Basswood?

[thewoodlands]

This was blocking a trail we use for riding so I took care of it the first thing this morning, what type of wood do you think it is?

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[JP11]

This was blocking a trail we use for riding so I took care of it the first thing this morning, what type of wood do you think it is?

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Did it cut super fast like butter? Looks like some stuff I've cut that I thought was basswood. Did you get a look at the leaves?

 

[Realstone]

If you can carve a moose or bear out of it with no problem, it may well be basswood

 

[ScotO]

I'd say either basswood or a type of poplar.. Sure looks like basswood to me...

 

[Thistle]

Parents have maybe a dozen medium-large Basswoods in a couple clusters at their acreage,bark is identical to that.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Yup. Probably bass. You can tell it is really soft wood by looking at the cut.

 

[firefighterjake]

1. How did it buck up . . . if the chain went through the wood as easily as going through white birch or a softwood there is a good chance it is basswood.

2. What do any of the leafs look like (assuming it still has some or some near by) . . . if the leafs are huge, heart-shaped then there is a pretty good chance it is basswood.

3. Pick up a bucked piece of this wood and if it feels surprisingly light for the size (compared to a similarly sized piece of elm, maple, beech, etc.) and you haven't been bit by a radioactive spider in the past few days . . . there is a good chance it is basswood.

 

[thewoodlands]

1. Leaves = none
2. cut fast with the 660 = yes / 390 would not start
3. the tree was full of water - heavy from that
4 Carving = I will save that for Thanksgiving

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[Realstone]

4 Carving = I will save that for Thanksgiving

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I was hoping for a saw carved 12 point bull or a qrizzly at the very least

 

[Waulie]

Bark does not appear that close to what I have here. Wood grain looks right but whatever it is looks a bit punky. Can you stick your fingernail in it? If it is basswood, let it feed the forest rather than your stove.

 

[firefighterjake]

Bark does not appear that close to what I have here. Wood grain looks right but whatever it is looks a bit punky. Can you stick your fingernail in it? If it is basswood, let it feed the forest rather than your stove.

. . . or better yet . . . cut it up and use it for kindling and shoulder season fires.

 

[Waulie]

. . . or better yet . . . cut it up and use it for kindling and shoulder season fires.

Honestly, basswood is the only tree I have in my woods that I just won't spend the energy on. Stuff is terrible. I mean, if you're short on wood options, sure. I just have a feeling Zap is not short on wood options.

 

[thewoodlands]

The basswood does work good for kindling, the wood I will be cutting for shoulder season will be Hemlock.

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[Waulie]

I've only tried a bit of hemlock but I do have a good size dead one I've been eyeing. It looks like it will be a real pain to split, though.

 

[thewoodlands]

Any of our Hemlock split fine, a few knots were tough but overall it was easy splitting. I here is pops pretty god when burning, is it worse than Cherry?

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[711mhw]

I think that they are close to (btu) equal. It does carve well. Momma needed a "bust" for photographing jewlery so this is what I came up with, never carved before or since! I do burn some in the shoulder seasons.

 

[amateur cutter]

I think that they are close to (btu) equal. It does carve well. Momma needed a "bust" for photographing jewlery so this is what I came up with, never carved before or since! I do burn some in the shoulder seasons.

Ha, now that's real wood porn right there. A C

 

[Realstone]

You never carved before and you did that? Pretty good.

 

[andybaker]

I think this is the first time I've clicked off this site because someone walked in the room.

 

[Jack Straw]

I think that they are close to (btu) equal. It does carve well. Momma needed a "bust" for photographing jewlery so this is what I came up with, never carved before or since! I do burn some in the shoulder seasons.

Hey, she needs some wool pasties!

 

[Waulie]

She's hot!

Basswood has about 13.7 MBTU/cord. Hemlock has 15.3, or about 12% more. Basswood and cottonwood are about tied and are among the lowest BTU wood you can find. The ultimate "gopher wood".

 

[zzr7ky]

Basswood (Linden) and Poplar I pass on if other wood is available. I buck them and spray paint "Free" on the side facing the road and they usually go away. They just aren't worth the weight to process and the wait for them to dry out, or the storage space.