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Title: Wood ID
Post by: KShip85 on January 16, 2013, 01:28:53 pm

Well, I found this stuff just up the road from my shop.  A tree had fallen across the road in a storm and it was cut up and laying on the side of the road.  When I first drove by at quick glance I thought maple.  Right now that must have been wishful thinking because it is definitely not maple.  I'm guessing it is some species of red oak but was curious if anyone can give me a positive ID.  It split nice and straight and took less than 10 min to quarter the logs and then split a few of those even smaller.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-111.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-113.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-112.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-114.jpg)

Thanks for the help

Kip

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: DarkSoul on January 16, 2013, 01:31:52 pm

Definetely not maple. It's not any oak either.

Looks a lot like hickory!  :o

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: wapiti1997 on January 16, 2013, 01:52:42 pm

Looks like bitternut hickory, or pignut...

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on January 16, 2013, 01:54:40 pm

Hickory of sorts

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: Onebowonder on January 16, 2013, 02:01:12 pm

It looks like some really good Hickory! :D

OneBow

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: ionicmuffin on January 16, 2013, 02:03:00 pm

LUCKY!
i wish i could find that kind of a treasure trove!

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: blackhawk on January 16, 2013, 02:30:13 pm

I can't say for sure...but it looks more like red elm to me...especially that last close up pic of the bark....if it is a hickory it should be easy to tell by its smell. If it don't smell like hickory,it ain't a hickory. Could possibly be a hickory tho...

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: osage outlaw on January 16, 2013, 02:37:01 pm

Looks like it split to easily to be elm

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: blackhawk on January 16, 2013, 03:25:55 pm

Clint I don't consider much how it split on wood species type....I've had hellish elm,hickory,locust,osage,hhb etc.....all split like murder...and I've also had all those species pop like butter as well.

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: KShip85 on January 16, 2013, 04:38:48 pm

I was wondering about some kind of hickory, just assume it split too easy to be hickory.  There is a smell too it but I am currently too congested to get a very good whiff.  Guess I'll head back up the road and pick up the rest of it if it's elm or hickory :).

Kip

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: autologus on January 16, 2013, 06:02:23 pm

It is Elm but what variety I am not sure, probably American Elm or Slippery Elm.  Good bow wood either way.

Grady

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: okie64 on January 16, 2013, 07:38:01 pm

Looks like red elm to me.

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: KShip85 on January 17, 2013, 04:49:08 pm

Well I think I might settle with some kind of hickory on this one.  I went back down to get what wood was left and took a look at the bark on the upper part and it looks like a hickory tree that fell in my woods a couple years ago.  Also while cutting some up for fire wood a few hickory nuts fell out of a hole in a piece.  Looks like I'm set on hickory for awhile :)

Here's the rest of what I grabbed yesterday

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-117.jpg)

This one was a bit of a bear to load by myself

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-120.jpg)


Here it is split up, good stuff on the left firewood on the right

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-118.jpg)

Here's the stuff I split the first time

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-119.jpg)

And here is my finished stash..

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-122.jpg)



Anyone going to want some hickory sometime?  ;)


Kip

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on January 17, 2013, 04:55:50 pm

Good gravy Kip Winger! You have enough great hickory for life.

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: ionicmuffin on January 17, 2013, 05:01:59 pm

you are so fortunate to run across that much! its making my cry lol. I should take a road trip out your way looking for fallen logs lol  ::)

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: Onebowonder on January 17, 2013, 05:16:19 pm

I'm looking at what you called firewood thinking 'billets!!!'...

OneBow

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: autologus on January 17, 2013, 05:27:21 pm

Those last pics look like Hickory, the bark on the first ones did not look right for Hickory to me.

Grady

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: JLoranger on January 17, 2013, 06:41:08 pm

I am looking at a piece of hickory and a piece of Red elm right now, definitely going with hickory as an ID.

Title: Re: Wood ID
Post by: KShip85 on January 17, 2013, 07:11:54 pm

Quote from: Onebowonder on January 17, 2013, 05:16:19 pm

I'm looking at what you called firewood thinking 'billets!!!'...

OneBow

Haha, yeah I had thought about it but when I tried to split a couple the broke up a bit and when I had finished the other stuff I had no motivation to fight those any more.  I do have some shorter splits that will likely end up as billets.

Kip