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Wood ID

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  1. woodsman416

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    Got a call about a load of wood we could have at a new house construction sight. The builder said it
    's mostly ash. It turned out to be only about five minutes from my house so my friend and I met up this morning to cut a couple of loads.
    Now I can ID some wood but I'm far from an expert. I know my oaks and hickories, maples and sycamore but ash and poplar look pretty much the same to me. As soon as my MS391 took a bite and cut like butter I said "poplar". The round dropped to the ground and I saw the green heart wood and I knew it. My friend said "green ash" but I'm not buying it. What do you think?
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    We did manage to get one pickup load of cherry and red oak with a couple of sticks of maple thrown in. 004.JPG
     
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    First pictures are tulip poplar for sure.
     
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    Yup tulip poplar. Cut a many one
     
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    Looks like poplar...but it burns...
    will work good for shoulder season or day time fires when your home...its all BTU's:yes:
    I'm also putting poplar on the bottom couple rows when I stack. Keeps the gooder stuff up off the ground a little
     
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    We don't have Tulip Poplar arounr here, so I'll go with those who say it is. Good haul and great pics woodsman416
     
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