look what I stumbled into...

[Blue Vomit]

A friend referred me to this lot where a tree service had been dropping wood off for some time now. He said take whatever you want. I'll post a few pics for ID. I know the cherry and oak. I need a little help with some others. Due to the number of pics I will start a new thread. How about this huge one by the maul... and dont ask me to split it to see the inside.

 

[cptoneleg]

You mean your not going to split it, I would have to split it before I loaded it. Great find that shoul get you plenty to do for awhile.

 

[stejus]

Wood porn for sure! I would love to back up and load some of this stuff for sure. I instead walk into the woods, buck up some wood and carry or flop the wood to load. This looks alot easier for sure

 

[kwikrp]

Locust ??

 

[bogydave]

Pretty small splitting maul
It's all BTUs.
Start at one end & start splitting & loading.
Gonna take a few days but you'll have some good wood.
Awesome score

 

[iod0816]

Looks like locust to me and some sugar maple too!

 

[Blue Vomit]

I thought it was BL but i havnt seen any this big

 

[SolarAndWood]

Holy crap, I think you struck gold.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

And that is mostly a bunch of ash on the left

 

[WellSeasoned]

That's the mother load. Lemme know if you need any help. I think I'm in your neck of the woods ;-P

 

[firefighterjake]

Sweet deal . . . great news for you.

 

[shawneyboy]

So how do I have to stumble in order to stumble into something like this?/ Hell of a stumble there.

 

[Pat53]

Nice stumble !

 

[Wood Duck]

I don't think that big round is Black Locust. It looks too round (I have never seen a Locust that round when it is that big - they are more irregular in shape) and the wood seems the wrong color for locust, even weathered locust. I think it is Cottonwood or a closely related hybrid poplar of some sort.

 

[Flatbedford]

I agree with Wood Duck.

 

[PapaDave]

Anybody else notice the vines? What are they?
Be careful, but nice score!

 

[Blue Vomit]

Anybody else notice the vines? What are they?
Be careful, but nice score!

The vines are not hairy like most of the poison ivy I see. I don't know what it is but I do wear gloves.

 

[Blue Vomit]

I don't think that big round is Black Locust. It looks too round (I have never seen a Locust that round when it is that big - they are more irregular in shape) and the wood seems the wrong color for locust, even weathered locust. I think it is Cottonwood or a closely related hybrid poplar of some sort.

The poplar does get huge here.

 

[cptoneleg]

Old Blue,


I cut lots of B/L some has no bark at all- one good way to tell get your chainsaw and cut , if the chips and dust flying out looks the color of fresh treated wood, and you can tell the wood is hard , you got you some B/L. Sometimes even little lime green.

One tree that resembles B/L bark in these parts is the Chestnut Oak, both are excellent Firewood. Sometimes pictures are hard to tell, thats why when one are the other are asked for an I/D these two woods come up.

So you tell us what you have.

 

[Blue Vomit]

I'll work on it. I won't be back out there for a while. I took 3 big loads of cherry out of there the other day. Ide like to get that split and stacked before I go back out there. The cherry will put me well over the hump for 2012/2013 wood. Something tells me those big monsters will still be there when I go back.

 

[babzog]

I thought it was BL but i havnt seen any this big

I've got wood in my shed from a BL that was 3-4' across. I am passing on a fellow's name to a tree cutter pal who has 3 BL he wants taken down that are 5' across at the base. That one (in the pic) is just a baby. LOL