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CodyWayne718

CodyWayne718

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Dec 11, 2009
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I sure am glad you fellas/gals dont get bent out of shape over so many ID threads. I have a field guide but it seems pretty useless unless I have a leaf from the tree! Anyway....I took more pics of the bark but, none of them look like it really does in person.
 

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looks like Black Walnut to me
 
mdphilps said:
looks like Black Walnut to me
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I agree, Black Walnut.
 
Definitely Black Walnut. Should split right apart with a little tap on straight/clear pieces.
 
Def. walnut. Super easy to split.
 
Thanks! Yes, Lukem it split like a dream compared to the hedge I split when I finished with the walnut!!!
 
Black Walnut - easy splitting - medium BTU content - creates a bunch of ash.

I'll burn it if I got it, but don't go out of my way to get it. Makes pretty lumber if you like the deep dark colors.

Edit: I wouldn't let a live one survive in my yard. Darn things will kill other stuff, like apple, or gardens, etc. Not to mention the nuts - Oh boy, mowing around those things is baaad. Vrooom, vrooom, thunk, ZIIING... repeat.
 
Walnut is nice to cut and split - both are pretty easy. Nice straight logs can be valuable, but there are tons of crooked walnuts with barbed wire grown into the wood around here, so they aren't good for much besides firewood. Or nuts, it you have a way to crack them and take out the meat, and you don't mind hands stained black from the husks.
 
Adios Pantalones said:
I'll guess goncavo alves
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You got it! Just like these guys below (OK, OK... showing off again)

Seriously, yes, that's black walnut. Lots of dark heartwood on that split, should be slightly better than average BTU wise.

Wood Duck, I'll take all the squirrely black walnut you can find. It's first-rate bowl turning wood, with all of that twisted grain reflecting the light in almost mysterious ways.
 

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Adios Pantalones said:
That's pretty friggin sweet Batt
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No doubt.

It must just kill you to throw those in the wood stove.
 
Jags said:
It must just kill you to throw those in the wood stove.
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It turns out that it bowls him over. :zip:

Seriously . . . sell the logs and buy Oak or Beech 1 for two.

They say Juglone will kill a horse, but I've never tried it.
 
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