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Babaganoosh

Minister of Fire
Nov 18, 2014
713
NJ
IMAG1115.jpg IMAG1117.jpg IMAG1116.jpg IMAG1118.jpg I saw it today by the road coming home from work. It's stupid hot and high humidity so I decided I'll try in the evening. Well it's still 90 degrees so I go anyway. Got a nice little pile. The wood has a yellow tint. The bark has a very defined pattern to it and it's thick. It's got a slightly weird smell I can't even describe. You can see in one picture there is a fibrous layer under the bark. It's also pretty damn heavy

I live in central NJ about 4 miles from the shore.
Is it a boom or a bust?

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I'm pretty sure it's Black Locust. The bark is a little off, but the wood is spot on for BL.
 
If it's black locusts then I possibly hit the motherload. Talking to the guy whose house it was at he mentioned his neighbor cleared his property and has a lot of wood to get rid of. He walks me around back and this is what's there. I'm calling the guy tomorrow. That row is about 100 feet long and 5 to 6 feet high.


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If it's black locusts then I possibly hit the motherload. Talking to the guy whose house it was at he mentioned his neighbor cleared his property and has a lot of wood to get rid of. He walks me around back and this is what's there. I'm calling the guy tomorrow. That row is about 100 feet long and 5 to 6 feet high.


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That's a tremendous amount of wood. He's just trying to get rid of it? Excellent score.
 
I believe you have Elm there. Stringy and a major pain in the arse to split, but its got good heat property to it. Someone else may be a better judge, but looks like Elm.
 
Either way, that is a score of scores. Nothing burns better than free wood. If it is Elm, it is just going to take a little longer to split.
 
That didn't go as planned. Put it on the stump outside took two whacks and the yellow jackets that I thought were all dead came out and one got me on the arm. Lol

So I took it inside and put it on the little 5 ton electric splitter. Popped it right away. The fibrous stuff was the back of the bark. It was wet and coming off. The wood definitely has a yellow tint to it. Close to 20 inch piece split no problem.

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Obligatory yellow jacket sting pic. One also chased me in the house. He is currently in the vacuum canister.
 
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I think claydoog is right, it looks black locust to me too.
 
That's a tremendous amount of wood. He's just trying to get rid of it? Excellent score.

From what I understand yes he doesn't want the wood. I'm going to call him tomo and see what the deal is. If it's free for the taking I'll be set with wood for a few years to say the least.
 
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Looks like BL to me. I also see mulberry in the stacked pile. Could be a lot of BL. They do grow in groves.
 
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If it is FREE you hit the mother load !!!
 
Score!! :cool: BL and a little Mulberry; Even if it was 100 degrees out I would grab it all as quick as I could. >>
 
Locust ... you've hit a mother load if you score that load.

I predict you will be very busy :)
 
Where in NJ? I will come by and evaluate that stack in person :cool:
 
If it's black locusts then I possibly hit the motherload. Talking to the guy whose house it was at he mentioned his neighbor cleared his property and has a lot of wood to get rid of. He walks me around back and this is what's there. I'm calling the guy tomorrow. That row is about 100 feet long and 5 to 6 feet high.


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Well, let's hope that there's no negative of "I can't let you drive back there but here's a rickety old wheelbarrow"... I've been through that once or twice after I said I'd take it.

Great, great score.
 
If it's black locusts then I possibly hit the motherload. Talking to the guy whose house it was at he mentioned his neighbor cleared his property and has a lot of wood to get rid of. He walks me around back and this is what's there. I'm calling the guy tomorrow. That row is about 100 feet long and 5 to 6 feet high.


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If you need help, I'm in Somerset County.
 
That is Black Locust, and it is great firewood. It is hard to ignite, but burns great on a hot bed of coals.
 
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