What kind of tree was this??

[svk]

Just noodle them. Not worth risking broken equipment.

 

[lone wolf]

Just noodle them. Not worth risking broken equipment.

Been known to break the wedge off my log splitter with that crap.

 

[Fred Wright]

When milled and dried for lumber black gum has an attractive grain pattern. The wood turns a suntan color and is beautiful when finished. As I understand it was once milled and used to imitate exotic furniture wood.

 

[Gugi47]

black gum

 

[bikemike]

I've split a lot of wood over the years, but never, ever came across a tree that gave me as much of a hassle as this one. Wood splitter couldn't handle it. Wedges and a maul took a ton of effort. It ended up being extremely stringy on the inside and refused to split even remotely straight. Based on the bark (no leaves this time of year) my original thought is a white ash, but they're usually very easy to split. Any ideas?

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Noodle it.
And I think that tree is a dead tree. Duhhh

 

[crpncoop]

Noodle it.
And I think that tree is a dead tree. Duhhh

Most of it could now be considered...ASH...

 

[lone wolf]

black gum

Should be called Alligator Gum.