Ryan, your picture still comes up rather small on my laptop, but what I see makes me think mulberry.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Looks like some of the elm I cut around here.
Bark looks like Dogwood to me. Great burning but you need to cut a lot of them to get a cord.
Click the thumbnail? Anyway, free is the BEST type of wood
Elm and Mulberry, I'll do some Googling. Thanks!!!
Finally made my version of a poor mans log marker. Came across a fairly powerful pot magnet with a thread in it. Tacked a welding rod to the bolt and tied a strip at 16” where I prefer to cut. Not sure what kind of steel Stihl bars are made of but it’s not as magnetic as regular mild steel. Magnet sticks ok but not like it does on other things. Anyways, I plan on trying it out this weekend.
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Big. As big as I have ever seen. Some 6". I looked up Honey Locust. Thats it. And from what I read this is a pretty big one. I guess this isnt really a big breed of tree so 20" at the base is big for a honey locust. But its gonna be some serious work getting it out. Seems how its heavily armed.
A friend of mine is a wood worker and he likes to use Dogwood for making wooden mallets. I too, like to burn it.
I knew I wasn’t the first guy to make one. I had thought of using an antenna but don’t really need any other length. 16” is a good length for me. Some good ideas in that thread. I like the driveway marker one and I happen to have a broken one but welding just seemed so quick and easy. I’m pretty fair at eyeballing but thought I’d shoot for better accuracy.
What’s everyone using for hydraulic splitters? I was perusing the weekly flyers and saw a 22 ton SpeeCo/Huskee for a decent price. Don’t really have the money for it but a man can dream.
Hey Jeff
.The early speeco/husky 22 ton was a great unit, I've split a lot of wood with many different ones. The combo of pumpkin size and cylinder size gives it a faster cycle on the normal wood than a 25-28 ton from most the other manufactures.
Since I see your handy at welding(trailer, measuring stick) I have picture saved of some mods that could be done to the front leg as it's a poor design (but it does work) and for someone with a bit of fab skills it would be easy to fix.
Let me know it you grab one up.
One weak spot on the older ones is the gusset that supports the engine on the hydraulic tank will crack and leak a bit(usually from flying down dirt roads/trails or driving down the rd with them. That can be fixed easily with a welder, but it's an indicator of how the unit was used. I put them on a trailer if I'm going any distance with them myself, but one day would like one with 4/5 lug hub assemblies.
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FS, Did anyone guess Hornbeam?
What @95custmz said, it's the honey locust. Hope you have a good wood splitter, and I aint talking about a manual one either
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I've never had any elm for firewood but mulberry makes excellent fire wood. Your thumb nails don't get any bigger when clicked on. Unless the stuff in your pic has been cut for awhile it's not mulberry fresh cut mulberry is almost highlighter yellow.Click the thumbnail? Anyway, free is the BEST type of wood
Elm and Mulberry, I'll do some Googling. Thanks!!!
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This tree supports one end of some of my racks. It decided to die last year. I' thinking it will become the first victim of my climbing gear as I want to leave the part supporting the rack standing. 
iv been told it' locust by one person and maple by another either way it' firewood.
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That was my initial thought but the bark was wrong
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