another wood ID question

[twd000]

saw this listing on Craigslist

My first thought was sassafras, but we don't have much of that around here

any guesses?

 

[Qvist]

Black Locust? Not sure. It may not be common in your area. The branching patterns remind me of it.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Take a whiff and if it smells like Pinesol it's Sassy. The other top piece as Qvist says looks like Black Locust so you may have both there.

 

[gzecc]

BL

 

[Stinkpickle]

The bark on that top log looks very black locusty.

 

[Larry in OK]

Black locust has very dark heartwood and sort of dark sap wood.

 

[Woody Stover]

Black locust has very dark heartwood and sort of dark sap wood.

The BL I see here doesn't..

 

[hickoryhoarder]

The logs look straight for sassafras. The trunk usually has several bends in it.

 

[Woody Stover]

The logs look straight for sassafras. The trunk usually has several bends in it.

I see a lot of straight Sass here, probably since they are growing in the woods and trying to go straight up to the light. I'm trying to figure how to make an elegant stack support system using them, since they are so rot-resistant.

 

[Simonkenton]

The locust around here is darker that that pictured, also has a yellow tinge. Your wood does not look like locust.
Post a few close up pics of the wood.

 

[shoot-straight]

ditto on the bark on the top one looking like black locust, the one under looks like sweet gum though. the cut end looks like gum too. locust will usually have yellow heartwood. strong smell too.