I am going to venture pine. Possibly long leaf red pine. Good wood. The ones I have run across in older construction has been very hard, to the point that you even need to pre-drill holes for finishing nails in trim work.
I'd like to guess pine. Fir and pine do not smell the same. When you plane it just give it a shiff and you'll know. By my estimate, it looks like pine.Cool. Thanks for the input. I don't think these are that hard given that I had no trouble cutting this section with a hand saw. Whatever they are I look forward to using them in some kind of project before they waste away.
Thank you I most certainly will!That is some beautiful pine, enjoy!
Yes, had to remove a lot of large nails. 4 in.Definitely Pine , not fir
Beautiful wood, a lot of work restoring it.
Yeah that's all of it. I just cut some sections out of one beam. Thinking of making some sort of side table with it. Theres a lot of it I want to use it before it wastes away. Its been sitting out there for about a year from when it was removed from an old barn.It may be old growth longleaf pine which is kind of reddish color and smells like turpentine.
Did you get the whole pile of beams in your picture?