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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Fire Wood => Topic started by: Bluegrass Wood Burner on November 20, 2017, 05:44:31 PM

Title: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: Bluegrass Wood Burner on November 20, 2017, 05:44:31 PM

Can you identify this tree?

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: E Yoder on November 20, 2017, 05:52:02 PM

I wish I could see twigs. Ash? I'll bet it burns. :)

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: Bluegrass Wood Burner on November 20, 2017, 05:56:28 PM

It was cut by the utility company on my mother laws property and they gave me the trunk. It's been dead for over a year. I don't think it's an ash.  It sure did bust easy.I didn't even bust a lot of it it's so easy to handle. Made over a cord and ready to use.

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: wreckit87 on November 20, 2017, 06:11:40 PM

Does it stink? We have a variation of Elm around here that looks eerily similar to that but stinks to high heaven. We call it P!ss Elm lol. You know that orange urine smell in the morning after a good night of drinking? That's what the pulp smells like

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: Bluegrass Wood Burner on November 20, 2017, 06:15:52 PM

That's what it is. I kept thinking I had had an accident :) I stunk the whole time I was cutting it. Is it good firewood?

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: mlappin on November 20, 2017, 08:54:53 PM

Yep, have piss elm here as well.

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: Bluegrass Wood Burner on November 21, 2017, 06:31:16 AM

It was dead so I went straight to the boiler with it. I got a good 12 hour burn with it and had no creosote. So I'm pretty pleased with it. I would definetly recommend a dead piss elm. :)

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: MattyNH on November 21, 2017, 06:49:01 PM

weeping willow smells just like piss as well..Im burning American Elm now..Smell doesn't even compare to willow

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: mlappin on November 21, 2017, 07:00:03 PM

I’ve burnt a ton of elm over the years, really like red elm on the rare occasion I find a dead one.

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: Bluegrass Wood Burner on November 22, 2017, 05:14:29 AM

I'm very impressed with elm. Im getting 12 hour burns without all the charcoal pile up and the creosote is  little to none. It handles so light I only bust a lot of it one time so it's very large peices. Very little ashes. I give it a 8 out of 10. I'll start looking for dead elms now. :thumbup:

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: tree climber on February 03, 2018, 01:53:26 PM

sorry but that's not a elm that is a hickory

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: shepherd boy on February 03, 2018, 03:04:42 PM

 Agree, have seen the same nodules at the base of hickory.

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: Bluegrass Wood Burner on February 04, 2018, 08:15:22 AM

This topic was from back in November. It was a p**s elm. It's already been burned . My other topic is a different tree. Look at it and tell me what it is. The topic is tree identification.

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: tree climber on February 05, 2018, 05:24:20 PM

I did comment on new one . but piss elm does not have bark like that. just thought you might want to know what you bunt

Title: Re: What kind of tree is this??
Post by: d conover on March 06, 2018, 08:03:26 PM

I agree definitely hickory, no wonder you liked the way it burned. My favorite..