What type of wood? Hackberry?

[Cfran88]

I don't know much about wood. I got a free score today. The guy said he was told it's something that starts with H and ends with berry. I googled and found something called Hackberry. Could that be what this is? It was around Columbus Ohio.

 

[Qvist]

I'm struggling with the picture a bit but it looks like Hackberry to me. Its everywhere here.

 

[JimBear]

From what I can tell from the bark & wood color it appears to be Hackberry. Mine dried in one year, it’s similar in btu’s to Ash & Cherry. Some folks like it others not so much. It looks to be easy to get at & already limbed up. Take it.

 

[Sawset]

Kind of fuzzy pictures. Looks like hackberry. Hackberry bark has a kind of ridged ribbed rib-bed look , very distinct. Saw one today, 20" dia, big one for this area. Wondering if they will be the next in succession, since everything else ( oak, butternut, elm) seems to be dying back to nothing.

 

[Stinkpickle]

Hackberry has distinctive bark. I can’t tell from pic, but it kinda sorta looks it. Good wood.

 

[Corey]

Looks like Hackberry to me. Have a couple cords in the stacks right now... maybe even a bit in the stove. About 20 Mbtu/cord, so sort of around the paper birch / ash / cherry range. A little lower than oak/locust around 24 Mbtu. Little better than doug fir and silver maple around 17.5 Mbtu. OK wood for anything but the dead of winter / coldest nights of the year.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

It does look like Hackberry. In some regions I think this is called Sugarberry. I picked up a couple logs along the side of the road last year. Seasons fast. Not very impressive, but it's heat.

 

[Jags]

That’s hackberry. Hackberry has been a large part of the last two years fuel. Middle of the road stuff as said above. I find it produces a little more ash than other fuel and doesn’t have the stored BTU of other flavors such as oak. That said, it burns, and it makes heat.

 

[Cfran88]

Thanks for the help everyone. I tried splitting some thia evening and it seems to be extremely tough and stringy. Do I need to just buck and let it sit for while or will it always be this way. Tree was just cut yesterday

 

[Woody Stover]

Thanks for the help everyone. I tried splitting some thia evening and it seems to be extremely tough and stringy. Do I need to just buck and let it sit for while or will it always be this way. Tree was just cut yesterday

It won't get any better letting it sit. I think the problem is that it grew in a yard where it got a lot of sun, and the result was many branches. Those yardbirds can be tough to split. Nonetheless, I would hack that Hack, man! Good medium-BTU stuff to have on hand.