Identification needed!

[dspoon19]

Scored this DRY oak wood for only $10!! Got it from the steel mill near my home.

Can anyone identify what it was used for??

 

[Wood Duck]

I guess they used it as spacers between pieces of steel that were stacked on a truck or rail car. It looks dirty, as if something has been placed on top of it. I have seen steel on 18 wheelers with wood spacers between the pieces.

 

[mopar440_6]

Definitely cribbing (spacers/blocks) material. We used similar pieces at my last employer to stack cast iron parts.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Looks like good stuff to burn though. Good find.

 

[gzecc]

Probably from a nuc plant to store the wet rods after they are removed from the towers. I wouldn't use them. I could pick them up and dispose of them properly if you'd like.

 

[mark cline]

Blocking, used for blocking, wedging , to keep heavy loads from shifting or to be able to get a fork lift under a load to lift. My dad had always cut truck loads from work .It was usually oak, ash or maple. A few times it had oil soaked into it , or paint , but was usually dry. Only problem I have noticed is if it was wet from rain and was stacked , it usually stayed wet . No air space to help the drying.

 

[Hogwildz]

Firewood

 

[nrford]

Wedges, to keep coiled steel from rolling on trailer bed while in transport.

 

[Stoneduster]

Probably from a nuc plant to store the wet rods after they are removed from the towers. I wouldn't use them. I could pick them up and dispose of them properly if you'd like.

Way to take one for the team.

 

[nrford]

Doesn't look quite right for Oak, at least in those three pics.

 

[dspoon19]

Doesn't look quite right for Oak, at least in those three pics.

Yea it's mostly maple and ash I am finding. A few pieces of oak mixed in.

 

[dspoon19]

Blocking, used for blocking, wedging , to keep heavy loads from shifting or to be able to get a fork lift under a load to lift. My dad had always cut truck loads from work .It was usually oak, ash or maple. A few times it had oil soaked into it , or paint , but was usually dry. Only problem I have noticed is if it was wet from rain and was stacked , it usually stayed wet . No air space to help the drying.

It just got a little water when I took the tarp off to cut it. I ended up stacking in the garage to keep it dry. Being the shape it is it stacks up awesome!