Sugar Maple or Basswood

[thewoodlands]

Going back on the trail we had this down, on on side there is a sugar maple and the other side a basswood so what type of wood is this?





Zap

 

[chinkapin_oak]

The piece that's been cut is American Elm.

 

[thewoodlands]

The piece that's been cut is American Elm.

Two questions, how can you tell and will this still split hard?





Zap

 

[DexterDay]

Really hard and really stringy.. Just cut one about a week ago. Standing Dead. Put a strain on my 21 ton MTD. As long as your using Hydro's, you should be good. I didnt even try the Fiskars, after I split the first piece.. Good luck, they say its pretty good wood. Not great, But it aint garbage either.... GIBIR .

 

[thewoodlands]

Really hard and really stringy.. Just cut one about a week ago. Standing Dead. Put a strain on my 21 ton MTD. As long as your using Hydro's, you should be good. I didnt even try the Fiskars, after I split the first piece.. Good luck, they say its pretty good wood. Not great, But it aint garbage either.... GIBIR .

I'll split some this week and post some pictures and grab the moisture meter and take a reading, I think it will be ready for this fall.


I think this will be between 25-27 percent on the moisture meter.



Zap

 

[DexterDay]

Here is my thread I started for Wood I.D. on my elm. Dead standing for about 2 yrs. It was pretty dry also. You can see in my pics at the top, that they are "Stringy". Then in the 16th post I talk about the moisture levels, right after splitting. So if its been dead, it should be about half way there. Mine was dryer at the tops (Common, I know). But still not bad at the bottom. Good luck Zap.