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Sweet gum tree #3897413 04/17/23 10:22 AM 04/17/23 10:22 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,457 Somewhere between Jennings and... H Huntn2feed5 OP 8 point
Huntn2feed5 OP 8 point H Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,457 Somewhere between Jennings and...	What is it good for?

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3897451 04/17/23 11:41 AM 04/17/23 11:41 AM
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 6,741 Selma odocoileus 14 point
odocoileus 14 point Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 6,741 Selma	The seed pods are like nature's Legos. Instant pain when you find one barefooted.

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3897737 04/17/23 08:46 PM 04/17/23 08:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 22,245 blount county alabama jwalker77 Pumpkin
jwalker77 Pumpkin Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 22,245 blount county alabama	Firewood if you let it dry good. Old timers used to saw it for lumber

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3897776 04/17/23 10:00 PM 04/17/23 10:00 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 262 Alabama K kntree 4 point
kntree 4 point K Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 262 Alabama	Timber value pretty decent someone told me. Otherwise they’re good to cut down and stump spray with triclopyr.

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3897779 04/17/23 10:14 PM 04/17/23 10:14 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,304 Autaugaville T trailertrash 10 point
trailertrash 10 point T Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,304 Autaugaville	They are great at choking out a tree worth a damn. They also make good bushhog fodder in over grown fields. "We aren't here to justify your feelings and give you self worth" - Aldeer Welcome Center

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3897807 04/18/23 05:12 AM 04/18/23 05:12 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 1,299 lauderdale co B brushwhacker 8 point
brushwhacker 8 point B Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 1,299 lauderdale co	Dry firewood. Crossties ,pallet material or pulpwood bout it Brushwacker

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3897882 04/18/23 08:39 AM 04/18/23 08:39 AM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,261 IN P ParrotHead89 10 point
ParrotHead89 10 point P Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,261 IN	And those dang balls hang on all winter till spring then fall. You run over them with a mower and they shoot out of there like a missle.

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3898437 04/19/23 02:10 PM 04/19/23 02:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 4,938 Clay co A Ar1220 12 point
Ar1220 12 point A Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 4,938 Clay co	Are used to make cross ties other than that they rank right up with privet hedge and wild roses

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3899068 04/20/23 03:46 PM 04/20/23 03:46 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 2,039 Mobile, AL M Mdees 8 point
Mdees 8 point M Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 2,039 Mobile, AL	I’ve been cutting a bunch down around camp. Not big enough to consider fooling with for any wood value but big enough to cause problems later. I hated to just cut and pile so I tried cutting to firewood length and splitting it. Green or dry I can’t do it. I don’t have a hydraulic splitter and I’m not investing in one. I’m now back to cut/drag/pile.

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Mdees] #3899218 04/20/23 09:01 PM 04/20/23 09:01 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 5,032 Marion, Fayette, Lamar, piddli... Lonster 12 point
Lonster 12 point Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 5,032 Marion, Fayette, Lamar, piddli...	Originally Posted by Mdees I’ve been cutting a bunch down around camp. Not big enough to consider fooling with for any wood value but big enough to cause problems later. I hated to just cut and pile so I tried cutting to firewood length and splitting it. Green or dry I can’t do it. I don’t have a hydraulic splitter and I’m not investing in one. I’m now back to cut/drag/pile. Sweet gum has grain that twists and intertwines. Very difficult to split.

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Lonster] #3899233 04/20/23 09:40 PM 04/20/23 09:40 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 2,039 Mobile, AL M Mdees 8 point
Mdees 8 point M Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 2,039 Mobile, AL	Originally Posted by Lonster Originally Posted by Mdees I’ve been cutting a bunch down around camp. Not big enough to consider fooling with for any wood value but big enough to cause problems later. I hated to just cut and pile so I tried cutting to firewood length and splitting it. Green or dry I can’t do it. I don’t have a hydraulic splitter and I’m not investing in one. I’m now back to cut/drag/pile. Sweet gum has grain that twists and intertwines. Very difficult to split. I was feeling frisky and whipped a 12# maul into one about 10”diameter. I was ready to call it a day when I got my maul back out.

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Mdees] #3901892 04/26/23 12:56 PM 04/26/23 12:56 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,773 Montgomery, AL Hunting-231 14 point
Hunting-231 14 point Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,773 Montgomery, AL	Originally Posted by Mdees I was feeling frisky and whipped a 12# maul into one about 10”diameter. I was ready to call it a day when I got my maul back out. They will hold on to a maul. "The struggle you're in today, is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3902034 04/26/23 06:20 PM 04/26/23 06:20 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,155 Ramer ronfromramer 10 point
ronfromramer 10 point Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,155 Ramer	Worst firewood ever. If it's green it won't burn, if it's dry it burns like a rolled up newspaper

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3904806 05/02/23 03:14 PM 05/02/23 03:14 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,519 Trussville T toothdoc 14 point
toothdoc 14 point T Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,519 Trussville	I liked a bunch of them up with the excavator. I’m going to either let the like rot out and spread the top soil or burn it in a year.

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3905391 05/03/23 08:37 PM 05/03/23 08:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 548 NE AL RedneckNinji 4 point
RedneckNinji 4 point Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 548 NE AL	Firewood and Native American toothbrush is about it!

Re: Sweet gum tree [Re: Huntn2feed5] #3905515 05/04/23 08:09 AM 05/04/23 08:09 AM
Joined: Apr 2022 Posts: 1,831 Chambers Cnty./Ft. Morgan Ala. B Buckwheat 8 point
Buckwheat 8 point B Joined: Apr 2022 Posts: 1,831 Chambers Cnty./Ft. Morgan Ala.	You won't split it green without a hydraulic splitter. I've cut it and poplar for firewood when it was either dead or blown down. It does burn up quick but puts out quite a bit of heat in a wood stove. Certainly not the species you are looking for if cutting down a green tree.