ROOTSXROCKS
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Yep Hickory was my first thought too. the musky smell is that spaulting, If it was here Id have to throw some on the lathe
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Cambium
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Yeah Yeah. Very musty moldy like. I thought it was because it's been sitting outside wet or something.
Cool profile pic.
WadePatton
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looks like sassafras to me--the split one. sassafras is much lighter than hickory, but not nearly so light as poplar. and way harder to split. if that's hickory it ain't the kind we grow down here.
can't tell by the color in your pics. sass has a deep furrowed bark like that, orange on the underside of the bark and the wood has a greenish/tan tinge to it.
and it splits just like that.
poplar is very light in color and splits silly easy. turns green with age (check out the hidden wood in your antiques for greened poplar.)
can't tell by the color in your pics. sass has a deep furrowed bark like that, orange on the underside of the bark and the wood has a greenish/tan tinge to it.
and it splits just like that.
poplar is very light in color and splits silly easy. turns green with age (check out the hidden wood in your antiques for greened poplar.)
WadePatton, you are right on with your description of sassafras. But that stuff is hickory, and if you guys who doubt it were closer I would wager you a nice dinner on it.
Glad someone had the nads to say it cause that's exactly what it is. I was gonna say it but was scared of getting persecuted.lol But it's HICKORY.
I have never seen hickory but usually popple that has sat for a while depending on the species ether smells like fruit loops or ass.
Oh man you are on a roll tonight.
Steve NW WI
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Cambium
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Well...if it's Hickory...then thats even better. Taking pics and video tomorrow. I'm guessing 2 cords worth. Too bad I don't own a truck yet.
Hickory is a good burning wood, The only thing is it will pop and crakle. Don't keep the stove door open too long as a hot piece may pop out. I do love the smell of hickory burning though, also like to grill with it.
pull out the back seat, its amazing how much wood ya can fit in a car with no back seat and the trunk and pasenger seat also full
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Marc
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Only hickory common around here is shagbark, and that definitely is not shagbark. The bark sure looks like tulip poplar to me. Never cut or split a tulip poplar though, quaking poplar is more common around here; mostly in swampy areas where you'd find weeping willows and swamp maples mixed in.
Blakesmaster
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The tulip poplar and smooth bark hickory do tend to look similar, the telltale difference is the weight and how easily it splits. Based on split pieces and their lack of stringy material all over I would assume they busted apart very easily. I'm in the poplar camp on this one.
taylor6400
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Yep, i cut and split some hickory last year that had been on the ground a couple years. Shagbark, didnt look anything like that inside...and stringy as heck splitting. Not hickory.
