BrotherBart said:
Looks like you lost due to lack of concrete evidence to backup your claim (kinda like having to do proofs in geometry :roll: )
OK lets settle this!
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Looks like you lost due to lack of concrete evidence to backup your claim (kinda like having to do proofs in geometry :roll: )
After further review of the instant replays, and a short break from the excitment, Brotherbart was the first to suggest Poplar. Which is the correct answer.
Others suggested it was NOT Ash but could not come up with a species.
So we have two options we can either do a lightning round OR call this thread done.
Your call.
P.s. Am I STILL a WUSSY for not being able to split Poplar by hand????
Others suggested it was NOT Ash but could not come up with a species.
So we have two options we can either do a lightning round OR call this thread done.
Your call.
P.s. Am I STILL a WUSSY for not being able to split Poplar by hand????
So much for telling him how to season and burn it. :coolgrin: Might have to provide scientific studies to back it up as opposed to empirical evidence from the two years back in the '80s that we heated this joint with tulip poplar.
fossil said:skinnykid said:
Perhaps, but not necessarily for that particular reason.Rick
Not nice!
I just logged onto eBay and bought my own danged t-shirt. Sheesh!
It says "Woodburners Need Love Too"
It says "Woodburners Need Love Too"
you are my Buddy! you helped me out alot since I came to this forum
Well until you called me names!!
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Well until you called me names
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If you want to get technical, I'm not sure anyone won. BB suggested Tulip poplar which is not really a poplar but is in the Magnolia family. (broken link removed) That's definately not what Skinnykid has here. While you probably could grow it up here in NH, its not native. Rocky suggested Populus Alba or white poplar (broken link removed) which may be close, but probably isn't it either since the bark does not really seem to furrow. If it's a poplar then it's probably the native poplar here in NH, Populus Tremuloides or Quaking Aspen (broken link removed). I'm not convinced its quacking aspen because though the split wood looks like it and the leaf is similar, the bark furrows seem too fine and I've never had a problem splitting it though I've never split pieces over 12-14". All that technical stuff aside, I don't have a better suggestion and I'm splitting hairs when you're just trying to split wood. ;-P
Looks like we all need a field trip to the skinny kids house! Get your permission slips signed and we will all go on a nature walk.
Fossil, bring that Bike, I will show you how to wheelie it!
Thanks for the info JPL, now I am confused again.
Fossil, bring that Bike, I will show you how to wheelie it!
Thanks for the info JPL, now I am confused again.
Split it. Give it a year, no more, to season and burn it. Burns good and clean and leaves virtually no ash. Make the splits big because it isn't a dense wood and per volume is the fastest burning hardwood out there.
Or make really nice furniture out of it.
Or make really nice furniture out of it.
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