I am kinda lost on this one. The wood is yellowish brown to brown color, looks like a good solid wood. Its at my friends house, the guy told them that it was called a Paradise tree and suppose to burn hot. But looked that up and didn't see a connection. This is in NE KS. I think I'm going to take since it appears to be solid hard woood.
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nrford
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nrford
Minister of Fire
CTYank said:
What's OP? And what does good and solid have to do with anything?? Any type of tree can have the problems that tree had!
Thistle
Minister of Fire
Ailanthus has much smoother bark & wood is lighter color,quite similar to White Ash in texture & grain pattern.I had 3 of the nasty eyesores dropped on my property in Mar. 2000.Glad to be rid of the damn things.Very weak & brittle branches,the flowers & leaves really stunk & the seeds were still sprouting everywhere 3 yrs later,kept mowing & chopping,finally got rid of them.That's 1 of the 2 species I'll never bring home when scrounging.
Wood Duck
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I have pieces of this type of tree in my stacks. I scrounged the wood from the curb so I don't know what type of tree. I think it is Catalpa or Princess tree (Paulownia), but not sure. Very light weight wood.
TreePointer
Minister of Fire
Do you know what method was used to split that log? The catalpa (live) I've split by hand always has been smooth in the split with a glossy sheen and not the hairy/fuzzy texture shown in the picture.
[quote author="Wood Duck" date="1302647584"]I have pieces of this type of tree in my stacks. I scrounged the wood from the curb so I don't know what type of tree. I think it is Catalpa or Princess tree (Paulownia), but not sure. Very light weight wood.[/quote
I dont know what you define as light wood. But to me this isnt light wood. Its fairly heavy for being as dead as it was.
I dont know what you define as light wood. But to me this isnt light wood. Its fairly heavy for being as dead as it was.
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