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lost in the woods
Burning Hunk
Firefighter938
Feeling the Heat
D8Chumley
Minister of Fire
AmbDrvr253
Minister of Fire
nrford
Minister of Fire
The only thing throwing me off from it definitely being ash is its mid 30's moisture content. And this was split in November.
StihlKicking
Feeling the Heat
I think quite possible. That grain sure has a maple appearance to me and the bark isn't as defined of an x pattern that I see in ash around me. Just for grins I am going to be the second dissenter and call out maple.
I'd lean towards maple now simply due to the higher moisture content than any of the other ash I have, which I believe is white ash. It's also way more dense than the white ash.
None left in rounds. These rounds were easy 30" diameter and they were free at some guy's rental property. I split and loaded them that way due to size. His tenants must have thought I was a mad man, I definitely was being stared at through the windows.
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
Looks exactly like the dozens and dozens of cords of tulip poplar that I have cut split stacked and burned over the years. When green, feels dense and heavy. I bet it won't feel that way after a year.
I'm surprised at all the ash responses, I've only cut up about 20 ash trees over the years, but none of it had the thick brown layer between the dark grey outside and the wood of tulip poplar. The large uniform ridges look similar, as does the light wood, but the underlayer is different.
I could see this a lot more clearly on my computer than when I looked at it on my phone last night.
Woody5506, I bet if you take some more pictures and post them up, you'll get a bunch more tulip poplar responses. I think you confused the boys here with your heavy and dense description, but the 30% moisture comment, and the thick brown underlayer of the bark (and free on Craigslist) could have been useful clues.
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ValleyCottageSplitter
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StihlKicking
Feeling the Heat
This picture looks a lot like persimmon.
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ValleyCottageSplitter
Feeling the Heat
The picture I posted is Green Ash.
I'd also put Poplar as a high suspect for OP. Bark looks correct.
nrford
Minister of Fire
Where have you been, man? Frozen somewhere and just thawed out?!
Went through a divorce, and haven't burned wood for two years, lost interest... building a new home(log cabin) and will be burning again soon!
Sorry to hear that, you never know where life will take you, you know? Good to have you back, the forum needs veteran guys like you around here !
Best of luck with the new start, get right back on the merry go round !
