A Day Off and Unexpected Wood Find.

[JA600L]

So I took off work today to work on insulating my basement. I checked the Craigslist ads for firewood as I normally do. Most of the time there is nothing for free. Today there was an ad for free oak firewood but it had to be removed today! So I went after it! I brought home a truck load and still had time to insulate the basement. All I need yet is drywall and paint.

Does anybody know what kind of oak I have? The one is white oak. There is some cherry mixed in too. I put leaves in the picture.

 

[Scooter422]

Looks like red oak

 

[weatherguy]

Pointy leaves is red oak, rounded is white. I like those blocks, I'd like to try some of them some day but can never find them around here.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Red oak. Any acorns for further ID lol. Nice stack, get it split so it starts seasoning. That stuff takes years to dry.

 

[Woody Stover]

The leaves on the left look like Black Oak which is very similar to Red; The lumber is marketed as Red Oak. I wouldn't split that too big, then I would stack it and forget about it for 3 yrs. But those blocks might be considerably drier...

 

[Richie]

I am in lancaster too and recently downed a tree with those same leaves. I am gonna say a shumard oak which is a red oak. Great score!

 

[JA600L]

Thanks guys. I will split it soon and as mentioned forget about it for 3 years. I'm sitting on about 4 split cords of ash and 4 more cords of other hardwood. I have some oak coming up on 3 years. I can't wait .

 

[bassJAM]

Pointy leaves is red oak, rounded is white. I like those blocks, I'd like to try some of them some day but can never find them around here.

I went to a forestry camp back in my high school days. Someone there gave a good way to remind you about leaves:

Red oak's have pointy leaves, like the red man who shot pointy arrows. White oaks have rounded leaves, like the white man who shot round balls.