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4cyl2v8

4cyl2v8

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Jan 30, 2010
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Long Island, NY
The scrounging has begun for this spring and I brought home 2 truck/trailer loads of what I think is some kind of maple. Any ideas of what this stuff is? The wood is very white inside and has very thin bark on the outside. It split reall easy and is not stringy. The piece closest to the camera and in the back of the trailer is what I am looking at. There is a few pieces of cherry in the middle as well.

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Thanks for any help.
 
Not 100% sure but I'd say there is is a good chance those big rounds are maple.
 
Look's like maple that I see when visiting my son. Who just had the same tree taken down.
Same trees in neighbors yard. Leaf look's like red maple. But the bark doesnt look like anything found upstate.
Son lives in park slope brooklyn.
 
I say it looks like Beech.
 
Looks like Buckeye. I dropped a couple. They split terribly (shatter is a better word for it) and sort of stink.
 
It has the look of red beech but I'm not sure. Doesn't have the right bark for any any maple I've seen.
 
Looks like bradford pear.......
 
midwestcoast said:
Do they get that big?
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The one in front of my house is, although it's about at the end of its useful life. But it doesn't look anything like the picture above.
 
Thanks for the info all. It splits really easily, and feels like it has some weight to it. In 2 years it should be ready for service.
 
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Pics of some splits would help with the ID if you're still curious.
 
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