anyone know what kind of tree this was?

[chris_harper]

my landlord brought me some wood, and said he thought it was ash. i don't know one from the other (except oak, pecan, and mesquite).

 

[meat~smoker in n.j.]

Hey chris,
Maybe u can take a pc. too your local tree experts to look @ it !! Also try a local nursery ,, I`m sure there gotta a few experts to know ??? I can`t tell bark looks like bark to me !!! lol Good Luck!!

 

[moltenone]

that doesn't look like ash,ash has a more pronounced bark,kind of a diamond tread pattern to it.
how ever i'm sure there are different types,have you done a google search of it ?


mark

 

[up in smoke]

Chris, That looks more like red maple or sugar maple than anything I can think of, ash has much more coarser ridges than that, IMHO

Here is sugar maple…similiar?

 

[chris_harper]

carl, that does look kinda like the wood i have.

 

[cajunsmoker]

Looks like a silver maple. We don't have sugar maples down this far south but we do have red and silver maple. I've been told the southern maples are ok, but not a strong maple flavor like the northern maples are.

 

[ultramag]

Chris, I don't know if its maple, but I'm 99.9% sure its not ash. I little harder to tell from a pic. I've split a ton of ash with a monster maul so I have an intimate knowledge of it.