Poplar for siding a Barn.....

[XmasTreeGrower]

Doc

Makes pertect sense that there were be some variation between regions. What we have here in the posters region has become the dominant species in any areas that were logged. It grows straight, fast, and tall in our mixed hardwood forests, blocking out slower growing species. It is almost considered a blight species in the mountains.

It is indeed as cheap as pine in our area. Here is a shot of one of my fields. The tree line that you see is about 70% poplar.

Thanks
Bill

 

[MotorSeven]

Thanks for all the info, and i also though Poplar was Poplar. I checked with my neighbor that works at the sawmill and gave me the price. He assurs me that used properly, the stuff will out last me! I have used rough sawn pine in a board on board application for gable ends, and it looks like this stuff will hold up better than the pine. I have also noticed that the dead Poplar that i cut up for fire wood looks totally rotten from the bark side, but the bark just slides off revealing perfectly solid wood. And man is it easy to split!
When i get back up there, i will order a bundle and give it a try. And Bill, thanks for the pics....nice place you have there! How do you keep the critters from eating your Xmas trees? I planted some 2 years ago, scattering them on the side of my ridges and can't find one of them now. I am just guessing that the deer thought that they were hores duvrees /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

RD

 

[slowrev]

Tulip Poplar is used for barn siding here. One or two things, it lasts much longer with paint, and rots very quickly when in contact with the ground. This based on my lifes experience working with poplar in KY. the last I heard it was running $50-60 per square, for 1 inch roughsawn barn siding.
Ben

 

[slowrev]

Poplar ie Tulip poplar is not very strong and I would not recommend it for beams and such.
Ben

 

[XmasTreeGrower]

Motor

Regarding the trees, the deer just seem to ignore them. They are Fraser Firs; I guess they just don't taste right! They do seem to like any soft pine species. Very few pine seedlings survive on my place. Try some Frasers if you are high enough, they do well if you are over 3000 ft. elevation, and they favor a north or east facing slope.

That area in the picture is a "deer freeway" everyday. They are constantly crossing back and forth through there. The does like the larger trees to hide their fawns in while they are browsing for forage. I try to keep a sharp lookout for fawns when bushogging the rows, but they are well hidden, and can scare the beejesus out of you when they pop up at the last second before almost being run over.

Now when the neighbor's cows get loose and come foraging, that is a different story altogether.....

Thanks
Bill

 

[KentT]

As I understand it, what is often called yellow poplar or tulip poplar is really a tulip-tree.

Tulip Tree

The "real poplar" often called white poplar is a member of the cottonwood family -- a totally different type of tree -- and just about worthless for lumber, wood, shade (due to the cotton) or anything else other than wood pulp...

White Poplar

In the south where there's no white cedar, yellow poplar was the traditional wood used in clapboard and wood siding. It takes paint well, and if you keep it painted, it will last over a hundred years. As mentioned, though, it won't last long at all if it in contact with the ground...

In the north, white cedar was the typical wood used for clapboards and wood siding.

 

[Nasty135]

Motor7, Where I live in Md. from what I have seen in Barn building siding lumber, There are two choices #1 is Oak & #2 is Tulip poplar(plentiful)

 

[Egon]

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This is not a poplar tree but is a member of the magnolia familly.

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Nasty135]

OK, It was either Poplar or tulip poplar not sure.. Thanks for clarification... Is the difference in whether it is used for siding or not? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[CT_Tree_Guy]

Man, this thread is making my head hurt.

How about this - heat your house with the poplar, and put up vinyl siding? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif