any body have any idea what kind of wood this is ?

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happycamper

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any body have any idea what kind of wood this is

i got 3 or 4 truck loads of the wood
 

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Where do you live. Might give us a clue.
 
That is super punky white oak. Sap wood will crumble but the heart wood is good.
 
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Yep i agree with Dan. looks like the chestnut oak I burn, ( A white oak type), right down to the type and presentation of fungi when it gets punky. I often slab off the edges and have good a good, big heartwood piece left.
 
+ 1 for chestnut oak (Quercus montana), formerly (Q. prinus).
The wood has characteristic appearance for oak (rays & growth rings), but the very distinctive blocky bark easily & quickly narrows it down to chestnut oak. It's a common oak species in Ridge-and-Valley Province region of Appalachian Mountains. http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=76
Sapwood looks punky, but heartwood still looks sound. Nice find. Split and season for a couple years.