Possible Red Oak and Shagbark Hickory?

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Soundchasm

Soundchasm

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A buddy of mine called me when he saw trees coming down in his neighborhood. I asked him to keep a lookout for the owner, and the short story is she wants it gone. I checked it out today and it's definitely above my pay grade, but I'll give it the old college try. It's crazy, but I just finished accumulating eight CSS cords and was ready to give it a rest. Who knew?

I don't know this lady but I left my contact info in her door, so it could all be gone tomorrow. I won't be able to touch it until Monday. It's 14 miles to my house. I wonder if I ought to rent a trailer? The big ones will have to be quartered before I can move them.

There were leaves in the yard, but they could have blown in from anywhere. But there were the big Red Oak leaves in the pile. Sure looked like lots of Hickory nuts in the yard.

Since my racks are 100% full I can't figure out any solution that doesn't involve moving these things one too many times, but this won't be the first or last time I got something backassward. o_O


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Some good btu's there! I'd do whatever I could to snag as much of that as I could! Stack it in rounds till spring if you have to and won't need it until 16/17. It won't hurt anything.
 
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I think there is some Shagbark Hickory and some oak. It doesn't look like Northern Red Oak to me, but maybe I am confused because it is a really big tree. Large trees often have bark on the trunk that looks different from the typical medium-sized trees you normally see. In any case, it looks like high-quality firewood.
 
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Wood Duck is right, as usual, I think. Hickory and oak for sure. Is black oak (Q. velutina) a possibility? In any case, top quality firewood!
 
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Looks like some elm in there, too, in the 3rd pic. Noodle city: bar-width in, then wedges & 6-8 pounder..

The red oak is pretty easy to hand-split with a decent maul, to be able to load it. I'd sure go for it.

Shagbark is just so prime. You'll enjoy it a lot.
 
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Thank you guys. Found a photo of some oak leaves. I still can't call it. Black oak, white oak, probably not red oak. Don't think it's post oak. I know the seasoning drill from hanging here, and it's hard to contemplate not splitting it immediately. Here's the only leaves that were attached to anything.

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I got about 6 cords of red and white oak one year and didnt have the room for it, I split as much as I could and just stacked the rest of the rounds and split them in the spring when my racks were empty, get it if you can.
 
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CTYank said:
Noodle city: bar-width in, then wedges & 6-8 pounder..
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Hmmm, I gotta try that. Seems like it would work good with straight Red Oak. Probably less so with Hickory...
 
Yeah, those leaves certainly say white oak, though the bark doesn't have the shreddy, scaly look of the white oak I'm used to.
 
The top round in pic 3 is the bestest tree in the world..I'm not sure what you call it, it has this pesky shaggy looking bark...wild cherry!
 
I am going to use all my powers to get there Monday. I may start taking Advil now... Can I put Advil in my truck's gas tank? I did look into renting a trailer. Nearby Sunbelt Rental was around $75 for 24 hours. I need to make a mental note that their final price is always higher than the quoted price for taxes and other crazy surcharges. I could go back and see their 4-hour splitter rental of $59 ended up at $75 (wasn't the gas), but just a note to self that nothing is ever as advertised. ;)
 
30cal said:
The top round in pic 3 is the bestest tree in the world..I'm not sure what you call it, it has this pesky shaggy looking bark...wild cherry!
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That is the Shagbark Hickory. You may get a disagreement about it being "the bestest," but it's definitely in the 'Primo' class...
 
Woody Stover said:
That is the Shagbark Hickory. You may get a disagreement about it being "the bestest," but it's definitely in the 'Primo' class...
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Got there for round 1 between rainstorms. Pic since it actually happened. Left a nicer typewritten note in the mailbox with my contact info in case they decide to revoke my access for any reason. This was as much as I was comfortable putting in my truck since it's green oak, and not the year old white ash I've been working. 19-20" seems to be the most common length.

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Second verse, same as the first. Got back for another round. There's probably another load or two (one vertical layer in the Tacoma) before stuff needs to be split before it can be moved. I'll quit beating this thread, but by golly, I've done something! My big plan is to figure out where each truckload goes after I get home.


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I always budget extra time when splitting White Oak so I can huff the wonderful aroma of every split. ==c
 
I wanted to like your post here a few more times, but it's telling me "You have reached your limit for performing this action".

Awesome score man. Get it all, and stack em up just like that where ever you can. There will be space in those racks soon enough, and you can refill em again with some prime stock!!
 
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I'm new to the forum, but This post makes me quite happy. I'm building a new home on 11.56 acres of 85% hardwood and the two predominant species are white oak and shagbark hickory. Seems like I may have lucked out on my firewood supply. Also, congrats on the haul!
 
Joe13 said:
I'm new to the forum, but This post makes me quite happy. I'm building a new home on 11.56 acres of 85% hardwood and the two predominant species are white oak and shagbark hickory. Seems like I may have lucked out on my firewood supply. Also, congrats on the haul!
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Welcome, Joe13. :) I didn't think they had that much Oak and Hickory in ME. They predominate in the forests here. I have at least 8 down Red Oaks to get, but only one standing dead Shagbark. Seem like the White Oaks, Shagbarks and Pignuts hardly ever die! I've got a couple of scrounges of White Oak to get offsite, so I'll have some to replace the few cords I have, that will probably be at least partially gone by the end of this season.
 
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Welcome, Joe13. :) I didn't think they had that much Oak and Hickory in ME. They predominate in the forests here. I have at least 8 down Red Oaks to get, but only one standing dead Shagbark. Seem like the White Oaks, Shagbarks and Pignuts hardly ever die! I've got a couple of scrounges of White Oak to get offsite, so I'll have some to replace the few cords I have, that will probably be at least partially gone by the end of this season.
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York is far south . . . well far south for Maine. Plenty of oak around Maine . . . even around central Maine where I am . . . don't recall seeing much hickory, but again it may be found more in the south. Until this past Spring I never knew black walnut grew in Maine until I was down in the Lewiston area.
 
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Welcome, Joe13. :) I didn't think they had that much Oak and Hickory in ME. They predominate in the forests here. I have at least 8 down Red Oaks to get, but only one standing dead Shagbark. Seem like the White Oaks, Shagbarks and Pignuts hardly ever die! I've got a couple of scrounges of White Oak to get offsite, so I'll have some to replace the few cords I have, that will probably be at least partially gone by the end of this season.
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Thanks! And yes, I am in what is traditionally called 'fake Maine'. :lol:

firefighterjake said:
York is far south . . . well far south for Maine. Plenty of oak around Maine . . . even around central Maine where I am . . . don't recall seeing much hickory, but again it may be found more in the south. Until this past Spring I never knew black walnut grew in Maine until I was down in the Lewiston area.
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I've been doing research and it seems that Hickory is mostly predominant in southern Maine. The property also Sports a few Ash, one American Beech, and a decent amount of either sugar or rock maple and Hemlock. With the leaves turning and falling my identification will be put on hold for a bit.
 
Joe13 said:
Thanks! And yes, I am in what is traditionally called 'fake Maine'. :lol:

Well technically that's not true . . . up here we would say you guys are just living in Northern Massachusetts. ;) :)



I've been doing research and it seems that Hickory is mostly predominant in southern Maine. The property also Sports a few Ash, one American Beech, and a decent amount of either sugar or rock maple and Hemlock. With the leaves turning and falling my identification will be put on hold for a bit.

Hickory . . . nice . . . and yes . . . I am a bit envious. Sounds like you have some good wood on your property.
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