Free wood, but need ID help - Updated

Hello,
Just moved away from fireplaces and got an Osburn Matrix insert this year. I love it, but I've completely gone through what I thought was a good pile of wood this year. It's all relative I guess. So I've been looking for new sources that can be ready for burning in Dec. of this year. I've recently gotten a call for a free tree shown below. They said it was a maple, but it looks a little different than ones I've seen before. I've never seen a tree with the marking this has going vertically through the base. Can anyone help with ID'ing the tree, and give any advice on how long it should take to dry once split and stacked? A friend and I are going to start carving it up tomorrow after work.

Thanks for the help.

Don

Thanks Guys.... I appreciate the fast response. I imagine it will be a two day job, but my friend has a larger saw, so hopefully discing it won't take too long. I'm hoping we can get about 2-3 cords total from whats there.

Any thoughts on that? Being a newb, it's hard to put the tree like that into cord perspective. The main trunk you see is about 2.5' - 3' in diameter, and the large piece laying on the ground is about 18' in length. The smaller trunk necks down a lot and is probably 12' in length. Along with all the other discs laying about. I'll have to do some more reading tonight.

Don

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Just a quick update... Filled two trucks and a 4x8 trailer today, and there's still at least another 2 truck loads left. I should have my work cut out for me splitting it this weekend and next week so I can get it stacked and ready for more wood. The same guy that call about this said he has two 60' oak trees and another maple next week. I think I'll be at my limit pretty quick, and will probably end up selling some of it. If anyone is near Northern Delaware and needs some free wood, let me know. We should have some Oak left, and a good bit of Maple after I have all my stacking space full.

On with some picks.

My Trailer...




Two friends trucks:






My poor little car. It was right at about 2500lbs based on the spring/tire sag (I've gotten a lot of weighed 1 ton loads of dirt/stone). The car is rated for 3000 and towed it fine, just winding up the gears a little more than normal. Next time I'll have to take the truck.




What's left:

haha... It probably looks worst that it is... He likes to get all the use he can out of them. He has two others, one had a dead battery, and one isn't registered yet. But he made it home and back this morning for another load.

I wasn't so lucky.. My shackle hanger broke last night apparently. Good argument for not putting 2500lbs of wood in a 2000lb rated trailer:




His load from this morning in the Dodge:




My load in the trailer.. I had to keep it a little short:




And there's still at least two loads left:

My problem is that I don't have much room to put wood piles. Unfortunately, I only have .48 acre, and a big garage and small house takes up a big part of that. I have 1 12' metal rack behind a shed and 1 8' metal rack beside the shed right now. I have plans to buy 2 more 12' racks to put behind my garage, and I'm going to stack under my kid's play house, but that's still only about 2 to 2.5 cords total. I will probably use about 1.5-2 a year. Not sure what other options I have while still keeping the wife happy.

weatherguy said:

You're not going to get three years ahead if you sell any, keep it all and let it season.

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