Suppose ably hickory was to be in this pile. But I couldn't tell you what Hickory looked like. I don't recognize any of these barks. So does any of these appear to be hickory?
Oh yea! He got two truck loads of additional wood in this week. One GIGANTIC Burr Oak... I cant wait to sink my 660 into that. He's got some Honey Locust and another Hackberry. But according to the tree guys theres suppose to be a Hickory in there...
I've never had any hickory either, so for me this would be a learning thread too. couple questions though: Is it heavy like oak or beech? and Is the heartwood and sapwood two distinct colors throughout?
I'd say black. One pic does look a little different than the rest. But I think it is an oak if some sort.
upper left of those 8 pics looks like White Oak,rest do look a bit like dead Mockernut Hickory though.Its diamond cross-hatched,slight resemblance to White Ash or Black Walnut sometimes.Not even close to Shagbark or Shellbark Hickory though. Hickory (on older or larger logs) will have a reddish brown heart with scattered dark spots/blotches & a off-white sapwood.Very old trees that grew slowly will have much bigger percentage of heart to sap,compared to smaller younger trees.
Definitely not Shagbark hickory, that is what I am familiar with. It might be mockernut, but I only going on what I've seen pictures of. I've never met a mockernut with my saw. You should be able to tell who you split it!
Ok, cool. I'll cut a chunk off and try to split it tomorrow. I know its suppose to be tough to split . Thanks... White Oak, never ran across that either, so thats pretty cool too.
Me either, but this looks like a good learning experience for me. But I knew there would be someone that would guide me in the right direction.
Black? what would be considered in that? I've heard of it, but never ran into it, I think... or I just never knew that what it was...
Definitely some of it is Oak. Look at the ends of the logs with reddish wood and you will see medullary rays in the wood that are characteristic of oak. I agree it looks like Black Oak. Black Oak wood is quite similar to Red Oak, and Black Oak is in the Red Oak group of oaks. I think around here Black Oak and Red Oak end up in the same pile of logs in the sawmill and are sold interchangeably.
Ok here are some split pics. It doesn't smell bad. Tried to do a burn test couldn't tell with confindents if it was. Will these pics help? It does follow your explanation. If so we should end up with about 5 or 6 logs that I could see with the bark.
Yup looks familiar.Friday I split/stacked the last few rounds of that ugly Shagbark snag I dropped last December.Heartwood looks identical to yours.
Nah.... Just a lesson learned. What I learned in this whole thing really shocked me. I googled a search for hickory. I didn't realize that pecan was in the same species/family of the hickory. No wonder pecan is such good smoking wood.
