I always look at the ID threads. Never thought it would be me posting one. A log landing I am working has quite a bit of something I can't ID. It's not softwood they way it cuts and chips are tan colored. It's lighter than oak. Maple maybe?? Wood worker guys, what do you think of this? Making some progress
Yeah, I cannot tell my wood apart either (Easy Boys!). Except for oak, with its rough grain, distinct smell and dark heartwood. So for me there is 1: Oak and 2: Not oak Of the two, I prefer Oak. I was with my brother one day and we were passing some fields full of crops of some kind, and I asked what 'that' was: he said 'I cannot tell my veggies apart until they are on my plate'. That is me also, I can tell an apple tree from a tomato plant but as far as something like different root vegetables, if you were to send me into a field with 20 different root vegetables and tell me to bring back carrots, say, you might end up with sweet potatoes. But I can tell my vegetables apart in Stop 'n Shop.... mostly, and they are sub- titled so I can get almost all of them.... except for the ones I have never heard of and cannot pronounce. I don't get nona' 'dem vegables 'cause I am ascairt. So that wood you have there looks to me to be 2: Not Oak. It is not spruce so it will burn OK but may not coal like 1: Oak. But I am sure some others will chime in here with a more sensible and probably right answer. Brian
To me (tree id noob), the first two pics look different than pics #3 & #4. #3 & #4 look like ash to me. It's noticeably lighter than oak, but still a great wood. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
my guess would be ash here.. bark is like little tire tracks.. if it splits super easy you know for sure..
The first two pictures look like maple to me, maybe red? The others look like ash as other members have said. Could be Norway maple too, Ash and Norway barks look similar to me sometimes. Probably ash though.
Looks like Ash to me; but some looks like maple, as others have said. My guess based solely on the amount you've scrounged is that it's ash and was cut down because it was dead or dying due to EAB.
Good call. If you look close on the picture of the loaded trailer you can see holes in the round right behind the trailer fender.
I was splitting today and here is what I think it is. 1st pic, the piece on the top is Red Elm as there were bug tracks under the bark and the other is maple.
Here are some new pics of it split: I am calling this maple?? I'll go with red elm?? Beetles under the bark. Load cut today:
The 2nd is not variety is not red oak. I cut 20 cord a year of oak including all what's in the trailer. It's not red oak. If you pick up a round it is about 30% lighter. Trust me I pick up a lot of round in a year. My back is calibrated for weight.
The beetle trails look like just about all Douglas fir I have pried the bark from. Same with spruce too. I can find them on the wood but it can depend on how wet the wood is as far as rot goes and the holes are all apparent. I may be mistaking these trails from termites though.
