Wood ID question
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FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
Black locust. Yellowish color on the end, very tight rings, deep x furrow bark, and the 100% is the oval yellow dead leaves in the background. Should be relatively heavy, but if it's dead standing they can be quite dried out and much lighter.
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
TheAardvark
Burning Hunk
I cant stop grinning.Feel very happy! My wife teases me that in my birthday she would give me a log of BL
I read that BL is even better than oak!
And season fast.
Chain gets stuck so often but I can leave with that.
MC ranges 18-27% .
How fast do they dry after the split?
Would I be able to burn them this winter?
I read that BL is even better than oak!
And season fast.
Chain gets stuck so often but I can leave with that.
MC ranges 18-27% .
How fast do they dry after the split?
Would I be able to burn them this winter?
Simonkenton
Minister of Fire
JSeery
Feeling the Heat
Definitely black locust and it looks like it's been dead a while. I would start burning the less than 20% stuff first and maybe by the end of the winter the other stuff will be seasoned to bring below 20%. Either way, get it all you lucky dog.
Simonkenton
Minister of Fire
Beautiful! And no rot! See that is the problem up here in the NC mountains. See I own 48 acres and I have hundreds of locust trees that all died about 15 years ago. But they have begun to rot.
I have been burning the hell out of locust all this time but the last two truck loads, this is Nissan Frontier truck loads of locust I got, the sticks are half rotten. Even for locust it is not worth the trouble.
So now I am getting my wood elsewhere because fresh green oak is better than locust that is half rotten. But that good clean locust is the best firewood ever.
ps What the hell are you doing burning wood in New York City? Is that even legal?
Do you live in Manhatten or what?
Where do you go to get locust? Do you have a pickup and a chain saw?
I have always lived in the South but I have always been fascinated by New York City, it is so different from down here in Dixie.
I have been burning the hell out of locust all this time but the last two truck loads, this is Nissan Frontier truck loads of locust I got, the sticks are half rotten. Even for locust it is not worth the trouble.
So now I am getting my wood elsewhere because fresh green oak is better than locust that is half rotten. But that good clean locust is the best firewood ever.
ps What the hell are you doing burning wood in New York City? Is that even legal?
Do you live in Manhatten or what?
Where do you go to get locust? Do you have a pickup and a chain saw?
I have always lived in the South but I have always been fascinated by New York City, it is so different from down here in Dixie.
I work in Manhattan and live in Queens/Long Island border.
Yes’ it is legal!
My house is 5 min walking distance to forest that is filled with fallen trees from previous storms.That’s how I found black locust, I hope it is indeed black locust.
Based on your experience, does it season fast. Highest MC I have seen on the split is about 27%.I hope to burn them this winter around February/March.
For the record, surrounding of the fallen trees I cut from is full of thorns that gives me hard time to reach the trees and cut them. But no thorns on the barks because there is almost no bark left.Is this common?
Yes’ it is legal!
My house is 5 min walking distance to forest that is filled with fallen trees from previous storms.That’s how I found black locust, I hope it is indeed black locust.
Based on your experience, does it season fast. Highest MC I have seen on the split is about 27%.I hope to burn them this winter around February/March.
For the record, surrounding of the fallen trees I cut from is full of thorns that gives me hard time to reach the trees and cut them. But no thorns on the barks because there is almost no bark left.Is this common?
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Lakeside
Minister of Fire
"Based on you experience, does it season fast". -- 2 years if green but I try to always go for three years.
"Highest MC I have seen on the split is about 27%.I hope to burn them this winter around February/March". I think the 27% will need longer time.
"But no thorns on the barks because there is almost no bark left.Is this common?" No thorns is common here in CT.
So you have done well, a high BTU firewood, almost seasoned with no bark. It does not get much better than this.
Kick back and celebrate ! You Lucky Dog !
By the way this is what I hunt for Black Locust -- barkless that has been sitting off the ground for a few years. I have been lucky enough to find a few blow-downs were I could back my truck up to and burn that winter.
"Highest MC I have seen on the split is about 27%.I hope to burn them this winter around February/March". I think the 27% will need longer time.
"But no thorns on the barks because there is almost no bark left.Is this common?" No thorns is common here in CT.
So you have done well, a high BTU firewood, almost seasoned with no bark. It does not get much better than this.
Kick back and celebrate ! You Lucky Dog !
By the way this is what I hunt for Black Locust -- barkless that has been sitting off the ground for a few years. I have been lucky enough to find a few blow-downs were I could back my truck up to and burn that winter.
“By the way this is what I hunt for Black Locust -- barkless that has been sitting off the ground for a few years. I have been lucky enough to find a few blow-downs were I could back my truck up to and burn that winter.
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That’s exactly how it was, off the ground, no bark probably fall off several years ago.
I hope to burn them this winter.
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That’s exactly how it was, off the ground, no bark probably fall off several years ago.
I hope to burn them this winter.
Simonkenton
Minister of Fire
Small locust trees have the thorns. And lots of them. Once the tree gets up to about 1 1/2 inch diameter the thorns go away.
No, locust does not dry fast. Good firewood like locust or hickory is very hard and takes longer to season than mediocre firewood like poplar or pine.
No, locust does not dry fast. Good firewood like locust or hickory is very hard and takes longer to season than mediocre firewood like poplar or pine.
I read on different forums that black locust is one of the fastest drying wood. I guess they are wrong?
Jotel me this
Feeling the Heat
it amazes me how people can identify trees. i can identify maple and... a pine tree
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
Ive been burning since i was a kid and our neighbors growing up were loggers. I got a little bit of free education. But i really didnt learn how to ID until i started burning in my own home and wanted to know what was what. Plenty of good info out there and you'll be suprised by how fast you learn, especially if you read the ID posts on hearth.com. There are some real masters on the woodshed.
JSeery
Feeling the Heat
This thread got me so pumped about dead locust that I fired up the scrounge sedan this weekend and investigated a score I've had my eye on. When I got there, there was more locust than I expected, and the bark was all falling off. Loaded up the car to the gills! I'll be back to get the rest...
Simonkenton
Minister of Fire
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
Is it a blight? I've noticed that the locusts around here get to about 15-20" diameter (40ft tall) then suddenly snap, the center truck usually has about 1-2" of rot, just thought that's there life cycle, quick growth and death after 40-50
years.
