Got a trailer load of this from a coworker. It could tell it was maple by the leaves but not sure what kind. I allready have a few years worth of wood cut and stacked but for free trailer loads I took it. Not sure on the type or how well it lasts in the wood pile.
Maple id help
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tabner
Feeling the Heat
I came here this morning to get help ID'ing a tree, and ironically, I think you're looking at the same species. Mine is very heavy. I was cutting up Ash, and this stuff, and this stuff was significantly heavier/denser than the ash. Like it's almost heavier than Oak. Maybe it's just full of water. But I was thinking either Beech or Silver Maple? After your post, i'm leaning Silver Maple...?
tabner
Feeling the Heat
it seems silver maple has a smooth gray bark when younger, then it gets more scaly and shaggy as the tree matures.
cygnus
Feeling the Heat
There are MANY species of maple. In my area I would say this is red maple. I don't think it silver since I don't see the bark shagginess on the bigger rounds. Pic of a leaf would help.
If this was from my area I would call it silver maple. Red maple has a deeper tone to the Heartwood. That said Regional differences can make it difficult to positively ID from logs alone.
tabner
Feeling the Heat
i just split some, and it is indeed very wet inside, whereas the Ash is much dryer to the touch on a fresh split face. So I'm thinking the major difference in weight/density has more to do with moisture content, than BTU content/type of wood.
Pics 4 n 5 are of pin oak and red oak respectively and in the first 3 pics are hard maple aka sugar maple all pretty great wood
I'm new to maple but I obtained some at 2 places last week, 1) at a recycle center, and 2) in front of a school.
At first, I thought the wood was some sort of Ash. But I now know differently - maple leaves are the dead giveaway. I second what patrickk222 says about Sugar maple. The stuff I obtained (Sugar Maple) looked just like your pictures. The wood is white but not quite as white as ash, and it is dense. What a nice wood.
At the recycle center there were two maples dumped side-by-side. Both had green maple leaves. One was Sugar Maple and the other was Silver Maple. The Silver Maple appeared to be a little punky and was more cream colored, whereas the Hard Maple was solid everywhere, whitish, and heavy. Even though the Silver Maple was already cut into rounds, I focused on the Sugar Maple (some of which I had to cut). I could feel the quality of this wood.
At first, I thought the wood was some sort of Ash. But I now know differently - maple leaves are the dead giveaway. I second what patrickk222 says about Sugar maple. The stuff I obtained (Sugar Maple) looked just like your pictures. The wood is white but not quite as white as ash, and it is dense. What a nice wood.
At the recycle center there were two maples dumped side-by-side. Both had green maple leaves. One was Sugar Maple and the other was Silver Maple. The Silver Maple appeared to be a little punky and was more cream colored, whereas the Hard Maple was solid everywhere, whitish, and heavy. Even though the Silver Maple was already cut into rounds, I focused on the Sugar Maple (some of which I had to cut). I could feel the quality of this wood.
The first pics look just like my red maple that grows like weeds around my property, I agree with Patrickk222 that the last two definitely look like oak.
nrford
Minister of Fire
Do you have any of the leaves left? This bark looks similar to a couple of sugar maples on my property, but I couldn't be sure without seeing a leaf.
