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Pellet_Pete
Feeling the Heat
Second pic, with the bark, looks like black birch.
Hard to say from the pic, but if the third one has "rough bark" and "split like a dream" it could be white ash.
Hard to say from the pic, but if the third one has "rough bark" and "split like a dream" it could be white ash.
The first one is really stringy. The guy said he delivered silver birch, but the bark is dark grey so I'm guessing black birch? How is that for burning? He also said he delivered delivered all silver birch, red oak, oak, and ash. I just don't know anything about trees.
The third pic the splits are large maybe 15-20 inches in diameter the birch is smaller maybe 12. Thanks guys
The third pic the splits are large maybe 15-20 inches in diameter the birch is smaller maybe 12. Thanks guys
I will post another pic of the wood tomorrow. The first two pics, there is about 3/4 diameter of the wood is red and the bark is dark grey.
The last pic the wood is yellowish. It was heavy wood and bark was rough and had large grooves in it. It split so easy and was not stringy and didn't stick when split with my splitter. Thanks again!
The last pic the wood is yellowish. It was heavy wood and bark was rough and had large grooves in it. It split so easy and was not stringy and didn't stick when split with my splitter. Thanks again!
nrford
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Seanm
Minister of Fire
The middle one is poplar/aspen for sure. Low btu wood but it will burn hot. I would walk over it in the bush to get to a pine but Ive also had some given to me and liked it. Lots of ash compared to the coniferous trees I burn.
Andy S.
Feeling the Heat
Pellet_Pete
Feeling the Heat
nrford
Minister of Fire
I'll stand corrected. Sassafras and Black Birch. Zero experience with black birch and very little with Sass.
Then it's Black Birch what we sometimes call "Cherry Birch" here in PA. Great stuff, throws lots of heat. The other one seems to be a lighter wood but it still burns.
What does this one smell like? Sassafras usually has more of a light red stripe down the middle but has a smell to it almost like Mr. Clean.
Pellet_Pete
Feeling the Heat
We grow some nice logs here in the northeast, a close second to yellow birch timber-wise, as long as it doesn't get the nectria canker. Timber framers seem to like it for bracing out here.
Fred Wright
Minister of Fire
Agree with the mention of tulip poplar. Very close in appearance to some we split last weekend. Poplar limbs freshly split often have a lavender/purplish center that appears slightly reflective when sunlight hits it.
Yeah, I was looking at that greenish tinge in that split. davo, can you get a split and bark pic on a bigger piece? Tulip bark can sometimes do a good imitation of White Ash.
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