Need help to identify some firewood I got for free.
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pretty sure ya got some free mulberry. never afraid to burn when i have it. i'll say it's a medium hardwood.
It's red oak. It burns ok after a couple of years drying out
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speedthrills
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Mulberry is more yellow, not red oak. Looks allot like walnut to me, but am no expert!
here's red oak.It's red oak. It burns ok after a couple of years drying out
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speedthrills
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In the midwest our red oak looks a bit different, what do you think it is ? I think it looks allot like black walnut, but like I said I am no expert that is why I ask friends that log these questions!
My first guess would be black locust. Have some of all the above laying in the back yard but just hard to positively ID from that pic
when i first looked at the pics that's what i thought too. but the bark wasn't quite rough enough. wait a minute ,i'll be right back.
Eagleknight
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My first thought was walnut, but it didn't look dark enough. After you posted that black locust it looks very close.
compare the growth rings.
It doesn't seem to have those deep furrows like the pics of locust you have. These wood I'd threads are tough with just one pic of the op ' s wood. I'll be more specific and say pin oak of the red oak family. It's always just a guess from looking at one picture though.
ramv102000
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Its not black locust I have a cord of that here . My guess is the lighter stuff might be elm and the darker wood could be mullberry .
i have seen both the lighter wood and darker wood in mulberry. when split it looks kinda yellow inside.
Been yrs since I have even seen a Kentucky Coffee, certainly a possibility. I can drive down the road and id a tree from 1/2 mile by characteristics but much harder to do from one pic. I am willing to say it is not walnut or red oak but all the others mentioned I can see characteristics of and a couple of those sections remind me of chinquapin oak. Closeup of the end grain and of a split piece would be a big help
I'm guessing walnut.
Ohhh...another id thread....yes!
I'm going with walnut too.
I'm going with walnut too.
its possible, you have 2 different types of wood there. the orange-ish wood in the lower left hand corner, and one single piece in the upper right hand corner is mulberry. the other stuff could be mulberry if it was cut a few weeks earlier. otherwise its definitely NOT or red oak. red oak has an almost smooth bark and the furrows are not deep at all.
here is a few pics, left to right, black locust, mulberry, hedge
this is the other end of the same pieces, this end is seasoned for a year.
here is a few pics, left to right, black locust, mulberry, hedge
this is the other end of the same pieces, this end is seasoned for a year.
