I think a have a goldmine in my own backyard

[suprz]

I have trees in my backyard that have nasty thorns on the smaller branches and i always wondered what kind of tree they were. They arent very big around but are very tall. I just did some searching online and for all intent purposes, i believe they are black locust! They have never produced the seed pods but have been told that they dont always do produce seed pods.... Every picture i saw on line is identical to what i have in my backyard....the bark, the leaves everything....WooHoo.....!!, Time to crank up the chainsaw

 

[bogydave]

Sounds like locust to me. Serious BTU's. Great find!
Cuts better green than dry
The dry dead stuff almost needs a carbide chain.

 

[weezer4117]

Could be Honey Locust too, alot of thorns......

 

[ScotO]

Where's the pictures? How can we share your excitement if we cant see for ourselves?

Sounds like you have a locust grove......I can be there in several hours to remove that nasty stuff from your possession.....

 

[suprz]

Sounds like locust to me. Serious BTU's. Great find!
Cuts better green than dry
The dry dead stuff almost needs a carbide chain.

I have some thati scrounged after the last hurricane when about 7 of them fell in a neighbors yard, i only got a few rounds and they have been sitting ever since unsplit..but there are ALOT in my backyard alive and well dropping those evil spikes everytime the winds get high around here! ..i hope the little husqvarna 137 is up to the task (it has never failed me yet) I just put a new chain on her a few weeks ago when i got my woodstove in preparation for cutting some firewood

 

[suprz]

Where's the pictures? How can we share your excitement if we cant see for ourselves?

Sounds like you have a locust grove......I can be there in several hours to remove that nasty stuff from your possession.....

They are very prolific! I have a sapling growing in my front yard , that has to go though...grandkids cant be getting those thorns in their feet. Oh well....it will make nice kindling. Two of the ones in the back actually have a hammock slung between them! I will take some pics and post them

 

[blades]

Stuff spreads like wildfire, every ten years I have to take a couple weeks to beat it back into submission. Problem is I live on the edge of a conservatory area and there multiple types in there. Two or three right at edge that are over 40 ft tall and 12-15" at base and of course sending suckers out everywhere as well as the birds and such spreading the seeds. Never ending battle. I lose a coulple tires a year to the thorns. Had to dig one out of one of my pups paws a bit ago, she was not happy about that, big part is easy to get but they always leave some tiny bit of tip behind that gets infected, E-Xato knives and a large self supporting magnifying glass are your friends

 

[Wood Duck]

Blades I guess you must have Honey Locust. I have lived with Black Locust in the yard for years and I walk around barefoot all the time without any trouble. Honey Locust has those ridiculous 6 inch thorns; Black Locust has thorns about the size of rose bush thorns.BLack Locust is the one that sends the suckers all over the place. I don't think Honey Locust does that.

 

[Realstone]

Pics or it's all Willow and Cottonwood

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I have some thati scrounged after the last hurricane when about 7 of them fell in a neighbors yard, i only got a few rounds and they have been sitting ever since unsplit..but there are ALOT in my backyard alive and well dropping those evil spikes everytime the winds get high around here! ..i hope the little husqvarna 137 is up to the task (it has never failed me yet) I just put a new chain on her a few weeks ago when i got my woodstove in preparation for cutting some firewood

Get that wood split so it will dry.

 

[suprz]

I have more if you want to see em

 

[jpl1nh]

That's black locust. Awesome long hot burns, need a hot fire to get it burning, even the bark burns well. I save it for the really cold weather.

 

[Realstone]

Can't get enough of good quality timber like that. Process it, then put that hammock to good use!

 

[suprz]

Well, it looks like there is an abundance of that wood around here, i have alot more trees further down a small hill on my property and my next door neighbor has a bunch too...and always asks me about clearing her property some day ... I will have to talk to my neighbor and make a deal that i will clear the land, If i can keep the wood. My neighbor doesnt have a woodstove so probably doesnt want the wood anyways

 

[Woody Stover]

I haven't burned much BL to speak of but I've been stockpiling some. There's none on my property but it's very close by and I can get it; I'm sitting on about three cords right now. I've just been grabbing the dead stuff, and some of it is so dry that it can go straight in the stove. It seems to be short-lived so you should be able to find some down stuff or dead standing pretty easily. It's real easy splitting, too. I hand-split about half a cord over the last couple of weeks, with only a few rounds that had to be tossed aside for the power splitter.