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Re: What is it
« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2010, 02:01:52 pm »
Where has your second photo gone Roscoe? I was looking for your photo gallery and I don't see that either!
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Re: What is it
« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2010, 02:09:43 pm »
Go to your "Profile" page and set up your photo gallery link by adding 13536 in the field. That way we can go directly there without doing a lot of fishing around. :D

Well I guess you added the photos since.

Dig into the bark of that darn thing with a knife and see if it yellowish. That stick of wood looks like it's been laying around a few months. You sure that ain't some kind of walnut? :D

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Re: What is it
« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2010, 03:40:10 pm »
SD are you picking on my stick of wood? :D I didn't feel like walking through the snow to get a photo when I have a part of the same tree in the pole barn. That stick is going to be my anvil base. :)
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Re: What is it
« Reply #23 on: March 02, 2010, 03:44:45 pm »
Dana, not your stick, buddy what's his name and the other fella's stick. ;D

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Re: What is it
« Reply #24 on: March 02, 2010, 04:05:15 pm »
 :) ???
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Re: What is it
« Reply #25 on: March 02, 2010, 04:13:48 pm »




 ;D

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Re: What is it
« Reply #26 on: March 02, 2010, 10:12:42 pm »
I did not find any additional photos, but with that little bit shown and described I do not think black locust. It looks like elm, Siberian Elm. The bark matches some trees I walk by every day.
Trees grown in a dry climate.

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« Reply #27 on: March 03, 2010, 05:06:16 am »
Does Siberian elm have narrow sapwood? All we have in my area is American and it has wide sap and lighter colored heart. Elm bark usually has layered color differences and ribbon pore figure on the end grain. Can't see the pores in the images.

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Re: What is it
« Reply #28 on: March 03, 2010, 01:43:40 pm »
sorry about the photos........gonna fix'm   NOW!!! I had begun to think we had t his fig'd out...but not so sure....was really hoping it was locust.....be a nice hot fire.....next winter!!!
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Re: What is it
« Reply #29 on: March 03, 2010, 03:14:36 pm »
In dry areas the sap wood can be narrow. Plus that bark is thick typical of s. elm in an arid climate.
Not as good as b.l. for fire wood but still will work.
I will try to get some bark pictures today of each.

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Re: What is it
« Reply #30 on: March 04, 2010, 09:22:44 am »


S elm



black locust


Images are small here you can see them better in my album.

Fixed that. SwampDonkey ;)

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Re: What is it
« Reply #31 on: March 04, 2010, 10:42:27 am »

Images are small here you can see them better in my album.


You can sub these for the full-size pics from your gallery by modifying your post. Didn't see these thumbnails in your gallery. :)
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« Reply #32 on: March 04, 2010, 01:06:39 pm »
That's the black locust bark I see up here. And I don't see that in the original post.

The elm bark posted is pretty typical of a large diameter elm you see up here , even though we only have American Elm. When they die it slips off the trunk in large sheets.

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Re: What is it
« Reply #33 on: March 05, 2010, 09:07:14 am »
sorry   but im having probs getting these shots where i want them to be!!!
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Re: What is it
« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2010, 09:12:12 am »
Meant to ask at the last post....and forgot.....If the tree was.....is......elm......it wouldnt split well......????
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Re: What is it
« Reply #35 on: March 05, 2010, 09:50:26 am »
Meant to ask at the last post....and forgot.....If the tree was.....is......elm......it wouldnt split well......????

Nope.  Elm has spiral grain and is a bad actor when it comes to splitting. 

The picture you posted does not offer enough detail of the end grain nor the bark to make an ID.  Hopefully you can get the picture posting thing worked and give us a little more detail.
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Re: What is it
« Reply #36 on: March 05, 2010, 09:56:19 am »
I'm throwing my hat into the black locust camp.
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« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2010, 10:36:15 am »
sorry   but im having probs getting these shots where i want them to be!!!

Looks like you haven't set up your own gallery yet. I think that is the first step.  :)

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« Reply #38 on: March 05, 2010, 11:33:40 am »
He's got a gallery, but I fed him the wrong number for the link from here.

Should be 13536  not 103536

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Re: What is it
« Reply #39 on: March 09, 2010, 10:17:11 am »
i DO appreciate the help......and I'm gonna go with B L.......i'll letcha know next winter what a hot fire it makes!!!
RR

 

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