Was told maple

One of the tree service s that supplies me called today and said they cut down a tree. They said maple but My very poor id skills thinks red oak

 

Definitely not maple. Lol Most times when you see these horizontal lines or "rays" its oak.

 

That plus the red color and the smell hinted at not maple. Oh yeah and heavy as he**

 

Yea, the cow manure smell is a huge tip off. Lol

Gotta love tree guys that don't have a clue what they're doing.

 

That’s Honey Locust

 

All options are good fire wood

 

Reminds me of Southern Red Oak. Bark and wood color.

 

Yeah I'd go with Red Oak too

 

Im seeing oak. I see medullary rays in the end grain. Bark reminds me of swamp white oak. (pictured)

 

Drop it off here, I will study it for three years and bring it back to you in a small box. Results guaranteed

 

Red oak no doubt about it.

 

I always thought Hickory smelled more like a barnyard than red oak. I kind of like the smell of oak

 

I've had red oak that almost smelt like cat pizz. Lots of red oak had a very strong smell, but can't quite put my finger on a comparable smell. Not sure if the strong ones are all the same type of oak. I've been around quite a bit of cow poo as well, and agree with you that I don't see the connection.

 

The only reason I associate oak and cows at all is that dad always bought the sawdust (bedding) from a mill that apparently sawed a bunch of oak...so the barn always had that oaky smell.
Now I have cut into some oaks that must have had some rot starting and they had a certain twang...not really manure or pizz smell though.

 

They're not exact by any means but they tickle my nose similarly. Inside the barns and out usually smell different. I'm not talking about digging in the chit. More of the driving by smell. Then again we work at one cattle farm that smells nothing like what I'm talking about. Their farm smells more "sweet". Lol. Maybe your nose is broken or mine.

 

I love the smell of oak when I walk past the woodshed. Now Cottonwood, that smells like manure!

 

I always thought red oak smelled like a horse. Not excrement, but the animal