Heaviest british wood?

[Woodworks]

Makes a change to have a thread where hornbeam might be the right answer

[silky fox]

You could also ask the question,"what is the traditional wood used to make Ox Yokes?"

[s.varty]

You could also ask the question,"what is the traditional wood used to make Ox Yokes?"

 

is it hornbeam paul?

[miker]

plane

[shavey]

anything thats fallen in the ruddy river :thumbup:

[Tom D]

I have an ox yolk that we bought at a french market one year, its beech.

 

Whoever said rhododendron isn't working hard enough.

 

Holm oak, hornbeam ands oak all seem pretty heavy to me, but so does fresh whitebeam...

[biggarlogs]

Green elm if you can still find it .rubbish firewood too so no beer tokens:thumbup:

[Billhook]

All I could find on the web

 

Wood - seasoned & dry kg/cu.m

Afromosia 705

Apple 660 - 830

Ash, black 540

Ash, white 670

Aspen 420

Balsa 170

Bamboo 300 - 400

Birch (British) 670

Cedar, red 380

Cypress 510

Douglas Fir 530

Ebony 960 - 1120

Elm ( English ) 600

Elm ( Wych ) 690

Elm ( Rock ) 815

Iroko 655

Larch 590

Lignum Vitae 1280 - 1370

Mahogany ( Honduras ) 545

Mahogany ( African ) 495 - 850

Maple 755

Oak 590 - 930

Pine ( Oregon ) 530

Pine ( Parana ) 560

Pine ( Canadian ) 350 - 560

Pine ( Red ) 370 - 660

Redwood ( American ) 450

Redwood ( European ) 510

Spruce ( Canadian ) 450

Spruce ( Sitka ) 450

Sycamore 590

Teak 630 - 720

Willow 420

[SamWhiting12]

I have an ox yolk that we bought at a french market one year, its beech.

 

Whoever said rhododendron isn't working hard enough.

 

Holm oak, hornbeam ands oak all seem pretty heavy to me, but so does fresh whitebeam...

 

Haha sorry Tom, Ill get my coat back on

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Depends on how late in the day it is......?