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Offline Josh B

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tree ID please
« on: January 28, 2012, 08:04:03 pm »
Can anybody id these logs?  Are these good bow wood? >:D >:D >:D ;) ;D In case your wondering Soy?  Yep these are yours.  Josh
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Offline Pat B

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Re: tree ID please
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2012, 08:07:32 pm »
Looks like trash to me, Send it to me for firewood!  ::)
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Offline Bevan R.

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« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2012, 08:08:55 pm »
I can 'burn' some as well. along with some of those antlers. Might as well clean out the truck. :laugh:
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2012, 10:03:24 pm »
I know I have seen wood like that somewhere before !
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Re: tree ID please
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2012, 11:27:25 pm »
It's kind of a sickly yellow color.  Is that the color adjustment on my screen is that wood gone bad?    Ron
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Offline Lone500

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Re: tree ID please
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2012, 12:52:03 am »
Guys i dont think the yellow color is wood gone bad. I believe by the yellow color, bark color and texture (hard to get a good look tho), and by the color of the end peice that its what is called a kentucky yellow wood.

found a link here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladrastis_kentukea

Apparently its a pretty rare one. If its not that i dont know what it would be.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: tree ID please
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2012, 01:18:26 am »
I'm afraid I better come clean.  The wood is Osage orange, bois d'arc , maclura pomifera,or as us Kansas folk refer to it, hedge.  I was being a bit facetious by acting as if I didn't know and I apologize for that.  Thanks for helping out though and welcome to PA.   Josh

BTW the horns in the picture is just what we picked up to prevent tire damage.  Much more there.
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Offline Lone500

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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2012, 01:41:46 am »
Hehe nice wood ya got there anyway. to bad im wood ignorant and can barely tell a hickory from a oak   ;D
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Leon      Saluda, NC

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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2012, 01:33:59 pm »
Watch out where the huskys go and don't you eat that yellow snow... ???
Them look awfully straight but ill take a chance and try to bend em ;D
« Last Edit: January 29, 2012, 01:37:33 pm by soy »
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« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2012, 02:30:57 pm »
I had no clue what those were till you said so...  ::)....riiiiiiigggght.  :laugh:....it was obvious you were being sarcastic.
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Offline Josh B

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« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2012, 09:38:52 pm »
Quote from: blackhawk on January 29, 2012, 02:30:57 pm
I had no clue what those were till you said so...  ::)....riiiiiiigggght.  :laugh:....it was obvious you were being sarcastic.

It may be obvious to us familiar with golden boogers,  but I didn't want any well meaning folks trying to waste their time trying to research it.   After all, I'm rotten , but not that dirty rotten !   Josh
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Offline Josh B

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« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2012, 10:34:01 pm »
Worked on this Osage for a couple hours.  Only split two logs and got 6 - 50" staves  and 6 - 80" staves   By the time I got them pealed and sealed   I was out of light.  First pic is the 50"ers.  Josh
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Offline Lone500

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« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2012, 10:38:48 pm »
nice. how long do ya think that will last you?
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Leon      Saluda, NC

Offline Josh B

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« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2012, 10:50:41 pm »
Until the first week of April, when Soy comes to get 'em.  These are for him.  But to answer your question, after curing for two years, they would probably last a year or two.  I don't use Osage very much.  Josh
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