2 smaller loads yesterday - want to i.d.?

[Shari]

It's raining out - no splitting today.

Want to guess what kind of wood I have here? Two different loads, two different types of wood:

First load:

Second load:

I have no idea what I have here other than 'guesses' from the persons I got it from.

All I know is it is BTU's.

 

[smokinj]

Frist load Apple second hackberry. Just a guess though.

 

[Wood Duck]

I think the first is a cherry, probably edible type of cherry. The biggest piece of the second pic does look like Hackberry, but the other piecees don't look like Hackberry to me.

 

[Shari]

Thanks for the responses so far. Providing additional info:

On the first one, all I can tell you is this was a dump off at our local recycling center - straight from their pickup truck into my trailer (never hit the ground! Ha! Ha!) With this one there were a LOT of smaller branches that I didn't take - around 2-3" in size so maybe it was some type of fruit tree (apple or cherry). They said it was Ash - but I seriously question that. There might be at least one other type of tree in that mix also as they said they were clearing a fence line.

The second one: The only thing the CL 'giver' said was "It's stringy when you split it." So, going on that, the only guess I have is Elm. I could tell a little better when I split it but it's raining outside right now.

Any way you look at it: Free BTU's are great!

 

[Creekyphil]

+1 for cherry on the first one.

The second load looks like a mixed bag to me. I'm not familiar with hackberry, but aside from the largest round, I see mostly maple. The smooth piece in the back right looks like a young maple limb, but the one light colored one seems like something else entirely.

 

[lukem]

I agree on the first pic potentially being cherry or apple.

I have no idea what the second is, but it is not Hackberry. Hackberry bark is not that furrowed....more "warty".

 

[Shari]

+1 for cherry on the first one.

The second load looks like a mixed bag to me. I'm not familiar with hackberry, but aside from the largest round, I see mostly maple. The smooth piece in the back right looks like a young maple limb, but the one light colored one seems like something else entirely.

Agree - it could be.

 

[firefighterjake]

First photo . . . definitely a fruit tree of some sort . . . apple, plum, etc. You'll know a lot better when you split this up and smell it.

Second photo . . . doesn't quite have the look of elm.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Call me crazy, but the end grain, heartwood:sapwood ratio, and bark of the furthest piece to the right is screaming thornless honey locust out to me... but I can easily see some of the other options mentioned as well.


No idea on the second one.

 

[Wade A.]

I'm thinking +1 Cherry, and +1 locust.

 

[Jags]

I'm thinking +1 Cherry, and +1 locust.

Double it!

 

[Shari]

I'm thinking +1 Cherry, and +1 locust.

Double it!

Geez, folks, don't go making me drool over the wood I got. Cherry and locust would be wonderful additions to my stash.