What kind of wicked good wood have we here?

[metrowlogger]

I picked this up at the town dump, It looks like white oak to me?
Thanks!

 

[aansorge]

I am not an expert in your area but that looks like hickory to me.

 

[Lakeside]

I am no expert either - but I toss my guess into the ring - maple

 

[TheAardvark]

I do not see the oak "rays" in the pictures. I dont think its oak.

 

[gzecc]

Guess some kind of maple. Split some and re post.

 

[CincyBurner]

Looks like sugar maple.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Guess some kind of maple. Split some and re post.

What he said.....

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Maple for sure. Best guess is sugar maple. Nice!

 

[johneh]

The bark and dark heart wood say Sugar Maple to me
Nice very nice

 

[Woody5506]

You're lucky your town dump lets you take wood! Ours has to "properly dispose of it" aka chip it up and let it rot.

 

[Jay106n]

Looks Hickoryish, but heartwood says maple.

 

[kennyp2339]

Sugar maple - the center of the logs is a dead give away, also the bark

 

[peakbagger]

Just make sure you aren't running into ALB quarantine zone restrictions. Free wood isn't free if it results in your entire neighborhood being stripped of trees because of an ALB outbreak. Luckily it looks like Boston is now declared free of it.

http://massnrc.org/pests/albdocs/Regulated_Area_ALB_101711.pdf