What kind of wood is this??

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TheDotz

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Dec 17, 2013
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Harlan, Iowa
Had a farmer drop some to trees and told me I can them. Problem is Ihave no idea what kind of wood it is. It is very heavy compared to some of the Ash I cut up. Just don't want to cut up a log if there is any value to it other than firewood.

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Brian
 

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Looks like walnut...

Can be a valuable wood however once you take into account transportation and processing that one tree/log is not worth it. Firewood it is IMHO
 
here's some walnut:
 

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All I have cut up is the limbs so far. The log is about 24 inches across at the base and its 30 ft tall.


nice log. I would save it in 8' lengths. I like this type of log for slab use, bar tops, tables in a natural state, bark included. To have it milled down/processed wouldn't be worth it
 
I think locust also.
 
one more for locust, perhaps take a picture of a fresh split, I bet it's yellowish brown
 
Fresh cut walnut will give off a strong smell of burnt plastic. Freshly split the heart wood will have a yellowish tint but turn to the charactaristic deep brown after a day or so.
 
[Hearth.com] What kind of wood is this?? It is definitely not black locust, BL has criss cross bark and is kind of pointy when you see it round, the wood is also yellowish with no dark brown in the center like that....this is BL...
 
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Fresh cut walnut will give off a strong smell of burnt plastic. Freshly split the heart wood will have a yellowish tint but turn to the charactaristic deep brown after a day or so.

I will split some tonight and post a picture I got some of the 8-10 inch limbs I cut up and split that. This tree was dropped 1 week ago and I cut the limb like the previous pictures on Sunday afternoon. I don't wanna mess up a nice piece of Walnut by splitting it and throwing it in my wood burner. I got piles and piles of wood this farmer is burning the tops and leaving the limbs and trunks for me to clean up.
 
I will split some tonight and post a picture I got some of the 8-10 inch limbs I cut up and split that. This tree was dropped 1 week ago and I cut the limb like the previous pictures on Sunday afternoon. I don't wanna mess up a nice piece of Walnut by splitting it and throwing it in my wood burner. I got piles and piles of wood this farmer is burning the tops and leaving the limbs and trunks for me to clean up.

It's an easy hardwood to split. I use a Fiskars x27 and a half swing is enough to crack a 14" round.
 
I will split some tonight and post a picture I got some of the 8-10 inch limbs I cut up and split that. This tree was dropped 1 week ago and I cut the limb like the previous pictures on Sunday afternoon. I don't wanna mess up a nice piece of Walnut by splitting it and throwing it in my wood burner. I got piles and piles of wood this farmer is burning the tops and leaving the limbs and trunks for me to clean up.

Methinks you are perhaps too concerned about cutting that for firewood. Farmer wants it cleaned up, cut it and burn it. The chances of getting big money from walnut is highly over-rated anyway. Most will not bring those big dollars folks are so fond of quoting. When I sawed lumber of logged, we rarely saw but were frequently asked to buy some to cut into lumber. It was rare that we took any and made a whole lot of money from hard maple instead.
 
Was there a bunch of walnuts laying around? If not it looks exactly like sassafras to me, bark is right and olive green tinged wood unless my computer is off. Its not locust.
 
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I think it maybe the same stuff I was asking about a few months ago on this site. See this link
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/wood-id.108269/#post-1420081

I believe it was red elm , you may have yourself some of it too.


I believe this fella is on the right track here....that doesn't look like Walnut or Black Locust to me and it does seem to match the pictures in the link he posted, especially the grain color. I believe Lakeside nailed it! Elm is one that I rarely get here in PA. for some reason....
 
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