Wood ID please

[treeslayer2003]

its norway

 

[lone wolf]

its norway

That's what i thought then I thought maybe Hick?

 

[treeslayer2003]

well, i assume his hickory would be like ours......much more stringy. only norway i ever cut was a favor and a yard tree and was very hard but not stringy. plus the upper chunks look to more maple....assuming it is from one tree.
i remember thinking it looked alot like hickory near the base at the time.
he is in se Pa, i figure pretty close........you are pretty close to i think.

 

[lone wolf]

well, i assume his hickory would be like ours......much more stringy. only norway i ever cut was a favor and a yard tree and was very hard but not stringy. plus the upper chunks look to more maple....assuming it is from one tree.
i remember thinking it looked alot like hickory near the base at the time.
he is in se Pa, i figure pretty close........you are pretty close to i think.

Crazy how it looks like both .

 

[treeslayer2003]

what we all call stringy may be different as well. our hickory is super stringy.....way worse than even the stringiest white oak.

 

[lone wolf]

what we all call stringy may be different as well. our hickory is super stringy.....way worse than even the stringiest white oak.

Like rope.

 

[treeslayer2003]

yep

 

[Fubar]

I know this is some type of maple, but not sure if it is hard or soft. I have only burned norway maple but it's been a few years and I don't fully remember the bark characteristics, etc. If it is norway maple, great if not let me know. It was stringy when splitting as well. Sometimes it would split on the first whack with the X27, but mostly it took several whacks. Some of the larger pieces I had to noodle with the chainsaw. Thanks for looking!View attachment 408202 View attachment 408203

that wood with the dark core and the rough bark is hickory , i think pig nut , it stinks like a wet dog and is about as easy to split as a anvil .

 

[Greenthorn]

That pic right there is EXACTLEY what the pignut hickory here looks like.

 

[Clyde S. Dale]

So pignut hickory or norway maple? Either way it's high BTU, but both probably need longer than a year to dry after c/s/s. I have some pignut in my stacks for this year but it is at the back of a rack. Maybe I'll try to get in there and grab a few splits to compare. IIRC pignut has a lighter almost light grey/silver bark and of course the unmistakable smell. It was arse cold while I was splitting, but I don't recall the smell of hickory at all.

 

[lone wolf]

So pignut hickory or norway maple? Either way it's high BTU, but both probably need longer than a year to dry after c/s/s. I have some pignut in my stacks for this year but it is at the back of a rack. Maybe I'll try to get in there and grab a few splits to compare. IIRC pignut has a lighter almost light grey/silver bark and of course the unmistakable smell. It was arse cold while I was splitting, but I don't recall the smell of hickory at all.

If you split it nice and small it will dry faster.

 

[lone wolf]

Twist a thin piece Maple will break Hickory will twist a long time and hold on.

 

[mr.finn]

That there is Hickory.

 

[lone wolf]

That there is Hickory.

Looks like it dont it.

 

[mr.finn]

However, the round the split piece is leaning against in the second pic(with the two knots) and the small round next to it should be silver maple.

 

[Fubar]

what ever it is , i had a few truckloads that looked just like it , that came off a high ridge in the mountains that a storm blew the tree over , it burned hot like hickory a left a lot of coals but it had a pungent odor unlike slick bark or shag bark hickory which makes me hungry for beef jerky or bacon ...LOL , it wasn't the toughest i have ever split but it was far from easy to split which is why i was thinking it was pignut or red hickory . ?

 

[lone wolf]

what ever it is , i had a few truckloads that looked just like it , that came off a high ridge in the mountains that a storm blew the tree over , it burned hot like hickory a left a lot of coals but it had a pungent odor unlike slick bark or shag bark hickory which makes me hungry for beef jerky or bacon ...LOL , it wasn't the toughest i have ever split but it was far from easy to split which is why i was thinking it was pignut or red hickory . ?

Pignut is my guess.

 

[unclemoustache]

I'd swear that the second pic is silver maple. I'm guessing you have two different trees there.

 

[mr.finn]

I'd swear that the second pic is silver maple. I'm guessing you have two different trees there.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Marine5068]

Log in first pic looks like Norway maple, the second looks like Silver (or Red) maple.

I second the Silver maple.
Looks exactly like the Silver Maple I cut and split last Fall. Exactly.