An ID thread amongst the work today

I think it may be butternut? Was working beech and have a good red oak to cut up-started early and finished by noon-its hotter than da**it here-had to cut up the tops so the output of beech was not what I hoped for but I'm cleared and ready to cut up a bunch of beech and red oak next trip

If you look close at first pic, it has the little curley fruit like things-the wood has a yellow hue-

 

Awesome

 

That looks a lot like the black walnut I was working on at my sister's house this weekend. It was just starting to sprout leaves too. That's the only walnut I've ever cut though, and I havent seen any butternut around here.

 

I think with the straight splitting beech I may make a go of it and try and mix it in the stack with that crazy gnarled maple-maybe get a rack full-the maple off the stump was 40% MC-say the beech is near same

 

Eric VW Buddy it was good til the sun hit the bottom of the hollow-this is freaking July/Aug weather-clearing those tops took most of my time today but I got it right for ripping when I return-Im a 51 yo one man op-got to pick your battles ya know?>
Hard to see but these trees were dropped across a steep ravine, thats why I used the tow strap to pull part of that beech into the landing-more of it remains, plus another beech and red oak-next trip rippin!

 

Did you land it on those tires? Nice work!

 

Nope, not a butternut---

 

Shawn Curry -coincidence friend-the tires are courtesy of my lovely dope fiends in the hollow-I have them all over from there up the hill---aside from everything wrong with them, they snake the crap out of me-what better hiding place for a cucumber smelling copper head? I quit stressing over them years ago though-at least they are too lazy to poach or have lost all their teeth and can't eat deer meat now-only prob is there's always another generation of them you and I pay for....oh well, let's work on some wood

 

I dont think its a black walnut-I can get more pics, waiting for some of our more "seasoned" vets to chime in-I'm pretty sure its hard wood-You can see it on the right in the pic with the beech and red oak

 

Thats got to be a very distinctive leaf and "fruit" pattern...see first pic

 

From what I see, first guess is a pignut Hickory.

 

Most compound leaves look like that when they first open up. It's probably too early for flowers or fruit. Ash could look like that too, but I liked the twigs better for walnut too. I saw an awful lot of them this weekend, so I could just have walnut on the brain, who knows?

 

bogydave Another? It really doesnt resemble the one you guys ID'd for me earlier, what I pallet stacked in the bottom yesterday-the bark is not real hard like was described by others-IDK-I'll take more pics next time over-thank you for your observations-be fine with me if it is

 

Shawn Curry - Man, thats a pig of a tree----Huge!