Turning that into firewood is going to be somewhat less than fun.
Agree 100% PB.........no fun to hand split the twisty stuff.Turning that into firewood is going to be somewhat less than fun.
Looks like common silver maple to me. Ok for firewood, shade or making syrup when alive, but not much else. Tiger maple comes from red maple trees.
+1. Unfortunately, even wood graders have a tough time picking out tiger maple from log form. The figuring he's seeing in the end grain is NOT an indicator of tiger maple.Tiger maple is valuable, but the only indicator of curly grain in any of those pics is the bit where he knocked off some bark on the bottom of a large branch where it joins the trunk, i.e. a place where a small area of curl is extremely common and not large enough be useful or highly valuable. Even if the whole tree was somehow curly (which I would bet quite a lot it isn't), it wouldn't be worth anywhere near what he's asking. Dollars to donuts he's got an average everyday firewood tree, not salable for lumber at any price.
It's not just you.........I figure (using the small building near it as a comparison) the tallest usable part for a sawmill would be 50 feet, and that is an overestimate. Branches and all it may go 70 to the tip top of the tiniest branch, but no way is it 100.Is it me or am I the only one that thinks it isn't anywhere near 100' tall?
If that is tiger maple(?) it's denser than hedge apple.
Not always soft maple, some hard maple is tiger/curly, just less common.He is Higher than a Kite! If you can knock off the bark finding Curly is not difficult...
I don't believe you can ID tiger by just knocking off the bark.
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