Name this wood: Does it go in 2 year or 3 year pile?

[lumbering on]

Working hard to get three years ahead.

I have one cord of 2 year seasoned hardwood, plus ecobricks for this coming winter,

and I have 2 giant red oak trees that I bought, waiting to be split, for 3 years from now ++

BUT I don't have much for two years from now. I just scrounged a giant white pine, one car load at a time which will likely be fine for then.

And I just scrounged about a face cord of mystery hard wood. Doesn't look like the oak I've been splitting.

Some of the larger rounds I couldn't fit in the car had a blueish color in the center, if that helps. (what is that blue color anyway?)

Need to know what it is, and if I can put it in the stack for 2 years from now, or three years from now?

 

[mywaynow]

Maple and good in a year or so.

 

[westkywood]

Maple. Fo sho. Maybe Silver? Be ready in a year if ya split it average size. Burns good n hot but don't burn real long. Love havin it around...

 

[paul bunion]

That kind of looks like white oak to me.

Is the blueish more like purple? And only in a spot? like in the attached pic? I don't see it in any of your photos. Iron will do that in an oak tree, if you see a purple/violet splot in a cut round of oak you know there is a piece of iron lurking within. Photo is red oak but the blue stain is the same.

 

[bogydave]

looks like white oak to me

I was thinking white oak too.
That sap wood layer & bark look like white oak.
Got any splits to look at?

 

[Knots]

Tough call, but it looks like white oak to me. The broken piece in the upper left sorta looks like red oak.

 

[nrford]

White Oak but a close up of an end would confirm that.

 

[gzecc]

Close up of end and split a few also.

 

[paul bunion]

Another blueish iron stain for you. (but still red oak.). The reason for it is obvious.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

As soon as I saw it I thought "that looks like the White Oak that I got the last two Saturdays from a local compost site". It should have a unique aroma to it; everytime I am near it I can smell the aroma which smells sort of like vinegar and/or wine. And if you don't smell it now whack a round open and you'll smell it for sure....

 

[Woody Stover]

White Oak...three years. You just hit the jackpot; Primo wood.

Just about anything but Oak that you can stack now will be excellent in two years.

 

[JoeyD]

White oak. I would put it in the three year pile unless you need it faster in which case I would stack it single row in a nice sunny spot where it will catch a lot of wind.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

White oak. On the white pine, that should be burnable next winter.

 

[tigeroak]

White oak put back 3-4 years after spliting.

 

[Paulywalnut]

The bark is the clincher for me. White oak. 3 years. Split it.. Hurry up!

 

[billb3]

+1 on white oak
just cut some up looks just like that - bark flakes off and is brownish underneath when you roll/toss them around.

 

[lumbering on]

Thanks guys, white oak it is. Going into the 3 year pile.

The hunt is still on for something for the year after next.