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[Woody5506]

Hey guys, I got this stuff a while back for free off Craigslist. I'm sure it will be more obvious to some of you than it is for me as a newbie. The wood is extremely dense (heavy) and splits very nice. An ID would be appreciated!

 

[lost in the woods]

ash

 

[Firefighter938]

Ash

 

[D8Chumley]

X3 Ash. Love the Ash

 

[Woody5506]

Interesting. It was way easier to split and darker in color than my other ash. Thanks guys.

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Yup, definitely ash

 

[nrford]

Possible it could be Norway Maple guys?

 

[Woody5506]

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]

Ash


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[Jags]

Possible it could be Norway Maple guys?

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.

 

[Woody5506]

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.

 

[Longstreet]

I have a personal policy of never disagreeing with nrford when it comes to wood id's. Dude made his living identifying hardwoods...so yea.

 

[gzecc]

Leaning towards maple.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Possible it could be Norway Maple guys?

Where have you been, man? Frozen somewhere and just thawed out?!

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Do you still have any of this wood in round form? If so, look at the cutside of any round, Ash usually has a pinhole in the center of it, so if there isn't one I'd say Maple.

 

[Woody5506]

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]

Hey guys, I got this stuff a while back for free off Craigslist. I'm sure it will be more obvious to some of you than it is for me as a newbie. The wood is extremely dense (heavy) and splits very nice. An ID would be appreciated!

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.

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

You could try cutting off a slice of the bark. The ashes I've all seen have a brighter white color under the bark. I'm not sure about the norway maple. That sample looks like it has dark brown bark color.

 

[StihlKicking]

You could try cutting off a slice of the bark. The ashes I've all seen have a brighter white color under the bark. I'm not sure about the norway maple. That sample looks like it has dark brown bark color.

This picture looks a lot like persimmon.


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[ValleyCottageSplitter]

This picture looks a lot like persimmon.


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The picture I posted is Green Ash.

I'd also put Poplar as a high suspect for OP. Bark looks correct.

 

[nrford]

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!

 

[PA. Woodsman]

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 !