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Wood id plz!

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  1. Stoveburner38

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    Is this hickory?
     

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    Is that Sycamore?
     
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    Looks like either Sycamore or American Beech to me.

    Any up close pics of the splitter?
     
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    Oh wow is that one of those splitting arm things with a big spring. Iv seen one on you tube. They look like fun. Pics please
     
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    I'd say sycamore. Getting a glimpse of the bark/cambium shows me it's sycamore and not beech. Beech has a thin, smooth, gray bark on it. Nonetheless, get it ready to burn. Nice set up.

    Burn on!
     
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    Yes will go out and take pics of the splitter i love it its a lil more work than a hydraulic splitter but i dont mind it works great.
     
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    Oh ya thats sycamore and id never get sycamore splitting with that thing. Oh im cracking myself up here.
     
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    Seriously, i want one. I have a spring and the metal to do it, i just need the time.
     
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    Definitely sycamore.
     
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    the bottom picture with your thumb on the wood sure looks like beech to me. I've got a ton of that here.

    The original posted pix are not beech, I don't have anything here that looks like that.
     
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    Looks like sycamore to me.
     
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    sycamore for sure. Not a great wood but its ok for shoulder season.
     
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    Yep, definitely sycamore. Good job splitting it off the sides like that. It is a bear going down the middle. Decent wood, makes alot of ashes.
     
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    Yep that sycamore... Splits pretty tough too, if your not using hydraulics.

    Last sycamore I hand split convinced me I needed to buy a hydraulic splitter....
     
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    Sycamores are susceptible to ring shake and your first 2 pics sure looks like it split between the annual rings. Bark looks like sycamore.
     
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    Had a lot of Beech lately and that's what it looks like to me, especially looking at the grain and the flaky bark on the pic of the split.
     
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