Or could it be hedge (osage orange)? It is dead but not a bit rotted. And extremely heavy. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Wood Wolverine I've never burned it but I've heard it's good. And the rounds feel as heavy as hickory. Looks like a 2-year-to-season kind...
The Wood Wolverine I got 3 more loads as promised and I gave him a $50 tip. Thanks for the reminder. I even got some mulberry in one of the...
You may be right and that makes sense. I am now leaning towards crabapple. I didn't see any thorns like I do on hawthorn. Both apple/crabapple...
I did some poking around in the pile today and I think I've ID'd silver maple, red maple, and a bonus!! medium size hawthorn (I think?)....
Thanks everyone for sharing my excitement! I have come and gone from this forum over the years (with my current account and a previous one), and...
Sounds about like silver maple then -- easy to light, burns hot, fairly fast, and leaves some nice of coals.
The January / February pile: shagbark hickory, 4-year seasoned burr oak (yes, it takes that long for big splits), hop hornbeam, honey locust, and...
When you've got two stoves to feed through a Michigan winter, you've got to do a lot of scrounging before you get to the hoarding. I've learned...
I do have one guy who cuts to length for me. He's a small time operation and loads his dump trailer by hand, so he's got to cut it up anyways. I...
I pushed some 5 food diameter (seriously) rounds of poplar into the edge of the woods 2 years ago... The few times I have split poplar it had...
Split some hawthorn (Washington hawthorn?) this afternoon that has been drying inside my barn for a number of years. Amazing wood. Still heavy...
Carleton is in SE Michigan. Near Detroit Metro Airport. A small, farming community for the most part. As for the willow tree, I was being used...
Yeah, I know. I do have some shoulder season wood now for the next few years if I can keep it from rotting. My experience with poplar -- and...
I think you're right. I've burned silver maple. It punches above its weight. Dries fast and ends up quite light, but burns hot, clean, and...
Until this maple I had just about given up on the tree guys dropping off logs. I have received not only the mutant willow, but also big spruce...
So earlier this year I did a local arborist a favor and took a massive willow tree off his hands. It was a Sunday, the dump was closed, and he...
100% worth it. Put on some thick elbow length gloves and fight through the thorns. It takes 2 years to season even split small, but it will last...
In the spring of last year I found some 19 year old white oak rounds strewn about the forest floor near my house. Big, beautiful rounds. After...
I, too, have cut up honey locust branches for the neighbor. For such a hard wood it sure is brittle. The first time I go my hands on honey...
