Help Identify my boss's rounds.

[Bster13]

He needed to make room for a shed and took down a few trees. He borrowed my electric Ramsplitter HV-16 and loves it thus far. I told him to send me some pics of the wood and I'll see if the collective can help identify. Thx.

Pic #1:

Pic #2:

 

[BillLion]

Looks like some red maple in there to me.

Now let's wait for the pros to tell us what it REALLY is!

 

[Bster13]

Some of the large, closer rounds look like Silver Maple to me and the smooth bark stuff like black birch. I'm a total newb....any help?

 

[USMC80]

some def looks like birch

 

[paul bunion]

Some of the large, closer rounds look like Silver Maple to me and the smooth bark stuff like black birch. I'm a total newb....any help?

You called it right. (Might be red maple, but silver and red are pretty much the same). Tell your boss that the black birch will rot quick if not split and stacked in a dry place. It is one of the best woods for heat, just has the minor problem that it turns to punk almost instantly if damp.

 

[Bster13]

The silver maple is like concrete when splitting by hand as I recall from earlier in the year. Part of the reason I have a splitter now. Haha. Thx for the advice, I'm getting better at identifying rounds! Woohoo!!

 

[Applesister]

I concur with the boys, looks like black birch with either Red or Silver maple. Thats quite an impressive pile.
Its getting to that time of year where you dont have leaves to help ID. To help make a positive seperation on the maple.

 

[oldspark]

The silver maple is like concrete when splitting by hand as I recall from earlier in the year. Part of the reason I have a splitter now. Haha. Thx for the advice, I'm getting better at identifying rounds! Woohoo!!

Never could figure that out, when I split wood by hand Silver Maple was one of the easiest woods to split, you sure it was Silver Maple.

 

[BillLion]

This is red maple I got free last month; looks similar to your pics. But I've never processed silver maple so I don't know the difference between the two.

 

[Bster13]

Ut oh....

 

[BillLion]

Ut oh....

So, do I really have silver maple?

 

[Bster13]

I'm a newb so don't take my word for it. I'll leave it to the elders.

 

[Applesister]

Go see if there are any leaves. The leaves are very distinct.

 

[branchburner]

black birch... turns to punk almost instantly if damp.

Hard to believe how quickly - I had some huge unsplit rounds that turned into total junk, to my surprise.

 

[Applesister]

I just got a black birch and a sugar maple. Hands on they are easy to ID but pics are tough.

 

[JoeSI]

Those 2 thin discs in the foreground of pic2 looks like cherry.

 

[Standingdead]

I agree looks like a decent sized silver maple (could be red or hybrid) and a smallish black birch. I like black birch. Burns hot and coals up some. In any case if your boss split and stack in a good sunny/windy spot he will have a nice mix of wood for next year. Now how you gonna explain scrounging to your boss? If he could add a scrounge or two of ash or locust he be in real good shape.

 

[Bster13]

My Boss has seen my stacks...he knows about scrounging now. Haha.