Red oak a year old.

[ohlongarm]

Cut a small red oak that fell a year ago,laying in the woods. Split it this week this is the last of it about six of these wagon loads.Not one bad piece in the pile.

 

[BenTN]

Nice. I am loving me some red oak secondaries right now.

 

[captjack]

red oak is my fav - with Beech being a close second - its all I burn

 

[pernox]

Outstanding! I love the smell of red oak on the saw, in the splitter, and in the stove.

 

[Hasufel]

Cut a small red oak that fell a year ago,laying in the woods. Split it this week this is the last of it about six of these wagon loads.Not one bad piece in the pile. View attachment 189301

Nice looking stuff! Red oak is my fave, too. It can take a while to dry out, though...did you happen to check the MC?

 

[Blazing]

Did someone say red oak I also have grown fond of the smell and performance.

 

[ohlongarm]

Nice looking stuff! Red oak is my fave, too. It can take a while to dry out, though...did you happen to check the MC?

Actually no,I have two moisture meters,but in all honesty I haven't used either in two years.I've gotten pretty good at guessing by the weight,sound,looks of the pieces. Also the BK will always give hints if the wood is too green. Been on the money,I know this stuff isn't ready dull heavy thud when whacked together. For the fun of it I'll check some pieces and see.

 

[TreeGoomba]

MMMMM Red Oak I can smell it from here....

 

[FaithfulWoodsman]

MMMMM Red Oak I can smell it from here....

Like the smell of white oak better, kinda like a vanilla oak smell, but love the spicier red oak too. Some hate red, but all oak smells great to me.

 

[Slacker]

Someone say red oak??

 

[Tom123]

I get allot of red oak. I cut a truckload of tops Saturday.

 

[redyute]

Red oak in the stove right now lol, just cant beat that heat

 

[Hasufel]

Anybody know if there's much of a difference between the wood of northern red oak and southern? I used to think that I had only northern (Quercus rubra) but recently realized that I have both. Just wondering if there's any noticeable difference in how they split or burn.

 

[captjack]

This is part of a tree that got blown over the other day - there is 2 pile of this plus all the lap wood from the top - nice and straight - not to big - easy splitter !

 

[redyute]

This is part of a tree that got blown over the other day - there is 2 pile of this plus all the lap wood from the top - nice and straight - not to big - easy splitter ! View attachment 189534

Is that red oak?

 

[HisTreeNut]

Anybody know if there's much of a difference between the wood of northern red oak and southern? I used to think that I had only northern (Quercus rubra) but recently realized that I have both. Just wondering if there's any noticeable difference in how they split or burn.

The northern oak is better with oatmeal, bacon, and eggs and the southern oak is better with grits, biscuits, & sausage gravy....

I really have no idea.

 

[captjack]

Is that red oak?

yup - split up about 26 cords of it a year - and some beech trees

 

[mwhitnee]

I split some red oak this summer and have about 4 cords. Hope it will be acceptable to burn next year! I do have Envi blocks...

 

[redyute]

yup - split up about 26 cords of it a year - and some beech trees
View attachment 189536

All that would rot before I had time to burn it lol

 

[Blazing]

I've only had a few northern red oaks come my way. Seem to be more dense and straight grained then other varieties. I have a buddy who told me when they logged his property that northern brought more money. One thing I'm sure of it all makes my hind parts warm.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Love red oak. I let it season 4 years, and it's the best. 2 years is still a lot of hissing and steaming

 

[ohlongarm]

All that would rot before I had time to burn it lol

Depends on how it's stored,I'm going to post some pics of 10 year old red oak that was stored and still is in a weatherproof lean to,it's 100% perfect.Not mine,all mine is on pallets outside .