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[Gordon Gould]

Are you guys talking about Yellow Poplar or Aspen, also called Poplar but very different from Yellow Poplar ??? I am not a wood worker so don't know much about cabinet wood and such but I can't remember ever seeing a log market for Aspen saw logs in these parts except for pallet wood. I wonder why. We have quite a bit of it.

gg

 

[Rustyiron]

Are you guy's confusing Tulip Poplar with Popple? (Aspen)
Tulip makes some beautiful cabinets (stained), paints well also and as SR said, keep it dry and it's wonderful barn siding. I've never seen Popple sawn into boards. I have a bunch of it and just use it for corduroy in the wet areas. It's suprising how well it's lasted.

 

[Jstpssng]

Are you guy's confusing Tulip Poplar with Popple? (Aspen)
Tulip makes some beautiful cabinets (stained), paints well also and as SR said, keep it dry and it's wonderful barn siding. I've never seen Popple sawn into boards. I have a bunch of it and just use it for corduroy in the wet areas. It's suprising how well it's lasted.

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I could be mistaken but what you are using looks like Balsam poplar, AKA Balm of Gilead?
Most of what I see goes for pulpwood; or for OSB up in Oakfield. There is a limited intermittent market for veneer, as well as the aforementioned ladder company.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Are you guys talking about Yellow Poplar or Aspen, also called Poplar but very different from Yellow Poplar ??? I am not a wood worker so don't know much about cabinet wood and such but I can't remember ever seeing a log market for Aspen saw logs in these parts except for pallet wood. I wonder why. We have quite a bit of it.

gg

I have a small building I build out of Aspen, I just kept the Aspen away from the ground.

Now, MANY years later, it's still standing as strong and straight as the day I finished it!

Numerous houses here have been built out of Aspen, it's just fine if you use your head when you build with it.

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

Are you guys talking about Yellow Poplar or Aspen, also called Poplar but very different from Yellow Poplar ??? I am not a wood worker so don't know much about cabinet wood and such but I can't remember ever seeing a log market for Aspen saw logs in these parts except for pallet wood. I wonder why. We have quite a bit of it.

gg

You could be right. Aside from the ladder company which I mentioned before, it mostly goes for pulp here also, or else to the OSB mill. There is an intermittent, limited call for veneer that gets used as a low quality filler with something better glued onto it.
I have seen it custom sawn, but even a log which looks nice on the outside tends to be stained where the old branch stubs are, when you cut it open..

Are you guy's confusing Tulip Poplar with Popple? (Aspen)
Tulip makes some beautiful cabinets (stained), paints well also and as SR said, keep it dry and it's wonderful barn siding. I've never seen Popple sawn into boards. I have a bunch of it and just use it for corduroy in the wet areas. It's suprising how well it's lasted.

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Is what you are using there Balsam poplar, AKA Balm of Gilead?

 

[s219]

I like using poplar for both firewood and lumber -- makes great kindling, or starter logs, and is good for early/late season fires or camp fires. It's a decent all-around project wood, and sometimes will have beautiful grain. I milled one poplar we cut down when clearing for our home, and when cut up a beautiful purple and green grain pattern emerged. It's been stickered in my garage for about 5 years now, and I am still thinking of what I can build from it. Be curious to see what the grain colors have changed to as the wood dried and seasoned -- probably a dull green and brown if past experience is any indication.

 

[motownbrowne]

That's what it is, poplar or aspen. Locally we call it popple. Mostly used for pulp , as said, or pallets. I burn some in the spring and fall. Good if you want a fast hot fire just to warm things up a little. I made a small 1/2 acre clear cut down below on that side hill hoping to get early successional regen from root sprouting to make some song bird breeding habitat. I winched it all up and around that corner to the tractor on the tractor road.

gg

I heard the term "biscuit wood" to describe popple and similar wood when you're talking about firewood. From a time and place where you wanted a quick hot fire to bake biscuits, but didn't want to make the house any warmer than need be.

I burn a lot of it and basswood when I'm cooking syrup. Burns hot and fast, doesn't clog the grates with coals, and it's widely available at basically no cost. I've got a bunch of box elder coming down there pipeline. If it burns like the basswood I'll be happy.

 

[Snobdds]

This is what we call poplar in Wyoming. They grow a little bit bigger in diameter than quaking aspens. Very similar leaves though. My cabin is at 10,000 feet, so the trunks grow in little bubbles due to the snow still being on the ground when the leaves sprout. Zoom in on the picture to see. Because of the bubbles in the trunk, it's only firewood in these parts.

I always see poplar in the lumber stores, and wonder why anyone would use it. I guess poplar out west is different than poplar in the east.

 

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Love your woods wagon Eric. Did it start out as a military surplus item?

 

[tjkubota93]

Google images shows different trees for pin and water oak. We’ve also got quite a few of what we call post oak. They’re similar to white oak but pretty much only fit for firewood. We’ve got a few chestnut oaks. The sawmill takes them the same as white oak.

I am very limited on my knowledge. But I have cut down and burned both.

The real "pin oak" to me is hard to tell from a red or white oak.

A water oak has oak tree leaves and kinda scraggly branches.

A "willow oak" is often mis-idententified as a pin oak because of the thin leaves.

And with my limited knowledge and limited writing skills it's hard to convey the difference, but they are definitely each unique.

I had a very skilled tree guy do some work and he showed me the difference in a southern and northern red oak.