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bigbarf48
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Hard to tell from the pics. Kinda looks like some kind of oak, but im not sure at all
In any case, welcome to the site and welcome to Georgia!
In any case, welcome to the site and welcome to Georgia!
Paulywalnut
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Yes that looks like hickory to me. Small knots and slight stringiness. Hope you have a lot of it.
Have you ever seen one of those devils close up? Welcome to the forums and the USA.
Have you ever seen one of those devils close up? Welcome to the forums and the USA.
Yes that looks like hickory to me. Small knots and slight stringiness. Hope you have a lot of it.
Have you ever seen one of those devils close up? Welcome to the forums and the USA.
Yes grew up with them. My mate Wade has devils@cradle back on the island. Check his website out. Thanks for the welcome fellas.
Paulywalnut
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AmarilloSlim
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Wood Duck
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That doesn't look like hickory to me. The bark and light colored wood look like Red Maple. The hickories here tend to have two-toned wood with a light outer wood and darker center. I am not familiar with the wood of Mockernut Hickory, but the bark should have more of a diamond pattern than I see here. Welcome to America Tassie!
nrford
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Backwoods Savage
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bigbarf48
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hickoryhoarder
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Woody Stover
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Stringy like Hickory but I'm not sure about the bark (I see only Shagbark and Pignut here.) Agree about the darker heartwood of Hickory....not seeing that in OP's pics. Red Maple I've split has been nowhere near that stringy.
Doesn't look like Sweetgum bark to me either....
hickoryhoarder
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It matches a type of hickory someone sold me last year - both the bark and the light color. But it's just a photo, so I'm only guessing. He said the load included "red hickory" (plus oak and cherry). It did have hickory with red and white wood. It also had hickory that looks like this photo. I'm used to shagbark, and both these types seem different.
Thanks for all the replies. Yep some have the darker grain but guess will stack her up and see how she burns in a couple of years. Hickory test m
aybe smoke some lamb with it!
AmarilloSlim
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I agree with the Mockernut hickory.
Mockernut bark.
Hickory is stringy but splits in straight lines.
And I believe mockernut is best for hickory smoking.
Mockernut bark.
Hickory is stringy but splits in straight lines.
And I believe mockernut is best for hickory smoking.
Cheers, my F-I-L seems to think its redbud. I will smoke with it tomorrow then for mockernut.
AmarilloSlim
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AmarilloSlim
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no sir I have not. That's why I'm questioning the local expert on his opinion.
Gum trees are living proof that God hates wood burners. Damn near impossible to split with a maul, I know I have done it, and gives a splitter hell. And after all that the twisted splits are impossible to stack tight in a stove.
Dang trees grow like a coiled spring.
Dang trees grow like a coiled spring.
AmarilloSlim
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bigbarf48
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Oh and after all that hard work you better not leave it without top cover for too long cause it'll start rotting within a year. As you can tell its really just a dream to work with
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