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Second pic - the pizza slice looks more like hickory, but the 2 splits in the upper left corner do look a little like the poplar I just split, however what I split has more of a yellowish green color to it.
Archie - did that slice come from the same tree/round?
Archie - did that slice come from the same tree/round?
Bark looks like White Oak
Easy split= Oak
The grain looks like Oak.
The only thing that troubles me is the color. Looks a bit reddish for white oak. But the bark does NOT look like Red nor Chestnut Oak.
Let's see the leaves, that should clear up the question.
And because I like to place my foot in my mouth . . . no freakin way is that Aspen. BTW, if it is Oak, no point in trying to burn it this year. If it ends up being Oak I'll trade you even up Aspen for your oak. That way you can burn right away. I'm helpful like that :blank:
Easy split= Oak
The grain looks like Oak.
The only thing that troubles me is the color. Looks a bit reddish for white oak. But the bark does NOT look like Red nor Chestnut Oak.
Let's see the leaves, that should clear up the question.
And because I like to place my foot in my mouth . . . no freakin way is that Aspen. BTW, if it is Oak, no point in trying to burn it this year. If it ends up being Oak I'll trade you even up Aspen for your oak. That way you can burn right away. I'm helpful like that :blank:
heartwood sure doesnt look like white oak ,but the bark does ..you got any better pics or are we gonna guess all day lol
How heavy is it? Looks like Hickory which would be heavy even though it was dead, but also looks like Maple to me. You're in Pottstown; take it into Kring's Stoveshop and ask Carl what it is-tel him Les sent you, his "Bonanza" buddy....man, I MISS that restaraunt....
its not like any of the Poplar i have ever seen. Yes it is heavy and has a smell. I will have to take a few more pictures when the lighting is better and when i find my real camera.
I'm surprised no one said ash. I just cut down a dead ash last week, it looks pretty close to what I had. The pictures look pretty good to me. Maybe it's the couple of drinks I had. ;-P
Some variation of a white oak. The "two-tone" color of the wood, lighter on the outside, a little darker on the inside, makes me think it is an oak species.
I am leaning more towards white oak myself. With my hickory I usually see more of a two tone color than what the picture shows.
I'm going with ash but it is hard to tell by the pictures. Splits easy. I don't think it is poplar
learnin to burn said:
yep all the same tree. The top half of the tree was hanging over broken off for about a year.
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