I cut a dozen or so standing dead red elms when I first started my firewood hoarding. The first trees were cut with a little handsaw and brought...
Going off the bark picture alone, I don't think either one of those is beech. They both look like maple to me.
My current method is a 16" piece of scrap 2x2 lumber and a small pruning saw. I've used lumber crayons and a tape measure frequently in the past,...
I have the same meter that saewoody posted (MD912). I hate the operation/location of the on/off button. A short press of the raised button...
Stacker! I stack in the trailer, in my truck, in the yard... Here's some rounds I've collected this fall, which will stay stacked til spring when...
Since you have some twigs there, look at the buds. If they are across from each other (opposite), then probably maple.
American elm has alternating bands of dark (red or brown) and cream/white when you break off a chunk of bark. Like this: [IMG]
It looks like eastern hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana). I've got several in my woodlot that are twisted like that. Right now, mine are covered...
That's lookin like red elm. I've got a couple cords of it. Even with hydraulics, it can be a major pain to split.
The bark and dead branches look like ash. However, the leaves you sent... that's poison ivy. Look at the slightly out-of-focus cluster of...
That's a viburnum, not sure of the species... V. lentago perhaps? The flowers are wrong to be a cherry.
