Any idea what this is?

[SolarAndWood]

They think it is Maple?

 

[smokinj]

Looks like a big siver to me.

 

[PapaDave]

Some future firewood for you! :coolsmile:

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Difficult to tell from the pictures but maple was the first to come to my feeble mind.

 

[SolarAndWood]

Looks like a big siver to me.

hmmm, thought I had found something worthy of breaking out the 5 footer for the first time on.

 

[CTYank]

Could you post a close-up of the bark and some freshly-cut end-grain?

Could even be white oak, from the bark. Whether maple or oak should be trivial for you, from density.

 

[SolarAndWood]

Whether maple or oak should be trivial for you, from density.

That's as good as the pics get. I'll probably go take a look at it. Not too interested in two days of work for Silver Maple. I have easy access to it for a lot less work, an hour or two a bucked cord from the time I leave my house to the time it is dumped by the splitter.

 

[TreePointer]

Could you post a close-up of the bark and some freshly-cut end-grain?

Could even be white oak, from the bark. Whether maple or oak should be trivial for you, from density.

+1

 

[jackofalltrades]

I am thinking silver maple for sure. It is really hard to tell from those pics, but I am pretty sure it is not like any white oak I have ever seen. Looks close to that but looks a lot more like silver.

 

[smokinj]

Looks like a big siver to me.

hmmm, thought I had found something worthy of breaking out the 5 footer for the first time on.

Silver could be a great score over cottonwood. :cheese:

 

[lukem]

Looks like a big siver to me.

hmmm, thought I had found something worthy of breaking out the 5 footer for the first time on.

I would give it a look. Could be a sugar maple. Really hard to tell from the pics.

 

[Flatbedford]

Looks like a hand splitter's nightmare. Lots of crotches there. I would pass no matter the species. But I may be a wood snob.

 

[SolarAndWood]

Silver could be a great score over cottonwood. :cheese:

lol, if you don't expect too much, you'll never be let down

 

[SolarAndWood]

But I may be a wood snob.

I'm getting that way too if its not either good or at least easy.

 

[Woody Stover]

I may be a wood snob.

You may be, Mr. "Running out of space for all my Oak". :lol:

 

[Thistle]

if I seen some locally that big I'd grab it if I wasnt almost full back here.Parents have 10 acres to store wood on,I wont be hauling any out there however. Just wouldnt make sense to haul it 55 miles out,then in a year or 2 go out & bring it back to town.