Wood id please.

[HotCoals]

C/S/S early this spring.
Seems fairly light.
Get great cat action from it.
Burns fairly long and somewhat hot.

 

[gzecc]

Poor pics too yellow.

 

[HotCoals]

Color was messed up due to fluorescent ceiling spot lights.
These are a little better.

 

[bogydave]

Color was messed up due to fluorescent ceiling spot lights.
These are a little better.

Not birch or spruce.
I want to say white oak, with the light sap wood & the darker core. Not sure. Got a bigger split & a side view.

 

[HotCoals]

Color was messed up due to fluorescent ceiling spot lights.
These are a little better.

Not birch or spruce.
I want to say white oak, with the light sap wood & the darker core. Not sure. Got a bigger split & a side view.

It might well be white oak now that you mention it.
I suck at this..is white oak common in NY I wonder.
Seems awfully dry and light for just being put up early spring...matter of fact most of that time it has been in my garage.
I leave the doors open a lot during the summer.
The wood seems to get some white powdery residue on it..have not noticed it on my other wood before.

 

[HotCoals]

Another thing..this wood gass's off forever.
I'm over 4 hours into a burn and still getting a light show now and then off my cat .

 

[nrford]

From the grain texture on the ends of the splits it looks like two kinds of wood. I'm saying one is Soft maple, and the other is Honey Locust.

 

[chvymn99]

When you say light, Id lean more to Maple since it does have a tendancy to be that way when seasoned out. Where I'd think that both Oak and Honey Locust should hold a little weight when seasoned.

 

[HotCoals]

From the grain texture on the ends of the splits it looks like two kinds of wood. I'm saying one is Soft maple, and the other is Honey Locust.

Didn't realize it but you're right..two diff woods there!
I bet the one is Honey Locust..it really burns well.
Thanks guys!

 

[ScotO]

That one split is definatwly honey locust. White sapwood and salmon heartwood. Good burn, great bed of coals, ash is super white at end of burn. Sound right? Other one looks like white oak.....

 

[BobUrban]

When you are CSSing known woods smell them. Many woods have a very distinct odor and later you can use this as an id source for non-known wood even if it has no bark left on it. My guess on the one split is some type of maple.

 

[SolarAndWood]

I suck at this..is white oak common in NY I wonder.

Given the amount of Oak in the older houses in the city, it must have been common at one point. My last building in Rochester had Oak floor joists. Could kick myself for not setting them aside to use as a bar top.

 

[Wood Duck]

I suck at this..is white oak common in NY I wonder.

Given the amount of Oak in the older houses in the city, it must have been common at one point. My last building in Rochester had Oak floor joists. Could kick myself for not setting them aside to use as a bar top.

It depends where you are in NY, of course, but White Oak is pretty common over large parts of New York.

I think you have Honey Locust and Red Maple? I am not too sure of the maple but the bark looks OK and you say the wood is light. Oak should be heavy.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

That bark does NOT look like white oak.

 

[Jags]

That bark does NOT look like white oak.

Agreed - it looks like a needle tree to me.

 

[HotCoals]

That one split is definatwly honey locust. White sapwood and salmon heartwood. Good burn, great bed of coals, ash is super white at end of burn. Sound right? Other one looks like white oak.....

I do believe now that the one was honey locust.
I did a load last night on just that stuff.
It took awhile to get going good..but when it did it really put the heat out.
Matter of fact 3 or so hours latter it was even hotter with a lot of cat action..ghost flames.
It was warmer in the house by 4 degrees in the morning then when I went to bed...7 hours latter.
Still some wood left but it was only about a 1/2 load to start with..smaller splits.

I think the other is maple of some type..I dunno.

 

[Thistle]

That one split is definatwly honey locust. White sapwood and salmon heartwood. Good burn, great bed of coals, ash is super white at end of burn. Sound right? Other one looks like white oak.....

No question its Honey Locust.Whether its a 'wild' thorny one or a thornless in someone's yard the wood is the same.