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got a small amount of this type of wood from a craigslist ad. Not sure what it is. Very heavy, comparable to hickory of the same sizeWood id
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got a small amount of this type of wood from a craigslist ad. Not sure what it is. Very heavy, comparable to hickory of the same size
claydogg84
Minister of Fire
Do you have a picture of a split piece? My guess is Mulberry. The growth rings are really big, even for Mulberry, so I may be wrong.
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
StihlKicking
Feeling the Heat
BamaScroungr
Burning Hunk
My first gut thought was catalpa but the bark is slightly off...growth rings seem too wide for mulberry? I wouldn't put too much effort getting more of that as it will dry to be a very light and fast burning wood.
XJcacher
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Give it a whack open with a maul, if it is yellow inside it is Mulberry. The outer side probably was yellow that turned reddish-brown because it was drying.
I was thinking mulberry and seems like several others suggested the same. Growth rings seem huge... you'd almost need a brisk walking pace to stay out in front of something growing that fast! But might have been a case where the main tree was cut and a side shoot grew, still having access to the older root system and a bunch of new sunlight. I've seen a few cases of accelerated growth in those conditions.
Split it today and it was clearly yellow wood. However, it was so incredibly easy to split, I cannot imagine it was a high but wood like mulberry. I'm just guessing on this, as I haven't knowingly seem mulberry before.
claydogg84
Minister of Fire
It is probably Mulberry since it was yellow. They grow like weeds, but I've yet to see growth rings that large.
