Newbie here with lots of tree/firewood ID questions. What kind of tree is this do you think?it has yellowish shred when cut. Nearby forest seems to have a lot of fallen trees like this in it.
If it throws sparks on the drier stuff it's black locust. Don't push too hard or it will just break or knock the chain off.
These are from my cut from yesterday from a similar tree. Chain gets stuck so often. I’d be very happy if it is black locust. MC ranges 18-27% . How fast do they dry after the split? Would I be able to burn them this winter?
Looks like it is dead with the bark falling off. I would split,stack and top cover it. The longer you can wait to burn the better. I like 10-12% or less for locust. Save the bark for kindling. Good stuff.
Unlikely. Split it and remeasure the moisture. Standing trees often still have a lot of moisture even when dead
I don’t cut anything from standing trees. They are all fallen trees from previous storms. Their roots are up in the air! Here are some pics after the split.The MC readings of splits were 18-27 %
Black, yellow, honey not sure. It’s definitely locust though. Great score!!! They are all great firewood. I have a huge honey locust that I want gone.
Premium stuff right there. If your chain is getting stuck, highly suggest a quick run with a file. Pictures can be deceiving, but it looks like you are cutting an arc, so the chain may need a quick touch up.
I've cut a lot of black locust in my day and I've seen it throw a few sparks, but I've never seen or heard of a tooth breaking off or a chain snapping. Have you had this happen to you?
Hmmm, I’m no expert. A couple people told me it was a thornless honey. It does have smaller thorns on the branches but not the huge clumps of giant thorns you usually see up the whole trunk. What’s your guess?
[QUOTE="g60gti, post: 886780, member: 2975" What’s your guess?[/QUOTE] In my expert opinion, I'd say it looks like firewood. That bark is so thick. Mulberry?
In my expert opinion, I'd say it looks like firewood. That bark is so thick. Mulberry?[/QUOTE] Definitely going to be farwood at some point soon. It’s locust of some sort, Leaves give it away. Mulberry Is good guess but leaves don’t fit.
If that helps, surrounding of the fallen trees I cut from is full of thorns that gives me hard time to reach the trees and cut them. But no thorns on the barks because there is almost no bark left.
Yes. Chain was rather dull and kept jumping off. Tightened it hard and gave it a lot of gas before hitting the wood.
