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.
Barely even heard of it, Fox. I’ll have to google BJO to get a better idea. Red oak does pretty gooder though, yes.
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.
It grows in southern Kentucky but not in northern Kentucky where I live. If you've not seen it check this out: Virginia Tech Dendrology Fact Sheet
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.
Theres alot of BlackJack that grows here in Oklahoma. I try to avoid it if possible. Tough to split and TERRIBLE smell.
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.
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.
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.
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.