Hi guys and gals, it's been awhile since I've been on, been busy trying to collect some oak for my wood oven for next summer and beyond. I came across a craigslist post that was close enough to go check out.. It said oak and cherry, so I went and checked it out. There's a couple cherry trees and 4 oak trees that the people had dropped in their yard, it's on a slight hill, but not terrible. Anywho, I was thinking black oak? But now I'm thinking maybe hickory?? ..
Quick Giigle image: "Black oak tree/bark" This pic says "Red Oak" Then I found this Turkish Oak, which a few of your rounds have this greenish tint, but the description below speaks to the color of the majority of the other rounds.
Yeah, that's what I figured, It's very easy splitting too, which is nice.. It's also VERY wet, so looks like it'll be sitting in the stacks for awhile.
This is the red oak that I know and see around me. I've never seen tight bark like pictured above. Also, the wood seems far to dark for the red oak that I see. I honestLy don't know what wood you have, I'm just saying it doesn't match what I know of red oak.
One fun property of red oaks is that they take ~50% longer to air-dry than most any other hardwood. Lumber processors will tell you the same. My experience in SW New England is that two summers in a prime location is not quite enough to get the MC down below 20%.
It's red oak of some type. Pin oak and black oak are also red oaks. Nice find, should work well in your oven.
I agree. I have some three year white oak that could have used some more time. It was not stacked the first year and it was stacked behind the garage where it only got morning sun for an hour or two. and no wind. It burned good but could have been better.
Looks to be one of the red oaks. The easy identifying characteristic of a pin oak is the spindly downward hanging lower branches. Its probably a little late to identify that one by its branches. Pin oak also has a deeply cut sinuses making for a leaf with a pointy structure. I have had oak with that color wood before but I have never been able to make sense out of the color vs. subspecies. I think but couldn't say for sure that the interior color is in part due to growing conditions and not species specific.
The pin oak I took down last summer did not have as dark a heartwood as above. But like you said- one of the red oak sub species for sure. I'm seeing turkey or Turkish bark and dark heartwood pics that are real close to what you have, WoodovenAT..... Continuing the search. Hope you can find some leaves or acorns onsite.
