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Sugar Maple Bark

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  1. ThomH123

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    I found this piece of bark in a stack of sugar maple. It is very dense and thick. It’s going in the stove.
     

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    ok
     
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    Looks like it came off a large old tree. I have plenty of ~50 year old and younger sugar maple in my stacks and the bark isn’t that thick.
     
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    Should burn better than a snowball. Let er rip tater chip!
     
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    Why not, its btu's. Dont think ive ever seen SM that thick. Sugar maple is one bark that i will save if it falls off a split. Ive had it come off while splitting fresh green wood. Happens in the hot weather IME.
     
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    What do you do with the saved bark?
     
    MikeInMa, Dec 21, 2022
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    Firepit fodder. Sometimes ill bundle it.
     
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    Wow, that is thick bark!
     
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    1st picture had me thinking I was on a different site for a minute :eek:
     
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    Omg made me scroll back up..... :picard::rofl: :lol:
     
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