The smaller Ironwood I'll get this week and the one in picture 0735 is a broken off Ash that I'll winch out of the tree. I had a Hemlock that was blocking the trail that I might grab later.
I have several of these, many in the 4 to 8 inch diameter range. Takes 2 years to dry, and cuts hard but it seems to burn great. I have a couple in the 12-14 inch range that I have earmarked for next summers cutting. Good stuff, congrats.
Good Stuff! When I was in my early teens I helped an uncle clear an area of his land to build a house. The house never got built, but it was a good time and the property is still in the family, though sadly off limits for firewood cutting. We sold all the wood we cut afterwards, and got a bit of a premium for loads heavy in ironwood. Always took a moment to touch up the chains after cutting it, too!
I love ironwood. It's the second best firewood to shagbark hickory. I just don't have enough ironwood ever to burn it exclusively for any amount of time. There a bit of wood in all those trees.
Grows like a weed and will cut every piece I come across, most is small enough not to be split, up to 6-8 inch. Burns real well when dried, as good as oak, hickory. bob
Nice! I think I have some ironwood in my stacks and piles too, I'll have to snap A pic and get confirmation....
I've only cut a few small pieces of ironwood, it must have just got lumped in with everything else. So I have no story to tell of how great it was.
I love it too. Creek and swamp bottoms here are loaded with it and the blue beech (ironwood) variety.Most all of it under 6". Easy cutting and no splitting .
At the bottom of the hill below my home is bottom land with a lot of small/medium trees. I will have to go through the woods and see if I can identify Ironwood by bark. Been looking at bark pictures with Google but not sure how dependable or consistent the bark is as it relates tot he PICs. Would be great if I could find some of these trees in my neck of the woods.
