This weeks score! Need help w/ID's

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Matt Ruggeri

Matt Ruggeri

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Nov 23, 2012
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Rhode Island
Great score this week. Between 2 and 3 face cords of this from the local public works dept. Actually thought most of it was Ash or White Elm until I started to Cut/Split it. I'm terrible at ID'ing unless it's upright with leaves on it!
My gut tells me it's some kind of Cherry. Heavy as hell, and has that fresh "Pine-sol"-esque smell.
[Hearth.com] This weeks score! Need help w/ID's

The Bark on this one is slightly different, but the wood is the same.
[Hearth.com] This weeks score! Need help w/ID's

Some before cutting -

[Hearth.com] This weeks score! Need help w/ID's

...And for good measure, one of my 'Minions' gladly lending a hand![Hearth.com] This weeks score! Need help w/ID's

And, yes, we've gotta rebuild those stacks back there..
 
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Something in the Red Oak group, for sure...Pin? Where there any leaves attached?
Did a tree service bring that?
It'll be a few years before that Oak will put out. How far ahead are you?
 
No leaves, if so i'd probably be able to nail it! Came from the local public works, my neighbor has family that works there, he says most of it just gets chipped, mulched or landfilled. I'm never far enough ahead! Might have some oak ready this coming season (in the last pic to the left), been, C/S/S'd for 2 years now, probably just shy of a cord. Again, not enough! Got plenty for 2-3 seasons from now. Need more for next year. Worst case, I may have to buy some already seasoned (local yard has some nice stuff all stacked), and a little oil. Killed me to do it, but we turned the furnace on 2 weeks ago for the second time since last spring.
 
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looks like Oak to me. good to see you are passing on the trade to your helper. My boy loves to mess with the wood too. I got him his own Fiskars.
 
Those first 2 pictures are red oaks. You also got some cherry and maple.
 
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