Log 19 ID Please, Another Hard Maple Maybe?

[Bacffin]

It has a grey bark and produced long chips, but the color was a little more blue and the pictures don't really reflect it. It's white inside. How about pignut hickory or beach?

Thanks,
Bruce

 

[smokinj]

Lots of double limbs......Silver maple Maple.

 

[nrford]

Hard Maple. Bark, and color of heartwood spot on.

 

[Bacffin]

Lots of double limbs......Silver maple Maple.

19MBTU on the scale. Is that considered soft? The number reads medium. Should I stack it with the red maple identified earlier for faster seasoning?

Thanks,
Bruce

 

[Bacffin]

Just got to learn to time my posts better...

 

[nrford]

Silver maple is a Soft Maple yes, but you have another Hard there not Soft.

 

[nrford]

Just got to learn to time my posts better...

lol

 

[smokinj]

Just got to learn to time my posts better...

Yea red silver same thing really!

 

[JOHN BOY]

Leaves are the easiest way to tell between the maples. Typically the hard maple will have 5-7 lobes , while the red will usually have 3. The silver maples leaf lobes are also very deep between the lobes . All are excellent burning firewood that will serve you well.