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No one burns Blackjack Oak?

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  1. fox9988

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    I never read of it on FHC. We burnt it almost exclusively for several years of my youth. It was readily available.
    As i remember it: lots of BTUs, easy to split, very Hard and Hard on chains, scrubby, brush was very stiff and hard to handle, thrives in poor rocky soil.
    I live 60 miles north now, not a lot in my current area. That's fine, I'll take Red Oak.
     
  2. Eric VW

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    Barely even heard of it, Fox.
    I’ll have to google BJO to get a better idea.
    Red oak does pretty gooder though, yes. :yes:
     
  3. JotulYokel

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    We have a lot on my place. I'll burn any oak I can get--black, white, or red, tho most of mine is red followed by white.
     
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    Is that the same as pizz oak?
     
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    That may be pin oak, although pin has a tendency to smell like manure. I have heard stories of red oak smelling like it. Cant say ive ever encountered any though.
     
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    Can pop a lot in fireplace, so, beware of that.
     
  8. Donny Price

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    Theres alot of BlackJack that grows here in Oklahoma. I try to avoid it if possible. Tough to split and TERRIBLE smell.
     
  9. fox9988

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    I guess I misremembered that. It was about 35 years ago.
     
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    Everything was easier 35 yrs ago! I burn it, good btu's. Stinks like hell. Heartwood can be sort of a pretty purple-ish color. It's a red oak with sort of bell shaped leaves.
     
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    Not necessarily so much that its hard to split with a hydro BUT from my experience it seems to have a ton of knots and twists in it.
     
  12. NH mountain man

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    I've never heard of it and learned something new. Thanks Ralphie Boy for the dendrology fact sheet.
     
  13. Jon_E

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    Heard of it but up here in VT is way outside it's range. We have red and white mostly, with occasional pin oaks mostly as landscape trees, and I have a fair amount of chestnut oak on my property. Any oak is good oak, BTU-wise.
     
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    We have burned in when I was young. Grew on a poor ridge on our place. Daddy didn't cut any big trees on our place, so scrub oak it was. There is a good bit a few miles from us now. Very pretty leaves in the fall.