White Oak

[lildex93]

White oak as got to be the most dense and troublesome wood to split. The red oak split with ease and stacked nicely. Then came the white oak. The trees have been down for about 6 months and seems very wet still. Would more time on the ground as rounds help with splitting or just suck it up and split?

And yes, it may be time for a little more counter weight.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Get it off the ground and split and stack.. White oak can be stringy and it tends to season slow. Being on wet ground will keep it on the wet side. I have alot in log lenth.. but its up on pallets waiting to be cut to lenth..

 

[lildex93]

That photo was taken in the process moving from the trailer to the pallets until I had time to process. It stayed while on those pallets for 6 months ish. It’s all split and stacked on new pallets waiting for storage room now. Will most likely get burned in 2022.

 

[mcdougy]

Nice setup, yes I found this out this year as well.....red oak no problem, white oak beat it a bunch of times before it splits.....look like your log had some serious twists and limbs which always make it a rougher go. Was the tree from the outside of the bush line. I've always been told wind blown trees on the bush edge or fence line are the worst to split up. Wood grain is twisted and can make it a bear to split?

 

[Grizzerbear]

White oak is probably the slowest seasoning wood there is but it makes some of the best firewood also. Coals up like a dream. Sometimes if you give it some time.....1-2 months..... before you split it will check on the ends and show you where it wants to split which will aid in splitting. As far as trees on field edges or yards yes they are harder to split. Increased sunlight aids in limb production which makes splitting a bear.

 

[lildex93]

Nice setup, yes I found this out this year as well.....red oak no problem, white oak beat it a bunch of times before it splits.....look like your log had some serious twists and limbs which always make it a rougher go. Was the tree from the outside of the bush line. I've always been told wind blown trees on the bush edge or fence line are the worst to split up. Wood grain is twisted and can make it a bear to split?

These were transported in from a friend that was clearing a lot. Now that you mention the twisting it did seem that a lot of the rounds did want to split in more of a twist shape as if there were layers. Either way I’ll take the free wood and time outside.

 

[Tar12]

I have been burning some 4 year seasoned white oak and love it! Mixed some with some black locust last night and that load held a solid 24 hours in the BK Princess..Priceless!

 

[My_3_Girls]

Tyloses - same things that make white oak perfect for barrel making is the reason it takes so long to dry.

 

[MoDoug]

Tyloses - same things that make white oak perfect for barrel making is the reason it takes so long to dry.

And for ship building.

 

[logfarmer]

I just started splitting white oak I cut a yr ago and man is it stringy. Won’t burn it for 2 more yrs most likely.