Now that you mention it that is another good possibility. I wonder if the Duck decoy makers and bowl turners would like some of that ?
Tree ID please....
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I agree. I just looked it up and the bark is a dead ringer for basswood.
MuskokaSplitter
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Looks like basswood. I just burned a bunch this winter. My parents liked using it as it isnt so heavy for them and it lights up easily.
That must of cut real nice.
Linden (or basswood). Makes good campfire wood. When dried, it is less dense that eastern cottonwood. Splits rather easily when green. What amazes me most about it it that is grows very slowly and yet has no density when dry, so it burns even faster than soft maple.
I still prefer it over box elder. In fact, I prefer balsa wood over box elder.
I still prefer it over box elder. In fact, I prefer balsa wood over box elder.
Iska3
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Right now I burn a lot of Basswood. It's good starter wood of good enough to get the heat up fast. It gives just enough heat to keep my temps around 160 degrees so I have hot water for most of the summer. It don't have much for coals so it's not an overnight type wood. In our area most of the bass is all but dead or dying. Not to hurt any feelings but we can't even give it away. Most of the woodworkers don't want it anymore because the fibers are poor from dying the way they did. Like the Wood Doctor said... Good campfire wood, clean buring and not much smoke but don't last long...
Ill stack it up separate from the rest of the wood to use next fall.
I don't know tulip poplar but I do know basswood and I don't think it's basswood. Basswood looks like ash with the diamond shape on bark but flatter peaks and very grey. Also it shouldn't turn that brown on the ends. Look at picture 4 in the post I quoted. No diamond pattern at all.
Suttle differences... But pretty close. Maybe you are right..
Yes. Your grooves are deep and continuous. BW are not.Heres an image I pulled from google... Next to one of mine....
Basswood tree:
also known as linden.
also known as linden.
Honestly the rounds in the trailer look different than the rounds in the two pictures before it.
Iska3
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I cut and sold Basswood for some 30 years to the mills that used it for plywood and paneling. It does turn brown on the ends just like the picture.. I have about 2 cords cut and stacked and they look like his pictures. He even said that the wood was wet... That should be a hint right there... Bass sucks up water but dries fast and rotts faster if not split. Look at the trunk... long and clean... No limbs.... The older bass can even have a dark brown / almost black bark... Because of their bark, most people will think they are a maple and even tap them for the sap.. ;-) I'll bet when they cut that trunk they walked in white chips over their boots...
I know it looks that way, but it all came out of the same tree. You can follow the trunk from the ground up in the trailer from front to back.
Here is the CL add... And no I did not pay for any of it. I hauled 4 loads out on Sat and there are still 2 there.
http://lansing.craigslist.org/for/4961884993.html
I don't know. I swear those are two different species.
Here is a pic the day I started cutting it up...
Everything cuts nice with the 441.
