Some of the pieces are HUGE; literally 40"-48" diameter but if its that high a quality of wood I'll mobilize a loader and dump truck to get it. We don't often get high quality wood in my neck of the woods...
I have seen very old locust that big. It does look like locust to me. Does it have thorns on the small branches. Are the leaves small and oval shaped?
Say it ain't so...That deep rough bark & some of it being 40-48" sure says Cottonwood to me.
I had the same exact thoughts. The core wood is just darker than any I've ever seen in any cottonwood 'round here,,, but SD is a long way from NY.That deep rough bark & some of it being 40-48" sure says Cottonwood to me.
I had the same exact thoughts. The core wood is just darker than any I've ever seen in any cottonwood 'round here,,, but SD is a long way from NY.
That deep rough bark & some of it being 40-48" sure says Cottonwood to me.
I had the same exact thoughts. The core wood is just darker than any I've ever seen in any cottonwood 'round here,,, but SD is a long way from NY.
Another thing I've noticed is when locust gets as dry as shown in your pics the bark peels off,try peeling some bark off the rounds they should be wet and greasy when they come off,peeled enough locust always the same slimy result. Anybody else experience the same?Could someone post pictures of cotton wood ?
I would like to see what it looks like so I can not scrounge it.
I am not sure if we have cotton wood here in Connecticut.
Thanks in advance.
Also known as chestnut oak. Man ya learn something every day on this site,must have turned down a chit load of that stuff thinking it was cottonwood.If it is what it is great score,should be quite heavy whereas cottonwood is light,bark on both scary identical.I am not sure what it is. But I'm pretty darn sure what it isn't and that's Locust.
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