Maple ?white oak? Or ash?

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Cburke

Cburke

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Feb 24, 2014
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Like the title states I'm thinking it's one of these 3. pretty tough to split on a scale if 1 to 10 I'd say an 7 to 8 in toughness to split, pretty stringy wood and strong smell of a mix of sourness and fresh mulch if that makes any sense thanks guys!
 

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I'm thinking maybe some type of Maple. The 'sour, mulch' smell is probably due to the wood lying around for a while....
 
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Looks like a member of the maple family to me too, wood can get some funky smells when its been wet.
 
silver maple
 
Maple, but I don't think it's silver maple. All the silver I have the bark is more flakey or scaly. Maybe red maple.
 
Cburke said:
Sounds good guys thanks.Is Soft maple decent burning wood?
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It dries quick, splits well and lights off quickly. Middle of the pack for total btus though. Many (including me) like it for shoulder seasons and for cold starts in mid-winter before adding the primo denser hardwoods.
 
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It dries quick, splits well and lights off quickly. Middle of the pack for total btus though. Many (including me) like it for shoulder seasons and for cold starts in mid-winter before adding the primo denser hardwoods.
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Cool! So not a bad find on the homestead here! Can't wait to burn it in my new stove I'm going to install this summer
 
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