I cut this tree up and it has been down for a few years. All the bark was gone but there were numerous shagbark hickories around it and several of them have knots or what was once a limb on them. The log I cut had these as well as can be seen in the pics. The wood has no smell when split. With that said, does anyone have any idea what this wood is? Was hoping it was hickory to use in the smoker but not sure since there was no bark and I have no hickory to judge it by. The one pic is of whats left of the bark I think.
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Wood ID needed
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tigeroak
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I am saying hard maple . You can see the rays in the maple, not like the oaks. Hickory around here would be darker in the center then lighter to the outside. I vote hard maple-- just as good as red oak.
Pellet_Pete
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Color is reminiscent of cherry, but all those burls and lumpy parts to the rounds remind me of some old apple tree blocks I had (until this winter 
). Compared to cherry, the apple wood had a salmon-pink hue. If it's dead, it could have been an old apple tree that died when it was shaded out by the now-forest trees.
). Compared to cherry, the apple wood had a salmon-pink hue. If it's dead, it could have been an old apple tree that died when it was shaded out by the now-forest trees.I thought it looked like cherry, too. If it's apple or cherry, he struck gold for his smoker.Color is reminiscent of cherry, but all those burls and lumpy parts to the rounds remind me of some old apple tree blocks I had (until this winter
It reminds me of Black Cherry. I think, regardless of the species, wood this old would probably not have much aroma even if you freshly split it.
Not cherry, since the bark doesn't look like burnt corn flakes.
But yeah...dried up wood doesn't smell in my experience. You might catch a whiff when you split it and get to the center...might still be some dampness there.
But yeah...dried up wood doesn't smell in my experience. You might catch a whiff when you split it and get to the center...might still be some dampness there.
+1 on Cherry.
Definitely not shag bark hickory. The hickory is lighter on the inside and is pretty stringy when you split it.
Definitely not shag bark hickory. The hickory is lighter on the inside and is pretty stringy when you split it.
I burn a fair amount of apple due to the many orchards up here. To me that looks like old apple. It has more of a salmon color than cherry. I burn a lot of Black cherry as well. As was said above both burn well. I believe apple is a bit more dense.
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