Western Red Cedar I'd help

[County 764]

Hi guys,

 

I think this timber is WRC but isn't something that I normally deal with so if anyone could confirm it from the photos that would be appreciated.

 

Cheers 

[MattyF]

Looks like it in every way, proper fruity smell to it as well.

[County 764]

Thanks matty, it's got the fruity slight pineapple smell. I was fairly sure it was WRC but someone thought the wood looked different that just added some doubt.

 

 

[Big J]

Yep, WRC. Lovely stuff. I had some old boards I was working with the other day and couldn't help myself smelling the cut faces. Best timber there is

[MattyF]

Thanks matty, it's got the fruity slight pineapple smell. I was fairly sure it was WRC but someone thought the wood looked different that just added some doubt.
 
 

The white sap wood and it’s not uncommon to have a bit of rot in the middle is the give away!
It is really a pungent smell , well chipping it anyway! Felled one yesterday and had forgot how ringing wet they are coming on this time of year but not sticky which is a change for a conifer coming on sap .
Shame the client wanted it all ringed up for firewood.

[AJStrees]

Very nice trees when old and big. 

 

Thuja plicata, not a true Cedar as such and not of the genus Cedrus but of Thuja. 

 

Yes lovely smell it has and beautiful bark (in my opinion). 

 

Good pics. 

[Tilio-acerion]

Why are you helping it?

[Mick Dempsey]

Just as an aside, wrc is the coldest burning wood (when green) I have experienced.

 

I have burned large piles on felling jobs and you could almost sit on top of it even when it’s roaring away.

[Big J]

12 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Just as an aside, wrc is the coldest burning wood (when green) I have experienced.

 

I have burned large piles on felling jobs and you could almost sit on top of it even when it’s roaring away.

When fresh, wrc is 65-70% water, so not surprising.

[openspaceman]

5 hours ago, Big J said:

When fresh, wrc is 65-70% water, so not surprising.

Yes and it pops and crackles a lot when dry, burns quick because of the low dry density.

 

I like it and have access to lots of WRC slabwood, I wish there were a branch logger available locally to save all the cross cutting.