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Boris

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Oct 7, 2012
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Know almost nothing about trees, so please help. Cut this tree down in Southern Maryland the other day. About 75ft tall. Splits very easy even with knots (w/ a maul)
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white oak
 
Yep, White Oak. No mistaking it with those good pics of the leaves, bark, and splits. You say it splits easily, but maybe that is just because you got skilz. You split that crotch the easy way, but it still isn't easy.
 
Nice white oak! Once the wood is dried out it will keep you warm in the coldest of winter days. Also makes nice furniture wood and 1x6 horse fence rails. If you think that wood is easy to split I can't wait to read what you think when you split some poppel!
 
Boris the leaf structure is similar to all oaks(except a few - willows and such)
The clear difference for future reference is white oak has rounded tips, red species are pointed
 
Congrats- that'll be good stuff in a few years. if that was easy, you should be ok with most woods!
 
Good news is its white oak, bad new is it will take two years to season, off the ground split and stacked in the sun, in single rows, at least in my yard!
 
It really was easy to split, and I'm all of 130 lbs w/ a 8lb maul. It was easier to split than pine... Thought it was odd too. The tree has been growing at a 45degree angle for the past 10 years from the tornado that went through here. Maybe that had something to do with it....
 
Luck dog! White oak! I don't get much of that. Well worth the time it takes to season properly. It will make for warm nights for the winter of 14 - 15. Enjoy!!:cool:
 
I split some white oak a couple of weeks ago with a hydraulic splitter that was sooo freakin' stringy. Reminded me of that elm pic that gets posted here from time to time. Glad yours was easier to split! That will make some great BTUs when seasoned!
 
Nothing likw the smell of white oak in the morning ,thats some great stuff. :cool:
 
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I split some white oak a couple of weeks ago with a hydraulic splitter that was sooo freakin' stringy. Reminded me of that elm pic that gets posted here from time to time. Glad yours was easier to split! That will make some great BTUs when seasoned!
Don't think I've ever seen stringy white oak.
 
Here's an old adage I heard " white oaks have rounded leaves like the round face of a white man. Red oak leaves have points like the arrows of the red man " I m guessing that holds true. Its what I've been going by anyway.:D

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Luck dog! White oak! I don't get much of that.
I've got plenty of Red Oak types that need to come down but the Whites are pretty healthy. The only one I've gotten recently was blown down in a storm...
 
Here's an old adage I heard " white oaks have rounded leaves like the round face of a white man. Red oak leaves have points like the arrows of the red man " I m guessing that holds true. Its what I've been going by anyway.:D

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I read something similar to that here . . . and it has always helped me remember the difference between the two.

The difference was that in colonial times the white man mostly used round musket balls -- white oak = rounded lobes. The Native Americans ("Red men") mostly used bow and arrows with sharp points -- red oak = pointed lobes. Not sure if this is entirely PC, but it works as a memory device.
 
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Right- I was a bit reserved on posting it because of the pc :( I apologize if I offended any one

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I read something similar to that here . . . and it has always helped me remember the difference between the two.

The difference was that in colonial times the white man mostly used round musket balls -- white oak = rounded lobes. The Native Americans ("Red men") mostly used bow and arrows with sharp points -- red oak = pointed lobes. Not sure if this is entirely PC, but it works as a memory device.


Eh, if somebody gets their panties in a wad over that they need to man (or woman) up a bit. There are too many thin skinned people these days. I don't know how they ever got past the Your Mamma jokes.

Matt
 
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