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Plz help determine what kind of wood

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Nicholas62388, Apr 11, 2016.

  1. Nicholas62388

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    Looks like a bunch of maple to me. :saw::axe::stacke:
     
  3. Paul bunion

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    Some cherry in there too.
     
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    Looks like more than one species, I see maple and cherry at least
     
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    Both good firewood!
     
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    Yep. My ID is "it looks like Firewood" and I'm stickin to it.:saw:
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    Quite the pile, too!:yes:
     
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    Maple and cherry
     
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    I agree firewood! ( Maple and Cherry )
     
  9. Nicholas62388

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    I heard both are hard to split?
     
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    I thought black cherry for the downed tree at first, but it may just be a shadow making the bark appear darker. The rest of the rounds and the snapped off stump look like red maple. A couple of the rounds in your pile might be cherry though. I think I see one piece of elm in there as well.

    Both are very easy to split in my experience unless the grain does funny things. All of that looks pretty straight though.
     
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    Maple and cherry; easy splitting!
     
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    Should be easy splitting. Yard maples can get knotty and twisted. Forest grown tend to be much straighter and knot free.
     
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    I see some oak leaves in there. Did any smell like cat pee while you were cutting?