Wood ID if you please....

[Shipper50]

I think I know what this wood is or what my farmer friend says it is, but would like more opinions on it if you would.

Thanks
Shipper

 

[Wet1]

Looks like maple to me.

 

[f3cbboy]

looks like sugar maple like wet1 said

 

[thewoodlands]

Is that soft maple?


Zap

 

[JustWood]

Albino Oak MMMMMMMMMMMM HMMMMMMMMMMM!
White that is!

 

[smokinj]

Thats an Indiana silver maple tree will eat 2 gernads on this one! 12-15 years old more than likely this tree has been top!

 

[KeepItNatural]

The bark looks like some sugar maple I had, but the grains are nowhere near as twisted. How is it splitting?

 

[Shipper50]

Albino Oak MMMMMMMMMMMM HMMMMMMMMMMM!
White that is!

DING DING, that is what my farmer buddy said and I was hoping that is what it was. I have been cutting it in the field after my next door neighbor had his land logged. Now all I look for is shag bark and white oak for now.

Thanks
Shipper

 

[smokinj]

Albino Oak MMMMMMMMMMMM HMMMMMMMMMMM!
White that is!

DING DING, that is what my farmer buddy said and I was hoping that is what it was. I have been cutting it in the field after my next door neighbor had his land logged. Now all I look for is shag bark and white oak for now.

Thanks
Shipper

if thats white oak I have a bunch of it

 

[Shipper50]

Thats an Indiana silver maple tree will eat 2 gernads on this one! 12-15 years old more than likely this tree has been top!

I have 2 opinions on it being white oak and it splits easy in the field with my maul and chopper axe. And yes its a top from the land that was logged earlier this year.

Shipper

 

[thewoodlands]

Albino Oak MMMMMMMMMMMM HMMMMMMMMMMM!
White that is!

Great call pyro.

Zap

 

[smokinj]

Thats an Indiana silver maple tree will eat 2 gernads on this one! 12-15 years old more than likely this tree has been top!

I have 2 opinions on it being white oak and it splits easy in the field with my maul and chopper axe. And yes its a top from the land that was logged earlier this year.

Shipper

then I have a bunch of oak thats for sure, silver maple eazy to splitt if its oak its going to be very heavy even in small splits.

 

[Wet1]

I was thinking maple, but Lee very well could be right. If it's white oak you should be able to tell just by smelling it.

 

[smokinj]

I was thinking maple, but Lee very well could be right. If it's white oak you should be able to tell just by smelling it.

yep you can smell a pile of oak from a good distance! the size of those splitt would be hard to handle if its oak and the only thing I can think of after doing oak is man that things heavy! arms even lock up like I have artistes (Lee the best at "Id's" of tree's for sure) sure would make my piles worth alot more

 

[WoodPorn]

Thats an Indiana silver maple tree will eat 2 gernads on this one! 12-15 years old more than likely this tree has been top!

What exactly is a Gernad??

 

[smokinj]

Thats an Indiana silver maple tree will eat 2 gernads on this one! 12-15 years old more than likely this tree has been top!

What exactly is a Gernad??

its a 4 sided wedge

 

[Pagey]

Looks just like the white oak we split around here. Good stuff. Bit stringer than the red oak, though.

 

[ksting]

That's White Oak. Burns as good as Red without the pee smell!

 

[Nonprophet]

Albino Oak MMMMMMMMMMMM HMMMMMMMMMMM!
White that is!

DING DING, that is what my farmer buddy said and I was hoping that is what it was. I have been cutting it in the field after my next door neighbor had his land logged. Now all I look for is shag bark and white oak for now.

Thanks
Shipper

That sure doesn't look anything like the White Oak we get out here on the West Coast.......!

NP

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

White Oak is my second choice next to Hickory in the middle of Jan.
Even without the bark, the grain is totally different than Red Oak.
Season those chunks for at least 18 months.


WoodButcher

 

[Shipper50]

White Oak is my second choice next to Hickory in the middle of Jan.
Even without the bark, the grain is totally different than Red Oak.
Season those chunks for at least 18 months.


WoodButcher

The wood was logged in Feb, and March of this year and was lying unbucked till this last week or so. Its starting to show checks even now. I was planning on burning it next winter if I don't run short this year.

Shipper

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

White Oak is my second choice next to Hickory in the middle of Jan.
Even without the bark, the grain is totally different than Red Oak.
Season those chunks for at least 18 months.


WoodButcher

The wood was logged in Feb, and March of this year and was lying unbucked till this last week or so. Its starting to show checks even now. I was planning on burning it next winter if I don't run short this year.

Shipper

In June 2008 we almost got a full grapple load of White Oak, I will almost burn it exclusively with some Hickory come single digit temps this winter.
Nice pictures btw, what a perfect sample of White Oak bark. PM me, as I am gathering nice Wood ID pictures......I will give you my personal email.

Here is my website I am starting-----> http://www.bhamiltonstudios.com/woodbutcher.htm

WoodButcher

 

[CTburning]

The bark looks just like the white oak I have been cutting here it CT. Do you have a pick of the rings. Maple is difuse porous and Oak is ring porous. The rings look different. Long story short the wood is the same throughout the year of growth in difuse porous woods. Most hardwood trees are ring porous and you have softer earlywood and the later and harder summer wood. You can sometimes see the two rings within the one growth year. Maple is a lot different as it has the same wood throughout the growing season. Something else to look for.

 

[schortie]

I may be wrong, but aren't the visible medulla rays specific to Oak? I tend to always identify oak this way when it's stacked or without bark.

 

[rphurley]

I was thinking maple, but Lee very well could be right. If it's white oak you should be able to tell just by smelling it.

Good point about the smell. I split a bunch of oak last year and everytime I walked by it I almost gagged because it smelled like cheap Chardonnay!