great, pretty sun bleached and he indicated it had thorns. I was thinking some kind of locust maybe? I don't see much or know much about locust around here. Thanks in advance!

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  2. Eric Wanderweg

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    Looks like black locust to me, with that bark and growth rings. Nice sore :thumbs:
     
  3. ReelFaster

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    I know black locust is primo stuff, so I've seen a bunch of pics online of it so I can ID it if see a score around here, but not in person. That was my first thought was black locust with that distinct bark look. Thank you!
     
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    Looks like black locust to me as well. Haven’t seen that with thorns though
     
  5. farmer steve

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    Yep BL. Thorns are usually found on the smaller limbs. Nice score.
     
  6. last 2 are black locust
     
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    :drool: Thats black locust gold. :thumbs: Scrape the bark off and split in ASAP and it may be ready for next Winter. Awesome score there RF!
     
  9. Eric VW

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    Yep. Nailed it.
    There’s probably more around you than you realize.