my recently arrived Woodland owner association newsletter featured Shingle Oak in a species highlight. Neat to see on afield, so to speak
This is what I'm thinking, the wood grain is criss cross, the wood is dark center. I mentioned ash, but that wood is a lot lighter in color. I think the next time I'm there, I'm going to cut a round and bring it home, just to see how it splits. Walnut's been mentioned, but I've seen a lot of walnut, and I don't think this is. A fresh cut will help decide.
I've been trying to find the BTU rating for Shingle Oak, nothing so far. I'm about to lump it under Red Oak. I did read where it takes longer to season, it is a heavy dense wood. Does your newsletter say anything about Shingle Oak as firewood. It's obviously oak, so it has that going for it.
I did a first for me Wednesday while cutting, and hopefully something never repeated. I had just topped off the gas and oil in my saw, and a couple minutes into cutting I felt something wet on my leg, looked down and my gas cap was off, and gas was spilling everywhere. I didn't tighten the gas cap. I couldn't get that saw shut off fast enough.
That's not to bad, I have done that with the oil before, soaked my whole pant leg and boot... Saw dust really sticks to you after that
I think I would rather have the oil instead of gas. I got blistered from gas soaking through my pants once, not fun. And I have had oil pour on me too...
That is a nice score, indeed. If you had a tractor and grapple, you could really clean up. That top looks like BW to me, bark doesn't look like elm.
Sorry that was pretty vague, I'm close to Florida, MO the Mark Twain Lake area. Opposite corner of Missouri from Joplin.
Finally had about 4 hours to go hoarding at my friends place. As I was loading up the truck with equipment, I put my 5 gallon bucket in the truck, moved a rag, and out flew a piece of 'meat', it turned out to be a new born mouse. Yikes! I found 4 more in the bottom of the bucket, and I caught a glimpse of the mom scurrying under the passenger seat. I grabbed a mouse trap, place it on the floorboard and headed out. No more time to waste. I had a white oak in mind, that was buried under a pile of brush and branches, and a walnut tree to boot. About a half hour later I got a text from my wife saying we needed to be somewhere at 6:30, ugh.. my time was just cut in half. I pulled the walnut tree out of the way, and attempted to pull the white oak out, but it wasn't having any part of it. I gave up, and ended up with a different white oak nearby. By the time I quit to head home, I only had about a ½ truck load of wood... It will be at least another week before I can get out again. I've come to realize, I've become a wood snob. I took about 20 small rounds of walnut, feeling like my time can be better spent.
That sucks. It's definitely ok to be a wood snob. Walnut vs. white oak, no contest. If your time is limited, you want the best return on investment.
About the mouse in my truck, I took the 5 gallon bucket out that had the mouse nest, and set it where it had been, and set the mouse trap by it. I left the truck door open for a few hours, hoping it would go looking for it's baby rodents. Sure enough momma was in the trap the next morning. In a way, I feel bad, because she was just doing what her DNA is programmed to do. On the other hand that's 6 less mice to deal with in the future.
Ive done that with bar oil more than once. The DANG flippy caps dont tighten correctly and leak. That happens on occasion.
