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A Little Bradford, Bradford?

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  1. buZZsaw BRAD

    buZZsaw BRAD

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    Customer gave this to me today. Not much but mostly the correct length and easy to load. Pretty sure its Bradford pear. IMG_5733.JPG IMG_5734.JPG IMG_5738.JPG IMG_5739.JPG IMG_5740.JPG He had this log hand truck. Ive seen them but never used one. Worked great. IMG_5735.JPG IMG_5732.JPG
    Oh, and only my mother calls me Bradford!
     
  2. MikeInMa

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    Those 2-wheel log dollys have their place. I have one and use it fairly regularly. :thumbs:

    No idea on the wood type.
     
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    I knew i had seen one on here before. I really liked it. The guy does burn but doesnt process any wood.
     
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    Wife loves her dolly for moving wood into house!
     
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    Brad put the Bradford in the back of the ford.

    I can pear-ly wait to see how that splits.
     
  6. MikeInMa

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    I don't keep wood inside, except when a blizzard is forecasted. I'll load up that dolly and roll it right in next to the stove and remove the need to go out in bad weather.
     
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    Have you been hanging out with metalcuttr? :picard: Very little experience with BP but splits should reveal its true ID
     
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    The one ugly crotch section of Bradford pear I got back in the winter didn’t really “split”. It more or less shattered into a pile of unstackable gnarly shrapnel. I imagine I would’ve had similar results if I tried splitting a toilet bowl :picard: Still, I’d take more just because it’s out of the ordinary.
     
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    It burns nice with a good blue flame, equal to ash heat-wise…..dries in 1 year…smells nice too, worthy of S/S
     
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    Ive scrounged them! They do split easily...especially when they fall out of the PU...dont ask and very true story! :emb: :picard: IMG_2596.JPG
     
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    Lol, no. But maybe I should.:thumbs:
     
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    Smells nice and burns hot and long something like 26 million btus iirc. Id try the hydro on them the stuff I "split" by hand more so just broke into random chunks.
     
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    If that is Bradford Pear, & I think it is, sell it as smoker wood. It has a pretty sweet aroma/flavor to it.
     
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    I believe pear wood is also used for harmonica making.
    Sca
     
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    Not any more!!
     
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    That looks like the Bradford pear I got once
     
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    Took the Isocore to a round today. Yup its Bradford pear. IMG_5757.JPG First split it shattered a bit and split easily.
     
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    Split another one yesterday! :rofl: :lol: IMG_5746.JPG
     
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    It was from a master bath so i dont think its seen a lot of noodles! :eek: :rofl: :lol: