ID wood from CL ad

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Freshly-cut locust is HEAVY. Dunno abt. poplar though...

But your picture does make it clear- that there is DEFINITELY free wood. No question.
 
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Picked up the wood today. By no means do I consider myself an expert on species, but I know for sure it was NOT locust and I am not certain if it is ash. Almost positive it is poplar. I say this because it was not too heavy and I had poplar before. One of the pics includes a split piece. I am not complaining because it is free but I was a little disappointed. What do you think?
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Here is a picture for you to compare. This is white ash.

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Green Ash cut last weekend.
 

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Here's how you can tell; look at the flat cut-side of a round and if there is a little "pinhole" there in the center then it is Ash. I have found this to hold true time and time again.
 
Seriously, no white ash puns yet? You guys are slipping...

Does this saw make my Ash look big? :p Largest slab in back is 4.5 x 15 x 19 inches.Will be a great seat for a stout footstool or small bench in 3 years or so....Most likely I'll resaw it again in a year or so.
 

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My ! white ash ! is sore from sittin on the bucket ;)
 
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Oh you need that cushion, you don't want waffle ass!
 
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Here's how you can tell; look at the flat cut-side of a round and if there is a little "pinhole" there in the center then it is Ash. I have found this to hold true time and time again.

No way. Looks like my "ash" is wrong again. Thanks for the help. Appears as though I got some ash. I can't believe it, but there was a pinhole at the center of every round. And, I split some and it split, suprisingly, easy. All the poplar I have ever split is tough to split with the axe. Thanks guys.
 
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