Need an ID on this oak.

[Fred Wright]

Hi folks.

While scrounging at the sawmill this morning I found several of these. Pretty sure it's oak, the grain looks like oak anyhow. But it's a lot lighter than the oak I'm used to. There's blood-red spots and streaks in the wood. Have never seen this before.

Any thoughts?

 

[Wood Duck]

Not oak. I don't see any medullary rays. With that thick bark I think it is Cottonwood.

 

[Firefighter938]

Looks like ash to me.

 

[Dantheman300z]

Ditto on ash. The bark would be thicker at the base for cottonwood.

 

[Enzo's Dad]

Looks alot like the ash in my pile

 

[kversch]

Looks like ash to me. Probably a large old tree

 

[Fred Wright]

Thanks.

Knowing this I wish I'd gotten more of it. Was on a softwood run yesterday, needed to fill a gap in next year's stack. Was mostly picking soft maple and poplar. Picked the ash by accident, was judging by the weight.

There were a lot of these slabs on the conveyor pile. Wonder what it was being milled for?

 

[Stinkpickle]

Baseball bats.

 

[TheBigIron]

Large ash tree. Good wood.. Great score!

 

[TedyOH]

I've had ash "bleed" like that as well.

 

[EJP1234]

We dont have many around here Fred, but I got a few out of the woods just south of you as you know. Keep meaning to go there and snatch at that spot but just havent gotten to it yet.

 

[Flame On]

Being down in Delaware you might start to see more ash available. Just above you in Southeast PA, the emerald ash borer is taking out alot of our stock.

 

[lost in the woods]

several weeks ago we sawed a run of ash in the sawmill and WOW so much junk! the emerald ash borer has been here for a few years now and it seems like just this year you can notice a big difference in the log/lumber quality! now that the trees have been dead for 2-3 years. . . pallet lumber. very little grade lumber to be had on them dead bones

 

[Fred Wright]

You guys are the best.

Got to the sawmill Saturday for a load. The place was rutted up even worse than last time. We had a couple inches of snow that melted and some rain for good measure last week. I was leery of driving back in there but figured what the heck. I need my wood.

For a LT with highway tires, it don't do too bad out there. Turned the tires a few times, got stuck once when the front end dropped down in a rut but was able to back out, get a better bite and bounced to where I needed to go.

Anyhoo, there was a good amount of ash to be had. Thanks to the helpful folks here at Hearth, I knew what to look for and scrounged it up. Grabbed all the oak and ash I could find to make a load.

Not an easy task as the conveyor pile was mostly tulip poplar. Guess they milled a lot of it on Friday. Had to drive over to the dump piles and play amateur mountain climber to get a full load of the good stuff. Wasn't sure if I could even make it over there, the ground was so pigged up but I did. Wish I'd had the presence of mind to take the camera along.

But here are some photos of the load and the woodpile, before and after.

 

[heavy hammer]

Looks Like ash but regardless great pickup if it is the stuff burns great.

 

[cptoneleg]

Looks like the White Ash I have.

 

[Woody Stover]

Looks like the White Ash I have.

Some does. I don't have direct experience but I'm guessing Wood Duck could be right....maybe some Cotton in there. Later on, the heft of the dry splits will tell the tale.