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  1. HDRock Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 25, 2012
    1,113 posts
    Grand Blanc, Mi
    They want $30 for it

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    All this firewood, plus a little more that needs to be stacked, for sale. It's in our backyard down a slight hill. You'll need to haul it away. Bring a wheel barrow if you want. Thanks.

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  2. Jon1270 Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 25, 2012
    572 posts
    Pittsburgh, PA
    For the orange stuff I'd guess osage orange. The rest is probably maple, but the pic is so low-res that it's impossible to have any confidence in that. Have you asked?
  3. HDRock Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 25, 2012
    1,113 posts
    Grand Blanc, Mi
    There was no phone# I just sent email a few min ago
  4. oldspark Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 16, 2010
    5,112 posts
    North West Iowa
    Could be ash and Mulberry.
  5. Jon1270 Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 25, 2012
    572 posts
    Pittsburgh, PA
    I steered away from the mulberry guess because the mulberry I've seen only gets that dark an orange after it's seasoned awhile, and all of that wood looks fresh-cut.
  6. HDRock Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 25, 2012
    1,113 posts
    Grand Blanc, Mi
    Yeah , The majority could be ash, I know its hard to tell In the pic, and U can't see bark , but U all like to play guessing anyway
  7. Thistle Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 16, 2010
    3,901 posts
    Central IA
    I'd give $30 for that.
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  8. Ralphie Boy Minister of Fire

    That one round occupying the top right corner position looks a good bit like white oak, but nothing else looks like white oak so I doubt it is. The other could be ash or maple, just can't tell from the pictures. The dark centered rounds; same thing, just can't tell from those pictures. It's close, it's free so does it matter that much?:rolleyes: I don't think you are going to get hurt and in one to three years it will a good burn in November or January.:cool:
  9. HDRock Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 25, 2012
    1,113 posts
    Grand Blanc, Mi
    It is very close, and what ever it is, I will snatch it up ASAP cuz It's a good price, if they get back with me ,gotta keep adding to the stacks :)
  10. HDRock Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 25, 2012
    1,113 posts
    Grand Blanc, Mi
    Got email back,got dibs on the wood, they don't know what wood it is, I'll go get it tomorrow, pics then
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  11. Woody Stover Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 25, 2010
    3,363 posts
    Southern IN
    Ash, and some other good stuff. Snap it up.
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  12. HDRock Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 25, 2012
    1,113 posts
    Grand Blanc, Mi
    Hauled the wood out with the buggy, the add said there was a slight hill,but it was about 30-35 degrees. a real PITA, slippin on the snow
    There was ash , not sure what the other is yet, There was other logs I had to buck ,a 12' long, 12" Di ash, and some 6' others
    Fed X delivered my new saw just when I had to leave

    Pic sucks but Last load in the wagon


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  13. rideau Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 12, 2012
    1,346 posts
    southern ontario
    Pretty nice haul for $30, a lot of the work done for you.
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  14. ArsenalDon Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 16, 2012
    611 posts
    Meadow Valley, CA
    good score i'd say
  15. HDRock Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 25, 2012
    1,113 posts
    Grand Blanc, Mi
    Ya , I think it was a good amount of wood for $30, split some ash, it was 15%MC on the inside put some in the stove, I'll take dead ash any day:)
  16. BobUrban Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 24, 2010
    941 posts
    Central Michigan
    I am guessing ash and cherry because you are in Michigan so almost every pile of fire wood here contains ash and cherry stands out pretty good in the pile. Certainly not osage.
  17. Jon1270 Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 25, 2012
    572 posts
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Certainly could be cherry (not sure why I didn't think of that, except maybe my monitor may be leaning a bit orange), but what tells you that it's definitely not Osage? I don't have much experience with it yet.
  18. BobUrban Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 24, 2010
    941 posts
    Central Michigan
    Bark and the fact that it is rather rare here in Michigan. Yes we have some and I have cut a bunch but it is mostly in SW Michigan with a few random fence rows here and there sporadically about. I could be wrong for sure but if I was betting on it I would go cherry. Here is a stack of cherry and ash I just piled up this week and what really triggered my response. One random cherry round in the south end and a bunch on the north end of the stack. Just my best guess from the limited information. If it is osage you will know when you lift it. Stuff is deceptively heavy and for the size of the round, it will surprise you.

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  19. Redlegs Feeling the Heat

    joined: Feb 16, 2012
    258 posts
    Eastern Kansas
    Good score!
  20. Jon1270 Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 25, 2012
    572 posts
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Yeah, I buy that reasoning, although I'm surprised you can see enough of the bark to help make the determination, as blurry and distant as it is. But cherry certainly is more likely.
  21. BobUrban Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 24, 2010
    941 posts
    Central Michigan
    Really cannot see the bark perse - just that it is thin with a thin strip of sap wood compared to the heartwood. Osage bark is not unlike black locust and even on small rounds can be 1-2" thick. Cherry is very thin like the wood in the photos. And hopefully I am wrong - osage vs. cherry is no comparison for quality fire wood. Cherry rots much quicker than other wood and you can stack osage in your pond to season it without rotting - literally!!
  22. Jon1270 Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 25, 2012
    572 posts
    Pittsburgh, PA
    I have some small rounds of osage (very confident of the ID) with bark that's quite thin, much thinner than locust (of which I have tons), and even thinner than on some cherry I have. The osage may have been a very young tree, though, whereas the cherry was older.

    Even so, I still think your guess of cherry here is probably right.
  23. HDRock Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 25, 2012
    1,113 posts
    Grand Blanc, Mi
    Well I didn't get a pic of that wood yet ,but I do know by the bark it's not cheery, might be oak, it was young tree and is real heavy, the bark is actually,not the same but similar to ash, after I split some I might know
  24. Jon1270 Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 25, 2012
    572 posts
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Hee. Maybe I was right after all.
  25. BobUrban Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 24, 2010
    941 posts
    Central Michigan
    Let's hope so Jon - Osage or Oak would only multiply the value of that score!!
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