Can anyone tell?(another Picture added)

[PChristy]

Can anyone tell what kind of wood this is - SIL harvested it yesterday and was spliting it today - he says it splits easy but it is heavy and very dense - I took a pic of the bark but it turned out bad - as usual with my pics - we are thinking more in the line of the nut family

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[Dragon]

Re: Can anyone tell?

Hey DaveO...............here's a topic for ya. Where are you DaveO?????????

 

[Robert Arrowood]

Re: Can anyone tell?

:dontknow::dontknow:But it looks a little wormy:rotflm:.Whatca gona turn out of it:icon_scra.

 

[Gotcha6]

Re: Can anyone tell?

Pecan, maybe? Most pecan I've seen is kinda wormy like that. The color looks right for pecan as well.

 

[PChristy]

Re: Can anyone tell?

:dontknow::dontknow:But it looks a little wormy:rotflm:.Whatca gona turn out of it:icon_scra.

Hhuummmm:eusa_thin he has a piece there that has a good looking burl/not on it - I am going over there tomorrow and get it - this stuff is hard so I really don't know what I will get out of it -

 

[DaveO]

Re: Can anyone tell?

From the picture I would have to call it Firewood :eusa_thin Without any bark or leaves and a low res picture that is the best I can do.

Dave

 

[PChristy]

Re: Can anyone tell?

From the picture I would have to call it Firewood :eusa_thin Without any bark or leaves and a low res picture that is the best I can do.

Dave

Firewood is what it will be - I will try to get a "bark picture tomorrow - forget about the leaf ID -

 

[scsmith42]

Re: Can anyone tell?

It looks like sweet gum to me. About 99% sure.... I burn a lot of it for firewood.

 

[Sully]

Re: Can anyone tell?

From the gnarly twisty stringy looks of it, I agree with Scott. It's a gum tree and probably better burned than used for WW.

 

[ptt49er]

Re: Can anyone tell?

It looks like sweet gum to me. About 99% sure.... I burn a lot of it for firewood.

From the gnarly twisty stringy looks of it, I agree with Scott. It's a gum tree and probably better burned than used for WW.

I've never had sweet gum split easily though...stuff is like a rubber ball every time I've ever tried to split it.

 

[scsmith42]

Re: Can anyone tell?

I've never had sweet gum split easily though...stuff is like a rubber ball every time I've ever tried to split it.

I've seen it both ways - easy or hard. Sometimes it depends upon how dry it is. The wood depicted in the photo looks pretty dry - it appears that the outer portion at the top was starting to rot.

 

[Hill]

Re: Can anyone tell?

you have to split gumtree with dynamite:gar-Bi

 

[sapwood]

Re: Can anyone tell?

+1 on gum, however, I've yet to find a piece that is easy to split :no:

Roger

 

[Scwood]

Re: Can anyone tell?

Pecan, maybe? Most pecan I've seen is kinda wormy like that. The color looks right for pecan as well.

What he said

 

[Dragon]

Re: Can anyone tell?

you have to split gumtree with dynamite:gar-Bi

:rotflmang near it. I found years ago that if you cut it today, split it today. Wait until tomorrow, better get out the HE stuff and make things go bang. I would up having to "split" with a chainsaw. Man, what a waste of gas and blade sharpening.

 

[Jeff]

Re: Can anyone tell?

It looks like hickory to me. The reddish looking core/pith area in your pic is common for hickory. A bark pic would be useful-also note how unusually thick the bark is.

I've hand split a lot of it for barbecue wood over the years. It's definitely easier to split by hand when green and freshly cut, but after drying a bit it gets kinda stringy like white oak, but nothing anywhere near sweet gum or sycamore.

 

[PChristy]

Re: Can anyone tell?

Here is the best I can do with the bark - I am guessing that the best thing to do with this is FW

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[NCTurner]

Can't ID it, but why not turn it? Looks like a neat piece of wood, whatcha got to lose, but a little time?

 

[Dragon]

Can't ID it, but why not turn it? Looks like a neat piece of wood, whatcha got to lose, but a little time?

I agree. Seems like a shame to burn that. From the looks of the pic, it's a nice size to make a stump table out of.:widea: Try it.......you might like it. Then, you'll really be working on the dark side.

 

[Jeff]

Re: Can anyone tell?

Phillip,

I can't tell from the pic, but thanks for trying. Here's a little blurb on hickory heartwood and it's characteristic color. Hope this helps.

http://www.thewoodbox.com/data/wood/hickoryWoodInfo.htm

If you decide to use it for FW you still win-the BTU heat content of a cord of hickory is the gold standard against which other woods are measured so you'll get the most bang for your buck. Watch it burn in a fireplace and you'll be hypnotized and soon dozing off.