Is this monster oak?

[Flatbedford]

I can have this if I want it. The homeowner says it is White oak. I can park the truck next to it, and my friend has a Husqvarna 3123 with a big bar.

 

[Flatbedford]

Doesn't look like Oak to me.

 

[fossil]

I don't know. Looks an awful lot like a whole slew of great big old Poplars that grew on my property back in Virginia. Rick

 

[BrotherBart]

I am with fossil on this one. Got a few that size on the place here. It damn sure ain't red or white oak.

With the 3123 it will cut like butter, split like crap soaking up your maul and burn hot and clean with no coals but a lot of fluffy ashes. In fact it will split like crap soaking up your maul and burn hot and clean with no coals but a lot of fluffy ashes even without the 3123.

Had to clean that up before fossil caught me on the sentence structure. :lol:

 

[firetender]

the bark on that tree looks like a maple I had cut down, about the same size too.

 

[raybonz]

That's one big tree and it could be oak.. Cut and split a piece and we'll know better..

Ray

 

[Gark]

Doesn't the distance between annular rings (seen on the big cross-section) generally tell how fast-growing a tree it was? Can't really see the rings with the pic being fuzzy, but the top and middle pics seem to show wide 1 inch rings which wouldn't be oak. All oak we did had well-defined closely spaced (1/4 inch) rings. Also, the thumbnail test -- did your thumbnail sink into the end-grain (soft, fluffy wood:: not oak) or not (hard dense wood:: maybe oak)..... ?? Oak generally grows slowly.

 

[gzecc]

Only way I would cut that up if it was black locust, or osage orange. Leave the $500 in labor and tools for someone else.

 

[Flatbedford]

I was thinking some kind of Maple too. Probably very hard to split. If it were one of the Oaks, I'd jump on it, Maple or something else, not so much. 4' rounds of red or White Oak don't scare me, but 4' rounds of Maple would not be fun.

 

[Flatbedford]

A few more pictures.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I would go for it, but I own a Huskee. Trying to split that by hand does not look fun.

 

[Fifelaker]

Looks like some kind of maple to me cut split and enjoy.

 

[smokinj]

The way the end staining out I would say its oak!
First pic sugar and the second red oak, but look how it rings.

 

[DanCorcoran]

Well, using the technique of expert concensus, we've so far eliminated bamboo and feline willow.

 

[Thistle]

The 3123 wont work because there is no such thing. Husqvarna makes a 3120 though.

I'd take it.Anything that isnt Ailanthus/Tree Of Hell is OK with me.Cottonwood,various Pines or Cedar/Juniper,I'll cut & bring it all home if I can squeeze it in the backyard.

 

[Flatbedford]

This is it in its former glory. Th e tree in the center of the image. The one right above the white car.

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[Flatbedford]

The 3123 wont work because there is no such thing. Husqvarna makes a 3120 though.

Whatever. It is a BMF saw! I don't remember the Husqvarna numbers. Thanks for the correction.

Here's the 3120 in some White Oak. The bark doesn't look anything like the monster above.
(broken image removed)

 

[smokinj]

The 3123 wont work because there is no such thing. Husqvarna makes a 3120 though.

Whatever. It is a BMF saw! I don't remember the Husqvarna numbers. Thanks for the correction.

Here's the 3120 in some White Oak. The bark doesn't look anything like the monster above.
(broken image removed)

Hes bleeding from both hands! :bug:

 

[Flatbedford]

Hes bleeding from both hands! :bug:

It was hard work that day!

 

[smokinj]

Hes bleeding from both hands! :bug:

It was hard work that day!

Yea there nothing easy about milling, right down to cleaning the saw afterwards. The slabs sure come in handy a year or two latter though. Working on a table now for x-mass you just dont get presents like that anymore!

 

[Thistle]

The 3123 wont work because there is no such thing. Husqvarna makes a 3120 though.

Whatever. It is a BMF saw! I don't remember the Husqvarna numbers. Thanks for the correction.

Here's the 3120 in some White Oak. The bark doesn't look anything like the monster above.
(broken image removed)

Hes bleeding from both hands! :bug:

I didnt realize White Oak bark was so tough.Its usually pretty soft. ;-)

 

[Flatbedford]

I think is is Sugar Maple. Am I correct that it will not HAND split as easily as Red or White Oak?

 

[wkpoor]

I like em that size. That is my specialty but I have a way to put them up and take them home in one piece.
3123 through me off for a moment too.

 

[fireview2788]

Ask the homeowner if it produced acorns.

f v

 

[jeff_t]

Ask the homeowner if it produced acorns.

f v

Geez, brilliant :lol: