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[Jstpssng]

If your using Hop Hornbeam for paddles over there you must have a bunch of gorillas riding the rapids They won't break but they wont hardly float either,

gg

That was similar to what I thought, but who am I to argue with an 80 YO man?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Everyone says Aspen is "junk wood", but I don't agree.

I skidded these Aspen out a few days ago,

So, I cut 5 of these out of those Aspen logs,

and loaded them, two at a time on the BSM and started milling "flitches",

then turning the flitches on edge and started making stickers,

S N I had over 200 of them,

making something "useful" out of something folks keep saying is "junk wood"!

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

I for one don't consider it to be junk; I call it fast growing pulpwood. Aspen is my preferred wood to cut in summer; there aren't a lot of branches until you near the top so I can drop and limb a couple of cords in the morning, then take my chaps off and bring it out in the heat of the day. (Weekend warrior, 2 cords is a good day for me.)

 

[DieselnHooters]

My interpretation of White maple and a scumbag Beach to the right and further back that should've been cut ten years ago like 90% of Beach on my land. I got that one and some others like it before it went to rot.
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Never heard of ''white maple'' but keep in mind that sugar maples often show white blotches when they are young like the one in in pic. It is a fungus but unlike the one on beeches it is harmless. Now I cant tell from the pic if it is indeed a sugar maple but that would be my guess.

I dont know about Maine but up here in sugaring country it is by far the most valuable tree, sure its the top firewood (discounting those dwarf trees like apple and hornbeam) but it is so much more than only that. Around here we never fell the healthy ones for firewood, some may go for logs though.

 

[BrokenTrack]

Never heard of ''white maple'' but keep in mind that sugar maples often show white blotches when they are young like the one in in pic. It is a fungus but unlike the one on beeches it is harmless. Now I cant tell from the pic if it is indeed a sugar maple but that would be my guess.

I dont know about Maine but up here in sugaring country it is by far the most valuable tree, sure its the top firewood (discounting those dwarf trees like apple and hornbeam) but it is so much more than only that. Around here we never fell the healthy ones for firewood, some may go for logs though.

You are spot on. I have never heard of White Maple either and I have lived in Maine all my life.

I cut some Sugar Maple a few months back, and it went for veneer and made me some serious money. I liked that! The tops went for pulp. Surprisingly the Sugar maple buyers said the idea maple log is only 16 inches on the Butt end, as that has teh perfect ratio of white wood to heart wood and yet get yield. I found that surprising, but they took my large Sugar Maple just the same.

Here are some photos...

 

[Jstpssng]

You are spot on. I have never heard of White Maple either and I have lived in Maine all my life.

I cut some Sugar Maple a few months back, and it went for veneer and made me some serious money. I liked that! The tops went for pulp. Surprisingly the Sugar maple buyers said the idea maple log is only 16 inches on the Butt end, as that has teh perfect ratio of white wood to heart wood and yet get yield. I found that surprising, but they took my large Sugar Maple just the same.

Here are some photos...

NICE log!! I can see why they liked it, with virtually no heart.
I have heard people (including my father) refer to red maple as white maple, hence my previous comment.

 

[PhysAssist]

Harder than woodpecker lips!:laughing:
I took a small pole, handrail size and skinned the park off and let it dry inside the shop for a year. When I decided to put it up (stair handrail) after I stained and poly'd it, it broke every screw I put in it. I made some "hookaroons" and a walking stick out of it and found a nice pc of ash for the railing.

My uncle had the beams and joists for his garage roof milled from what he called rock maple in true 2"x 12" and 2" x 6" dimensions [not the nominal dimensional sizes], but had to put them up and nail/screw [or pre-drill them] into place while they were green, otherwise we'd have been breaking screws and bending nails trying to get them to penetrate.

He made sure to have the joists supported and pinned in place by boards running diagonally underneath, else they'd have warped as they cured, making his roof a field of moguls.

 

[Oldpath05]

Never heard of ''white maple'' but keep in mind that sugar maples often show white blotches when they are young like the one in in pic. It is a fungus but unlike the one on beeches it is harmless. Now I cant tell from the pic if it is indeed a sugar maple but that would be my guess.

I dont know about Maine but up here in sugaring country it is by far the most valuable tree, sure its the top firewood (discounting those dwarf trees like apple and hornbeam) but it is so much more than only that. Around here we never fell the healthy ones for firewood, some may go for logs though.

I'm quite familiar with Sugar maple/Rock maple, couple things that sets them apart, 1 the leaves are different and are yellowish in the fall, 3 SM has coarser bark, 4 SM is a harder wood than WM/SWM, 5 SM has sweater sap for syrup, 40-1 vs 60-1 on WM, I have seen SM as low as 30-1. Also from what I noticed over the years, WM has smoother bark than Swamp maple of which I always find in or around swamps

Sugar maple is also a very valuable tree on my land, in fact I made against the law to cut SM on my land, it was passed by a unanimous vote.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Until the weather turns back to winter this will be the last of the junky fir I cut and try to turn into saw logs. 60 degrees and sunny at noon. Water running everywhere. The packed trails are rotting big time and the landing is a wet skating rink. But it sure feels nice !!





gg

 

[Jstpssng]

Until the weather turns back to winter this will be the last of the junky fir I cut and try to turn into saw logs. 60 degrees and sunny at noon. Water running everywhere. The packed trails are rotting big time and the landing is a wet skating rink. But it sure feels nice !!

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gg

You call it junky, yet it's pretty solid for for that size.
I know what you mean though, when it's that wet and warm out it's quite a challenge to keep from making a mess, sometimes its easier to do something different.