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Wood ID please

Post in 'The Wood Shed' started by suprz, Dec 9, 2012.

  1. suprz Member

    joined: Sep 24, 2012
    195 posts
    Rhode island
    I got a trailer load of this wood from a free craigslist ad, but i dont know what kind it is...i do know the bark is very smooth and the wood is stringy as heck!! After i split it on the splitter, i usually have to use my Fiskars hatchet to seperate the splits!

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    suprz, Dec 9, 2012
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  2. JOHN BOY Member

    joined: Sep 20, 2012
    232 posts
    Western Mountains ,NC
    Looks like a Northern red oak to me.
    JOHN BOY, Dec 9, 2012
    #2

  3. Blue Vomit Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 12, 2011
    638 posts
    eastern PA
    Flaky bark and stringy splits... I'm thinking shagbark hickory, although some white oak looks like that as well.
    Blue Vomit, Dec 9, 2012
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  4. basod Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 11, 2009
    791 posts
    Mount Cheaha Alabama
    Looks like white oak
    basod, Dec 9, 2012
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  5. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,989 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    Red Oak or what ever red oak is called where you are.
    bogydave, Dec 9, 2012
    #5

  6. raybonz Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 5, 2008
    6,033 posts
    Carver, MA.
    Looks like Hickory to me too.. Great smoking wood!

    Ray
    raybonz, Dec 9, 2012
    #6

  7. nrford Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 26, 2011
    657 posts
    NW lower Mi.
    Pretty sure it's White Oak a better photo of the end would be nice.
    nrford, Dec 9, 2012
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  8. Thistle Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 16, 2010
    3,937 posts
    Central IA
    If its Hickory its not Shagbark or Shellbark. Scaly bark & wood color looks more White Oak.
    Thistle, Dec 9, 2012
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  9. Shaw520 Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 15, 2012
    397 posts
    Modena
    looks like white oak to me.
    Shaw520, Dec 9, 2012
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  10. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,500 posts
    Michigan
    White oak. There is even a white oak leaf in the photo.
    Backwoods Savage, Dec 9, 2012
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  11. raybonz Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 5, 2008
    6,033 posts
    Carver, MA.
    Good stuff! :)

    Ray
    raybonz, Dec 9, 2012
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  12. Pallet Pete Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 27, 2011
    3,207 posts
    Ovid MI
    Looks like white oak to me.

    Pete
    Pallet Pete, Dec 9, 2012
    #12

  13. Shaw520 Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 15, 2012
    397 posts
    Modena
    there's also a pine branches and cones too,.... whos to say where these rounds were dropped,.. but def white oak.
    Shaw520, Dec 9, 2012
    #13

  14. Scotty Overkill firewood hoarder

    joined: Sep 24, 2011
    7,164 posts
    central PA
    That's white oak. Smells like vanilla when you split it up, good stuff!!
    Scotty Overkill, Dec 9, 2012
    #14

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