My wife IDd it as Sycamore

[SolarAndWood]

I called it Camo wood. Is she right?

 

[wooddope]

Sure looks like sycamore to me.

 

[fishingpol]

+1, big flaky thin pieces of bark

 

[NH_Wood]

Sycamore it is! Go ISU! Cheers!

 

[EatenByLimestone]

She's right. Did you happen to notice if the camo pattern went all the way down to the base? (Wondering which type of sycamore it is)

Matt

 

[SolarAndWood]

I never saw the tree, picked it up at the curb. I'm going back tomorrow for a Norway, I'll see if the base is still there.

 

[ansehnlich1]

haha, yep, as usual, SHE"S RIGHT!

Sycamore, can be tough to split at times, but your stuff looks pretty straight grained so it may be a tad easier.

Dries to a rather lightweight, fast burnin' wood though, kinda like maple I'd say.

 

[SolarAndWood]

haha, yep, as usual, SHE"S RIGHT!

lol, she always is. Just ask her.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Sycamore is perhaps one of the trees that is difficult to not recognize! It is quite unique.

 

[Danno77]

Siberian Elm.

 

[midwestcoast]

Well now I know what to tell my neighbor who ask if I knew what type of tree was in his yard. It's embarassing being "the guy with all the wood" and having to admit being clueless about many of the species around.

 

[karl]

It won't split. It has a twist in the grain along the trunk. You can split/shred it with a splitter into splits, but a Maul won't work. Great wood to burn once you get it to the size you want.

 

[SolarAndWood]

It's embarassing being "the guy with all the wood" and having to admit being clueless about many of the species around.

Doesn't bother me, I learn something on almost every scrounge.

 

[SolarAndWood]

It wasn't pretty but it split. Don't think there is one good looking split out of the whole tree.

 

[thewoodlands]

It wasn't pretty but it split. Don't think there is one good looking split out of the whole tree.

Solar that is some different looking wood, does it split like elm?


zap

 

[SolarAndWood]

The elm I got earlier this week split like a dream compared to this and produced good looking square splits. I'm on my way out to get a big maple. I'll get that processed to hide the Sycamore as it is bringing down the image of the heap.

 

[thewoodlands]

The elm I got earlier this week split like a dream compared to this and produced good looking square splits. I'm on my way out to get a big maple. I'll get that processed to hide the Sycamore as it is bringing down the image of the heap.

Another nice score, is it sugar maple?

zap

 

[SolarAndWood]

Not that lucky. It's a Norway but its only 5 miles from home and already bucked.

 

[SolarAndWood]

Alright, pretty lucky. There and back in an hour flat.

 

[lukem]

Sycamore it is! Go ISU! Cheers!

Alumnus. Go trees.

 

[thewoodlands]

Alright, pretty lucky. There and back in an hour flat.

Solar nice load of maple, the rain is letting up here so it looks like I'll get another area ready for stacking then run up top for a load of maple.




zap

 

[SolarAndWood]

The rain let up here too and it turned into a pretty nice day. I think we have Sycamore and Elm so that when we have a load of straight maple to process we really appreciate it. I bet it takes half the time to split.

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice pile of wood solar, after I said it was letting up it started pouring again so I cleaned the saws and then the chimney. Rained all day here so the stacking never started.


zap

 

[SolarAndWood]

Sorry to hear that Zap. Leaves were just about at peak, birds are migrating and the maple was pure pleasure to split after the last 3 cord I processed.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Norway maple is nothing to sneeze at. Almost as good as sugar.

Matt