Wood Id

[Ctd01]

I found a bunch of these good size logs back in november and split them last month. MM reads 17/18 on them. What do I have here? White ash, elm? http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/z28pc/Wood/

 

[aansorge]

Looks like a soft maple.

 

[Ctd01]

originaly I thought silver maple.

 

[nrford]

Looks like a soft maple.

+1

 

[bogydave]

Also believe it's soft maple
Very good fire wood, CSS it'll be ready for next season easily

 

[Jack Straw]

It looks like silver maple to me. I burn quite a bit of it. It's a good "day" burner. Not too high on the btu chart.

 

[Ash_403]

As mentioned, not the best for btu's. But, cut, split, and stacked it seasons very quickly. Makes good kindling too. Also, throw a split in with some your denser wood to get it to catch fire faster.
I scrounge it when it's close to home, but won't go too far out of the way for it.

Cheers

 

[Dieselhead]

What? No logsplitter Paul?

 

[Jags]

Silver maple. Middle of the road btu, seasons fast. Splits well. Lights easily. Good stuff to mix with denser woods or shoulder season stuff. I try to always have some split and ready to go. I was jones'in for some during the fall. I was heavy on the white oak with very little "shoulder" wood.

 

[Ctd01]

Yea the wood was already cut and lined up at the road and alot of it. I do all my splitting with my x27 and a true temper maul lol. Me and 2 of my friend can split some serious wood with our x27s lol.

 

[bogydave]

**" the wood was already cut and lined up at the road "**
The more we learn about the wood, the better it gets. Get more
If it's Cut Split & Stacked, you have Great firewood .
The "best fire wood ever", is the C/S/S stuff in your yard or wood shed