kattcutter
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My experience is pretty much limited to Oak & Cherry.. can y'all tell me if this is Maple? It is a very heavy, dense wood.
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Is this Maple?
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looks like ornamental cherry
kattcutter
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I can't find any pics of the ornamental cherry online, but it does favor the black birch pics I have found. Either/or - is it worth $25 for a pickup load (8 ft. bed) for firewood?
I don't know how either of those woods burn...
I don't know how either of those woods burn...
depends on the wood. Orn Cherry has more of a red/brown tone to the bark. But check out the wood, birch needs to be split pretty ASP or it rots from the inside out and becomes punky fast. If its decent wood birch burns okay and produces a medium to medium/high heat. But get it split fast
utilityman
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I believe this is exceptionally large pin cherry
Castenea
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Looks like a flowering cherry to me, probably Kwanzaan.
Good firewood, I think it may have a tendancy to throw sparks though, so make sure the chimney is clean.
Good firewood, I think it may have a tendancy to throw sparks though, so make sure the chimney is clean.
mizzou
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It appears to be some sort of fruitwood. Works great in a smoker.
kattcutter
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I live in South central PA...
I say black birch
Either that or yellow birch. kinda hard to say from the pictures.
I had a ton of white birch last fall, burns awesome.
PA Plumber
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I would go with Birch, also.
Looks like cherry to me.
Then the question is settled, right?
Ok. It's NOT a maple!
Glad to be of service
Ok. It's NOT a maple!
Glad to be of service
:agree2:
Bark + pink heartwood (typical cherry) are the tell for me. Here is a large pin cherry (fire cherry) on my parents'farm:
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I'd say black birch
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JeffL
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Cherry.
Bam.
Bam.
Rftreeman
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cherry..........
kattcutter
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Ok. It's NOT a maple!
Glad to be of service
LOL - guess I should have done a bit more research on this one before posting! :monkey:
I see it is not maple - the bark goes in a different direction... After looking at quite a few pics online I would lean toward Cherry or Birch as well. My experience w/ Cherry is that it is mostly easy to split. This stuff is very difficult to split - I will most likely be using my 35 ton Huskee on this.
Also, you know how many woods have that aroma when you are splitting it? I don't detect the aroma of Cherry when I am splitting these - don't know what birch smells like...
