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Wood ID Please

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  1. cigarsmokingzombie

    cigarsmokingzombie

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    At a buddy’s place this weekend in the mountains in Maryland by Deep Creek. He wants to cut this tree down. I have no idea what this is. What say u?

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    cigarsmokingzombie, Jul 12, 2019
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    I’m going with American basswood. Or some kind of Tilia species..

    Tilia - Wikipedia
     
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  3. Jack Straw

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    X2 Basswood If so as for Firewood es no bueno!
     
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    Basswood, aka as paper in the stove.
     
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    Lol, that is too funny. My friends place is on Basswood lane and we didn’t even think about that. Thanks fellas.


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  6. Jack Straw

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    I worked in a sawmill in the 80’s, we sold a lot of Basswood for furniture. It’s easy to work with and accepts stain easily.
     
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    Not too much in the BTU department
     
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    I cut up the top half of a what turned out to be a basswood tree March of last year. Gave the splits to my stepdaughter for her fireplace. She is a "casual" burner. It was only ten months seasoned and burned very nice. Very low btu's so ok for shoulder season or firepit/kindling. Splits are feather light when seasoned.
    Is that your weekend score cigarsmokingzombie ?
     
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    That is not my score. My buddy was thinking about cutting it down but based on the feedback, we think we will leave it up :(


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    Agreed.

    Unless you really want it, it's not great firewood. I have burned a bit, including last year. Probably 2/3 of a cord. I have a couple decent sized ones that fell, to cut up, and knowing me, I'll process it too, but it's low BTU. 14 mbtu a cord.
     
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    Now I feel cheated. I worked in a sawmill and even worked up to head sawyer but never had any bass. Mostly oak. One time we had a woods that was almost all cottonwood. You could smell it a mile away when going to the mill. Funny though, nobody wanted you to come into the house before changing clothing.
     
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    I stacked a ton of wood back in the day! After stacking poopy smelling Oak, the Basswood was nice and light!
     
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    Glad you posted this, I have something that looks similar close to one of our sheds. Good shade tree.
     
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    Yes. I remember once when I was still offbearer that we had an order for some cedar and the guy wanted them cut into 4 x 4. What a joy it was! Smelled great and was super light.
     
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    My dad cut up a bunch of basswood for our cabin in the UP of Michigan
    after one winter (weekends only) he stated he would rather burn snowballs than basswood again

    lesson learned
     
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    I checked the stump and it was sprouting new shoots. Felled in mid march. Definitely basswood. IMG_0674.JPG IMG_0675.JPG
    Some serious big leaves.
     
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