Last Friday, I went stove shopping, and I confirmed my online choice of a Morso 1440 for our new house which we are building next year. (Supplemental, ambiance, and emergency heat only.) It has a 12" firebox, so most people cut their wood to 10". Being a curious type, I wanted to see how big that really was, and see how much work it is to get wood to that size.
On Sunday afternoon, I spent several hours cutting and splitting wood. A 10x3x3 log is really cute! Splitting a 10" log is easier than splitting something longer would have been. It means more cutting, but the 10" rounds will be easier to move around. And it will probably dry a bit faster than bigger logs too.
I was working with 2 kinds of wood from some trees behind our property that the power company cut down just a couple of weeks ago. I would like to know what kinds of wood these are. I am in Virginia. These were deciduous trees that had lost their leaves for the fall before they were cut. Neither of them had a strong smell that I noticed.
The first wood was difficult for me to split with an ax. It had a darker heartwood and thick rough bark. It was much heavier. (Oak? Hickory? Locust?)
![[Hearth.com] Name These Woods?](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/wood1-webp.216693/ "[Hearth.com] Name These Woods?")
The second wood split like a dream with an ax. The wood was almost white, and the grain was very smooth and even straighter. (Maple? Box elder?)
![[Hearth.com] Name These Woods?](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/wood2-webp.216694/ "[Hearth.com] Name These Woods?")
They also took down a cherry. I recognize that bark, so it know that neither of these were Cherry.
The trees were cut down after the leaves were gone, so most of the Tree ID links I followed were of little use, because they tend to start with the leaves. I plan to burn this, whatever it is, but it would be nice to know.
I appreciate this site, and the Morso site, for helping me to understand that I can burn any properly seasoned wood. Some species may be better for some purposes, but it will all burn.
On Sunday afternoon, I spent several hours cutting and splitting wood. A 10x3x3 log is really cute! Splitting a 10" log is easier than splitting something longer would have been. It means more cutting, but the 10" rounds will be easier to move around. And it will probably dry a bit faster than bigger logs too.
I was working with 2 kinds of wood from some trees behind our property that the power company cut down just a couple of weeks ago. I would like to know what kinds of wood these are. I am in Virginia. These were deciduous trees that had lost their leaves for the fall before they were cut. Neither of them had a strong smell that I noticed.
The first wood was difficult for me to split with an ax. It had a darker heartwood and thick rough bark. It was much heavier. (Oak? Hickory? Locust?)
The second wood split like a dream with an ax. The wood was almost white, and the grain was very smooth and even straighter. (Maple? Box elder?)
They also took down a cherry. I recognize that bark, so it know that neither of these were Cherry.
The trees were cut down after the leaves were gone, so most of the Tree ID links I followed were of little use, because they tend to start with the leaves. I plan to burn this, whatever it is, but it would be nice to know.
I appreciate this site, and the Morso site, for helping me to understand that I can burn any properly seasoned wood. Some species may be better for some purposes, but it will all burn.
