Only get trunks. Holy cow I could not split these big limbs. They are super twisty. I had the pleasure of splitting up half a cord of trunk last year......and that was easy splitting. This was impossible and I had to resort to the hydro. This was a healthy live tree right up the block and the rounds from the limb were big boys 22"+. Both mauls just sunk in and did nothing as the wood was really wet and soft.
Looks like the eastern cottonwood version, populus whatever they call it in Latin. I’ve only had some nice straight trunk sections of it myself. Good to know to steer clear of the limb wood. The good: dries fast, burns hot and you’ll never have to fight another hoarder to score it. The bad: burns fast, gets punky in the round and can smell putrid
According to the tree guy and how it feels and smells, it is tulip poplar. I had some cottonwood and cottonwood was super stinky, super wet (like dripping) and velvety in texture. This is what I know as tulip poplar.
I hydro split one Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera because I got tired of looking at the log in my yard. It was spongy. The wedge sank into the wood a few inches before a split popped off. On some rounds I had to bust off the edges first.
It's poplar. You can see the distinct green hue in the center, it has that bitter poplar smell.........Here's a thread on the score with better pics of the bark but I'll copy it and paste here as well. And based on the fact that I titled it yellow poplar, maybe that's what the tree guy called it....but cottonwood it is not. I double checked his text. First he said "2 tulip trees" and I asked if it was cottonwood and he said "No, yellow poplar actually." Yellow poplar score
Yes, they are the same. Your first 2 pics showed heavy bark which made me think not poplar. We don't have cottonwood. I wasn't sure what you had. The next pics of rounds show the typical poplar bark. Sorry for jumpin the bark gun. Might have been involved.
Only poplar I have here. Love the stuff! It dries fast lights easy and grows like a weed. helps a young hoarder get dry wood fast!
No worries at all mate! I was second guessing myself as well! We're all here to learn as we both did today heh heh. Cheers! It's nice to have a mix of softwood and hardwood indeed. I love burning pine, spruce, juniper and this winter will be my first to burn some poplar.
Nice score and great to have the hydro as a backup. I wasnt super impressed at the ease of hand splitting TP (which it is) the couple times ive scored it. First time it was Winter too and it didnt pop that easy.
They are the same. We have a good bit down here. This is some we harvested in 2018 after Erma came through. Load of smaller logs Some big logs This was a NICE tree
Nice logs ! That would be milling material for sure if I had the chance. Poplar is common in all the big-box stores around here. Not top of the line but I have made a few smaller wood projects with it and for what I was doing it was just fine.
