What kind of tree?

[bnew17]

What kind of tree is this? I’m leaning towards Maple but not sure what kind if it is?

 

[ucfireman]

some kind of maple

 

[Lonegle57]

another vote for a maple

 

[westcobbdog]

Full grown too

 

[NCHillbilly]

Red maple.

 

[bnew17]

Is this wood good for making things? How does it compare to the general “maple” wood?

 

[oldfella1962]

Is this wood good for making things? How does it compare to the general “maple” wood?

I found this info about the wood:

"Red maple is an excellent wood for fuel and is also used for saw timber and pulpwood. But because of susceptibility to defects and disease and poor form of individuals of sprout-clump origin, the timber is often low in quality".

 

[buckmanmike]

Pretty fall colors.

 

[Anvil Head]

Decent wood, but somewhat soft as maples go. Especially those growing here in the south. Tougher climate growth life will produce denser wood - northern maples have denser "harder" wood - also species makes a diff.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Is this wood good for making things? How does it compare to the general “maple” wood?

It's decent lumber wood. Kind of a middle of the road maple. Not as dense and strong as sugar maple, but better than some of the others.

 

[bighonkinjeep]

If you like maple flavor, throw some in the smoker or grill. Its pretty good for smoking pork or chicken.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

It’s good for whittling and switches. They make a good shade tree and grow pretty fast. They’re bad about roots running on top of the ground when they get bigger. They have thousands of them little helicopters that fall (seed). I get to clean them out of my gutter couple times a year.