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Can you help identify this tree??

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by BZOR, Dec 10, 2016.

  1. BZOR

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    That's a great idea, I'll have to do that one of these days
     
  2. BZOR

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    I've seen photos of honey locust, they look nasty!
     
  3. Ralphie Boy

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    Honey locust makes beautiful flooring when milled.
     
  4. BZOR

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    I just happen to have a few pics... It's a single 5k axle dump trailer that I mostly use for dump runs, etc. I absolutely love having a dump trailer. It was built by a local company although I wouldn't recommend them - it wasn't built very well but it was within my budget. I also wish I would've bought a double axle trailer because I'm often worried about overloading it.

    I also have a hard cover toneau cover that fits over it, but I rarely use it and don't have any photos of it. I had the trailer built to fit the cover so I could use it like a dumpster since I don't have garbage service at my house. I hope you enjoy the pics.
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  5. Woodsnwoods

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    I am not sure that is locust, I suggest sending me a truck load and I will get back to you with an expert opinion and a coffee tin of ash!! Welcome to the club:dex:
     
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    I already tried that trick, he didn't fall for it. But you never know, second time could be the charm.:yes::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    Wow, I thought I read all of the thread to...ok, just send me two truckloads so I will be doubly sure. :dex:
     
  8. Erik B

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    BZOR I can save you some money by dropping off a load of your locust at my place in Wisconsin. You don't have to deliver it all the way out on the east coast to get a good assessment of the wood:dex:
    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::makeitrain"
     
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  9. BZOR

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    Wow, everyone is so nice to offer to test my new firewood. :fire: I would love to deliver wood:stacke: to New Hampshire, New York, and Wisconsin, unfortunately I have a pesky job and my mortgage insists I keep it. Perhaps a few of you could talk to my boss and free up a few weeks for me??? :thumbs:
     
  10. Grizzly Adam

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    Yeah, just post his personal information here. Home phone, cell phone, home address, license plate number, etc. We will find him and "talk" to him.
     
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    Yeah...we'll just talk to him.....thats it.

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  12. Red Elm

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    I have to respectfully call foul on this statement. Yes, if you have an inferior stove, or do not know how to properly fire a stove, you could end up with a glowing stove. However, my wife and I have burnt hedge, honey Locust and black locust nearly exclusively for 5+ months a year for 22 years now as our primary heat source. We don't use "shoulder" wood, we simply manage the stove differently in fall and spring. We are still using the same stove, all original. Many cold Januarys, our stove has ran 24/7 for many WEEKS on straight hedge and has never "glowed". It is all about learning to "fire" a stove properly. While I'm sure 460magpros post was intended to be helpful to a new locust burner, it places an undeserved reputation on a very good wood. Let's try to teach the new wood burners about such things as coal bed depth, draft and damper control, when to add more wood, the effects of wind and barometric pressure and the like. No single species of wood is perfect, some just better than others, let's not give black locust a bad rep here.