Greenish yellow wood ID

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Syd'sDad

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[Hearth.com] Greenish yellow wood ID Anyone know what this is?

[Hearth.com] Greenish yellow wood ID
 
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It's the gold standard! Yes I burn on those cold cold nights. Let it season a year or so to bring out the beast
 
Hedge apple/osage orange. Burns HOT and long so don't overload the stove and be careful what you mix it with. I LOVE the stuff. I like it better than oak.

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It is one of the best. I have found that it holds the moisture. I've had three year seasoned and it really is very hot and quite slow burning.
 
Do NOT burn that stuff indoors unless it's completely enclosed. Shoots sparks like crazy. Osage's "secret" is that it contains latex. That's why it's such a good choice for bows and it lasts forever.

If you open the stove door to reload, you might get 7 sparks shot simultaneously in all 360 degrees. It'll keep you on your toes, that's for sure.

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First photo looks like cottonwood. Second is hedge.
 
Syd'sDad said:
Pics are of same piece, I believe it is hedge (really hope so). From my research cottonwood doesn't look so greenish yellow.
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If the photos are of the same wood, then you got you some hedge.
 
It is hedge, Osage orange. If you go out to harvest some, take along a spare chain for your chain saw. Cutting it is like cutting through nails. It is very dense so gives you back lots of heat but it is so tough it will dull a saw quickly.
 
Congrats on the score...how much didja get?
 
I see different woods in both pictures. Is it the same split in both pictures?

The round to the left in the second picture looks like shagbark hickory to me.

If it is hickory - you'd definately be able to tell from the smell. It has a smell like BBQ or Bacon.
 
Thanks for the advice. I took in 2 chains to be sharpened this morning. Pic of the split is of same piece. When I went and scrounged the wood a few weekends ago there was an assortment of wood already down. Got mostly cherry, hackberry and this greenish yellowish stuff now identified as hedge. Gonna go get more in the next 2 days if it is still there. The round next to it is red elm and is some tuff stuff.
 
I only got enough of the hedge that made enough for 20 16" inch splits when I got it stacked. Should be great next winter in the new kuma sequoia I got installed a little over a week ago .
 
Nice fines, wish I could come across some Osage around here the farmers back in the day used to plant them very close together to create a cattle fence for live stock that stuff looks great on my game calls when I apply a acrylic finish to it

Jeff
 
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