Tree ID (hickory?)
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FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
lost in the woods
Burning Hunk
def. hickory! not sure which sub-species though. . . I dude I used to work with was a hickory expert! he was a log buyer for a now defunct ''handle plant'' he went all up and down the east coast buying hickory and ash logs for processing into handles for ''hand held striking tools'' (hammer handles axe handles ect. . . ) and he once told me there were like 7 different species of hickory in the appalachion mountains of the east coast
Looks alot like bitternut hickory, tight diamond pattern in the bark. the pignut i am burning this year needs more air then the rest(oak,ash). i does burn hotter IMO than oak. all were cut at same time and stacked together. i think it may just be the nature of the super dense species(hickory,locust,osage). try feeding it more air to get a complete burn, but watch your temps!
Woody Stover
Minister of Fire
Yep, looks like Hickory. If you have chunks left over, maybe it isn't quite dry enough. You would think all the moisture would be cooked out by point in the burn, but apparently that's not the case. 
@Woody- Moisture content of the splits is 15%. I've pulled out the Fiskars X27 and made my splits smaller. Hopefully that and opening the air a little more on the Oslo will do the trick! [emoji6] Thanks for all the replies !
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shoot-straight
Minister of Fire
Bitternut- had the same problems burning it. Will avoid if I can in the future.
Pignut hickory..or bitternut whatever ya wanna call it !
CentralVAWoodHeat
Minister of Fire
Yes-the adage of hickory being a superior wood goes out the window when it comes to bitternut, in my experience, I would rather burn tulip poplar. I have 1/3 cord of butternut I am currently mixing in. It tests at 15-17% moisture and still sits in a chunk at the end of a burn. Has nothing to do with an inaccurate moisture meter either.
Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
BamaScroungr
Burning Hunk
I'll take the abuse and say I don't see hickory, 3 things, bark isn't quite right, heartwood should be darker and in your last picture I see vertical lines in the grain thats found in maple so that's my guess....whatever it is, it should be burning completely, I never had a problem with bitternut burning, it does leave a lot of ashes though.
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Woody Stover
Minister of Fire
Good points. It looks like the splits are from a smaller branch, so maybe the darker heartwood wasn't developed yet. But yeah, I see what you're saying about the visible medullary rays like you would see in Maple. I don't think I've ever seen that in Hickory... We need mo' better pics!
Looks like hickory to me it just won't burn up as clean as most wood. Great heat though.
how much ash is in your firebox? i find that with deep (2"+) ashes i get more chunks left from hickory than if i burn on fewer ashes (<1").
there are far more hickory stands here than hard maple.
looks like you have a pretty good stash, have you tried mixing with some softer types, ash or soft maple? i usually wont burn a full load of hickory due to it getting way too hot for my fireplace and getting a complete burn.
there are far more hickory stands here than hard maple.
looks like you have a pretty good stash, have you tried mixing with some softer types, ash or soft maple? i usually wont burn a full load of hickory due to it getting way too hot for my fireplace and getting a complete burn.
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
Was thinking just the opposite. Those bacon strip flakes sure look like a maturing shagbark before it gets really shaggy or the slightly less flaky mature bark of the shellbark hickory. If that's the case I do agree it may not be seasoned or there may be a stove issue as both of those burn well once dry.
I still see these in the latesest picture on the bottom split..... also still lacking dark heartwood (I see none) and seeing the top split sitting on the post (basically the width of four 2 x 4's) have to assume that log was at least 12 to 14" diameter before split? Shagbarks around me are a lot shaggier than these pieces at this size but I'm not so familiar with shellbark.
Woody Stover
Minister of Fire
You must have a good monitor...I can barely see those on mine.
But now that bark just doesn't look like Maple...gotta be some kind of Hickory.
