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  1. Coal Reaper Member

    joined: Aug 10, 2012
    224 posts
    NJ
    wasnt too bad, wheeled them up with hand truck. prob gonna go back for the trunk seen in picture 3666 this weekend if what i have already doesnt give me a hard time splitting with the x25. will see how much snow we get here too...
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  2. ohlongarm Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 18, 2011
    703 posts
    Northeastern Ohio
    Not being critical but I'm not seeing black locust there,unless theres a different specie I'm unaware of. Wood looks too white should be yellow even when green,for your sake I hope I'm wrong,Good luck with it anyway.If possible show some leaves of the trees in question.
  3. Coal Reaper Member

    joined: Aug 10, 2012
    224 posts
    NJ
    i hope you are wrong longarm. no other pictures but in pic 3667 you can see the stalks that the leaves grow from if that helps.
  4. blujacket Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 2, 2008
    472 posts
    Dayton,Ohio
    Looks like Black Locust to me. Split a round and post a pic Coal Reaper
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  5. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 22, 2008
    13,472 posts
    Unity/Bangor, Maine
    Forget the leaf pics . . . maybe I missed it . . . but I would love to see more pics of the truck . . . looks interesting from what little I could see of it in one pic.
  6. Coal Reaper Member

    joined: Aug 10, 2012
    224 posts
    NJ
    man everybody loves that truck, including me!
    1987 jeep j-20. previous life was a plow truck for (you'll like this) a fire department. 39k original miles. very stout truck. high ground clearance and low center of gravity. currently needs new floorboards, exhaust, and carb work. loves being locked in low 4x4 to drag trees out of woods. my son loves it too!

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  7. Coal Reaper Member

    joined: Aug 10, 2012
    224 posts
    NJ
    anyways, met a buddy at the bar last night. chootin the chit and i show him that picture of the load of wood i brought home. "hmm" he says "that looks like some of the trees that got knocked over on my property. i am going to cut them up and throw them down the mountain tomorrow to get rid of them." i asked him to send me a pic to verify BL (hopefully) before he did that. needless to say, i got him doing work for me right now. pictured is the smallest of at least 4 trees. i will get some pics of a split round tonight.

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  8. bluedogz Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 9, 2011
    857 posts
    NE Maryland
    I vote that THAT is BL. I have a yard full of it and every windstorm gives me another years' wood- shallow roots, apparently.
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  9. blujacket Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 2, 2008
    472 posts
    Dayton,Ohio
    You have struck gold this week Coal Reaper. Locust is awesome, my favorite wood.
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  10. bluedogz Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 9, 2011
    857 posts
    NE Maryland
    FYI- I am currently burning the BL that came down in my yard during Hurricane Irene. It burns like I dipped it in gasoline. Do your own math on seasoning time.
  11. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,139 posts
    Michigan
    Definitely don't let that buddy throw that wood away!!!!
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  12. tcassavaugh Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 10, 2010
    594 posts
    Southern Maryland
    .........so dave, how did one from the hollers and mountains of west by God virginia end up in the mountains of alaska? i lived on the new river in fayetteville for awhile. i loved it.

    nice score reaper

    cass
  13. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,746 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    Deep Hollar, West by God Virginia ! Yu-all :)
    How? Military ;)
  14. tcassavaugh Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 10, 2010
    594 posts
    Southern Maryland
    cool dave.....yeah, i ended up in d.c. because of my military experience....fayetteville too, right after getting out, but it paid better here.

    cass
  15. Flatbedford Minister of Fire

    That's BL. Good stuff should split pretty easily. And will burn like coal in a year.
  16. Coal Reaper Member

    joined: Aug 10, 2012
    224 posts
    NJ
    This is from the truckload i brought home. Was pretty easy to split, only a bit more difficult than oak.
  17. Coal Reaper Member

    joined: Aug 10, 2012
    224 posts
    NJ
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  18. TimJ Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 10, 2012
    1,028 posts
    Southeast Indiana
    black locust..................hey and ain't that longarm guy the one that was going to show us all that black locust split and stacked ? Did I miss it
  19. Coal Reaper Member

    joined: Aug 10, 2012
    224 posts
    NJ
    Planning for two years. Putting in a boiler next summer and have plenty of black birch for first winter.
  20. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 22, 2008
    13,472 posts
    Unity/Bangor, Maine
    Good wood . . . definitely get whatever wood your buddy was preparing to toss aside.

    And thanks for posting pics of the truck . . . looks sharp. Cute kid as well.
  21. Coal Reaper Member

    joined: Aug 10, 2012
    224 posts
    NJ
    thanks all.

    dare i ask if this is the same guy? stacked off the ground and carefully tarped, this was behind the barn when i bought my house...

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  22. bluedogz Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 9, 2011
    857 posts
    NE Maryland
    I found similar stack next to my barn... lived in the house for 3 years, then burned it. Split one of those bad boys- what do you find?
  23. blujacket Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 2, 2008
    472 posts
    Dayton,Ohio
    Looks like Ash, maybe
  24. Flatbedford Minister of Fire

    Not BL.
  25. gzecc Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 24, 2008
    2,843 posts
    NNJ
    My first impression is black walnut. Any in the area?
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