Red wood score (I think)

[Auzzie Gumtree]

Just picked up a couple of loads of American Red Wood. Not sure if it is red wood but that is what the guy said it was who gave it to me. It splits with a hard stare a flick with the Fiscars - got about 2/3 cord split in a couple of hours. Easy score, easy splitting just need to stack it. I assume it is very low on the BTU scale but its the first time i have seen this wood here in Australia. Is it Red Wood? Looks and feels like a softwood.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Not sure what it is but certainly is a soft wood.

 

[nrford]

Looks like Scotch pine to me.

 

[bigbarf48]

Not sure what it is but certainly is a soft wood.

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Looks like a good haul nonetheless!

 

[Auzzie Gumtree]

It was a good haul - and the easiest wood i have ever split. Sometimes its not just about BTU's, ease of the scrounge (location) ease of splitting and size of rounds all add to to the "scroungability" of a score. This is going in my pile for 2017 so it will be very dry by then.

 

[bigbarf48]

It was a good haul - and the easiest wood i have ever split. Sometimes its not just about BTU's, ease of the scrounge (location) ease of splitting and size of rounds all add to to the "scroungability" of a score. This is going in my pile for 2017 so it will be very dry by then.

Very true. Id never pass up an easy score just because it was a lower BTU wood