A Nice Day-off Scrounge! What'd I get?

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Crashsector

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Oct 11, 2011
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Annapolis, MD
A coworker tipped me off to a piece of property with a long, wooded driveway/walking path. He knew the owners and I was able to get permission to take what I wanted, as long as it was already down. My coworker spoke of "downed trees as far as the eye can see." Naturally I was excited.

I got to break in my new (used) toy today. Worked out like a champ!

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I arrived to find that 90% of the downed trees were pine. I'm not picky, but I took some time to single out two good lay-downs to work on for the day. The saw was terrific... only pinched the blade twice. Here is a shot of the score for the day:

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The foreground is what I got today, background I got last year and was too wet to split by hand.

So these are two samples of what I got. I think the first tree I worked on is pine, but I'm not sure:

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This is what the bulk of what I got is. Smells bad, most of the bark came off (since it had been down for a while). Green on the inside with a distinct ring of blue, then yellow. Any thoughts?

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Already starting for next year. Thanks for playing!

--Andy
 
Pic 4 and 5...White Oak.
 
Crashsector said:
The purple/green wood is stumping me.

--Andy

I think it's Box Elder.

The bark peels off real easy and clean after it's been down a while, they'll be kind of blackish stains on the surface where the bark came off and has narrow red-purple streaks through the wood. It smells pretty bad when you split it, is very light when dry, and burns FAST! Great for quickly warming up a cold stove.
 
Pic 1 is a Stihl chainsaw, after that I don't know.


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I think the second and third pics show a piece of Shagbark Hickory on the splitting block. I agree the other stuff could be Box Elder but I am not sure. I'd get all of that wood split immediately- don't let it sit a year because in that year it sits unsplit it isn't seasoning very much.
 
white Oak and tulip(yellow poplar)
 
nrford said:
white Oak and tulip(yellow poplar)

These seem to be the most likely. White oak is our state tree, and almost everything around here is a type of poplar or another. Tons more white oak where I was, just none of it is down :(

Thanks!

--Andy
 
You got an 031 white oak and mulberry!
 
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