New to all this. Wood type?

[Jupsten]

Hey guys and gals. Name is Tom. I’m new to the fireplace/wood stove life. Just got a house with both. Trying to identify some wood. I have a lot of this down out in my woods and I’ve begun collecting it for this coming winter. Anybody know what it is and if it’ll be any good to burn? Thanks

 

[begreen]

It's a bit hard to tell without some leaves but if it is dense and heavy it might be locust? Can you post a picture of a living version of this same species out in the woods?

 

[andym]

My vote is elm. The darker stuff at bottom center is red elm for sure.

 

[gzecc]

My first thought was elm also. Split some open and post more pics.

 

[Gearhead660]

Another vote for elm.

 

[Mutineer]

Vote for locust, just c/s/s a bunch early spring and it looked like that.

 

[Jupsten]

I’ll try to get out there and find one today. Thank you to all

 

[Gearhead660]

Whatever it is, Locust, Elm, will be good for burning. Get it split and stacked and should be good to burn this winter.

 

[Mutineer]

My experience with locust is fairly easy split, most of my elm experience is very stringy and hard to split. That should be your proof of wood species between the two candidates.

 

[Jupsten]

My experience with locust is fairly easy split, most of my elm experience is very stringy and hard to split. That should be your proof of wood species between the two candidates.

Excellent! Thanks again guys!

 

[gzecc]

It does look like some very abused locust. Splitting will tell.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

Not sure from those photos, Tom. If you have some silver maple or tulip poplar handy, compare the weight of those to your wood in the photo. If it's quite a bit heavier, you have some kind of hardwood. All hardwood is good wood.

Things like silver maple and tulip tree can be good too, but the question is putting the labor into cutting, hauling, splitting, etc.

Try to get oak, maple (sugar or red), hickory, locust, ash, elm, or beech first. They're all good. Oak, hickory, and beech are my personal favorites. Of the lighter-weight woods, native black cherry is best, in my book.

Elm is not easy stuff to work with, in my opinion. But if you have it in volume, it gives plenty of heat.

 

[Jupsten]

Not sure from those photos, Tom. If you have some silver maple or tulip poplar handy, compare the weight of those to your wood in the photo. If it's quite a bit heavier, you have some kind of hardwood. All hardwood is good wood.

Things like silver maple and tulip tree can be good too, but the question is putting the labor into cutting, hauling, splitting, etc.

Try to get oak, maple (sugar or red), hickory, locust, ash, elm, or beech first. They're all good. Oak, hickory, and beech are my personal favorites. Of the lighter-weight woods, native black cherry is best, in my book.

Elm is not easy stuff to work with, in my opinion. But if you have it in volume, it gives plenty of heat.

Thanks. I’ll try to check that out. They are pretty heavy Little logs, and pretty dense. Whatever this ends up being, I have quite a bit of it down in my woods, so it may be my main source until I get Into tackling some of the bigger stuff.

 

[Lakeside]

I am pretty sure you have some Black locust there. See the top round with the yellow also the bark looks like BL too. Not sure about all of it. 80 % of my firewood is BL.

 

[begreen]

I am pretty sure you have some Black locust there. See the top round with the yellow also the bark looks like BL too. Not sure about all of it. 80 % of my firewood is BL.

That was my clue too.