Re: What tree is this?
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Re: What tree is this?
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Called pignut hickory in PA.
Best variety of hickory wood for the smoker.
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Re: What tree is this?
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Called pignut hickory in PA.
Best variety of hickory wood for the smoker. I cut a dead one of those down and cut into firewood length and delivered it to a buddy for fire wood. He was not able to split it with a Monster mall. Hard as woodpecker lips. I did the same to another one once and most of the rounds rolled down towards the water's edge. I figured, no problem, I'll fish them out once I was done cutting the rounds up. I got finished and there was not one round to be found. They are now in the bottom of that lake. It don't float!
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Re: What tree is this?
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Scallybark hickory... Squirrels favorite... Well, maybe...how big are the nuts? Just seen the bark
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Re: What tree is this?
[Re: 52Carl]
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Called pignut hickory in PA.
Best variety of hickory wood for the smoker. I cut a dead one of those down and cut into firewood length and delivered it to a buddy for fire wood. He was not able to split it with a Monster mall. Hard as woodpecker lips. I did the same to another one once and most of the rounds rolled down towards the water's edge. I figured, no problem, I'll fish them out once I was done cutting the rounds up. I got finished and there was not one round to be found. They are now in the bottom of that lake. It don't float! The trick to split hickory by hand is to first split narrow slabs off of the sides. It seems once you get the outer couple of inches off, the rest of it splits normal.
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Re: What tree is this?
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I'd say its a pignut hickory too.
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Re: What tree is this?
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I cut a dead one of those down and cut into firewood length and delivered it to a buddy for fire wood. He was not able to split it with a Monster mall. Hard as woodpecker lips. I did the same to another one once and most of the rounds rolled down towards the water's edge. I figured, no problem, I'll fish them out once I was done cutting the rounds up. I got finished and there was not one round to be found. They are now in the bottom of that lake. It don't float!
The trick to split hickory by hand is to first split narrow slabs off of the sides. It seems once you get the outer couple of inches off, the rest of it splits normal.[/quote] What you say is generally true in my experience, but when they die standing, something happens to the wood which makes it much harder to split.
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