What is this wood? Splits Great!!

[777funk]

I don't know what this is. It burns a little fast and not as hot as Oak or Hickory but I love splitting it! Where Oak can sometimes bounce the Fiskars right off, this stuff is easy. One tap and it's done. Love splitting the stuff.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Silver maple maybe?
I can't get the second pic to load

 

[royrizzle]

Shagbark Hickory. Natures best firewood burns hot and long.

 

[claydogg84]

My guess would be Shagbark Hickory as well.

 

[Applesister]

Wormy Shagbark, maybe long dead.
Still standing?
Stack that on a pallet away from your other hickory. Bug central.
Hickory must be like roses.

 

[Applesister]

Or maybe in the Rose family?

 

[BamaScroungr]

No idea what it is but Shagbark is NOT easy to split.

 

[English BoB]

I don't know what this is. It burns a little fast and not as hot as Oak or Hickory but I love splitting it! Where Oak can sometimes bounce the Fiskars right off, this stuff is easy. One tap and it's done. Love splitting the stuff.

If the round on the floor is from the same tree, then I vote shagbark
My doubts are the worm holes.

bob

 

[777funk]

This was standing dead wood (no branches just main beam)

It smells different than Shagbark and is a little more shiny/silver on the bark if that makes sense. It doesn't burn as hot either and splits great (unlike Shagbark which can be ok to very hard to split). I have a lot of Shagbark Hickory here. Love that stuff! But I don't think this is a piece of it.

 

[Firefighter938]

I think it is maple.

 

[Prosecond]

Hickory

 

[tigeroak]

100% hickory the split and the one on the ground.

 

[777funk]

The smell seems different than Hickory and it splits WAY easier. I guess maybe the rot and worms could contribute to both of those. The bark looks a little more silver though (in person) than Hickory so that throws me off a bit.

 

[Applesister]

Its definitely Shagbark hickory. I was joking about it being in the rose family. It is very attractive to wood borers(like rosebushes and apple trees.)
Sad fact of life.

 

[Applesister]

The up side is its probably ready to burn, or darn close.

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

It's Hickory. No doubt.

 

[Stinkpickle]

The up side is its probably ready to burn, or darn close.

Agreed. That looks like good seasoned hickory. I have some 5-year-old splits that look just like that.

 

[Jon_E]

Another vote for hickory. Pure speculation but I'd guess that standing dead for enough time probably allowed for ease of splitting.

 

[gzecc]

x8 hickory