Part 2 i.d.

[Shari]

A little better pictures of my most recent 'mystery wood'. I had some replies in my previous post but they weren't as good as these pictures.

Anyone want to take another guess? This piece was a part of the 'twisted' trunk, but the rest of the tree was not like this.

 

[nrford]

Ash

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Ash

Right....Ash has that little "pinhole" that you can see off-center of the pictures with the cut side showing. Great wood....

 

[Shari]

Cool! I knew I hadn't had this type of wood before so I was at a loss.

That 'pinhole' comment will really help me i.d. in the future.

Thanks!

 

[dannynelson77]

Ash no doubt.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Ahh- the contrasting early and late growth, faint smell of melon, heavy texture of the bark... You know I'm an ash man

 

[maxed_out]

We love ash over here.

Easy to split, drys pretty fast, burns hot.

 

[rdust]

Ash!

You have to love that twisted stuff, the tree these pieces came from was a twisted mess!

 

[Shari]

Actually, I only got 2 larger trunk pieces. This was a CL 'free' score and the fella I got it from split the twisted stuff and was p'od at it saying it was really, really hard to split. He was swapping this out for some free birch from someone else. Guess who came out the winner ash vs birch?

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Fortunately we just don't get much twisted ash here but our ash is all in the woods rather than being out in the wind. You'll like that stuff Shari. Just don't get them like rdust does. Those look nasty.

 

[rdust]

Just don't get them like rdust does. Those look nasty.

This is from the huge ash tree(street tree) I helped my uncle with last spring. Out of the 5 cords of wood I got from it only one or two wasn't a twisted mess. I'm gonna hate loading the stove with that in a couple years.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Na, you'll make out just fine rdust. Just be careful with that back of yours.

 

[Woody Stover]

That bark looks different than the White Ash we see here, but the wood looks very similar...