The Wood ID Thread ( or name this wood type )

[Lee H]

Thanks guys for all the replies, Now i know what to tell my firewood
guy who i buy my log lengths from.

 

[Nutball]

Nasty wood like that splits best either on the dark rings or at a 45deg angle to the rings. 90deg to the rings causes it to rip apart. If you let the rounds dry out well, you might get away with splitting on the natural splits in the wood.

 

[huskihl]

Nasty wood like that splits best with a 395

Fixt

 

[Coltont]

Kinda crazy an non college educated fella like myself can ID trees. We have 5 other guys working for us and they know oaks from Maples etc, but off species they dont have the foggiest idea what it is. I got my education from a technical school while I was I'm high school, I enjoyed it and applied myself and learned trees and woody shrubs. Its still amazing to me how many people have legitimate sized businesses and cant even I'd trees correctly. Not implying anything on here by this just a rant about dumb trees guys haha.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Thanks guys for all the replies, Now i know what to tell my firewood
guy who i buy my log lengths from.

All gum is horrible stuff to split imo.
It would make strong planks.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Kinda crazy an non college educated fella like myself can ID trees. We have 5 other guys working for us and they know oaks from Maples etc, but off species they dont have the foggiest idea what it is. I got my education from a technical school while I was I'm high school, I enjoyed it and applied myself and learned trees and woody shrubs. Its still amazing to me how many people have legitimate sized businesses and cant even I'd trees correctly. Not implying anything on here by this just a rant about dumb trees guys haha.

Very true.

 

[ndlawrence]

Any guesses here?

 

[Coltont]

Any guesses here?

Ailanthus

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Hey guys,

Grabbed these rounds close to the house.
Kinda thought they were cherry, but having second thoughts now.
Smells real sweet though...hmm
Any idea or thoughts??

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Also nabbed these up some kinda oak...I reckon.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Any ideas or thoughts guys on the above-pictured wood?

 

[Nutball]

Red oak. Not sure what the first one is. I too want to know.

 

[RI Chevy]

I didn't want to guess. Heart wood looks like cherry, but the bark doesn't.
Maybe some sort of Gum???

 

[Coltont]

Hey guys,

Grabbed these rounds close to the house.
Kinda thought they were cherry, but having second thoughts now.
Smells real sweet though...hmm
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Hickory

 

[Nutball]

Since we're guessing; Apple wood.

Looks like a fruit wood to me.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Since we're guessing; Apple wood.

Looks like a fruit wood to me.

Yep...definitely could be...perhaps Bradford Pear??

 

[Flying_Dutchman]

Yep...definitely could be...perhaps Bradford Pear??

I also guess apple. I think the bark looks too smooth for Bradford pear. That being said, I haven't cut a ton of them.

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[CrystalRiver1]

I also guess apple. I think the bark looks too smooth for Bradford pear. That being said, I haven't cut a ton of them.

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Hmm...I can see where apple may be a strong possibility.
I need to split or noodle some to get a better look at the grain and sniff it better!

 

[RI Chevy]

Any idea on this wood? I think walnut.

 

[RI Chevy]

A couple more pics