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Wood ID please

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  1. aw1137

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    Greetings fellow hoarders! World any of you be kind enough to ID this for me? Location is northeast PA. Thanks in advance!
     

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    Sugar Maple
     
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    Thanks Chud! Any chance it may be something else? It doesn't seem as heavy as the sugar maple I got last time but I could be wrong.
     
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    Additional picture
     

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    It looks heavy to me.
     
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    X2 on sugar maple. The weight can vary, but it is the heaviest of the apples IME
     
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    Maybe you’re having a dry spell and it hasn’t soaked up a lot of water?
     
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    I kinda thought so on the original pics, but this is definitely sugar Maple
     
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    Was it cut before the sap started running?
     
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    I never knew maples were considered apples. :D
     
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    OMG! That's gotta be my worst typo? ever.:emb: Sometimes I type and then read and I'm like WTH did I type.

    Makes for a good laugh though!
     
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