Yellow sapwood layer is fairly common to oak. It's the layer that deteriorates first with dead standing.
Yeah I think this tree was alive and well and got kicked down by the storm a month ago. Hookaroon sunk in and immediately a pool of water. Looks like something was boring into this oak. I found these grubs as well. Anyone know what they are?? Goldspotted Oak Borer perhaps? Reference pic first: Life stages of the goldspotted oak borer, Agrilus auroguttatus. From left: fourth-instar larva, two prepupae (hairpin configuration and constricted form), pupa, and adult. My pics:
Pretty much every time I tear through an oak I find some kind of grub or carpenter ant infestation. I found several of these fat boys recently in the red oak that fell in my backyard. I almost fed them to my chickens but had second thoughts when wondering if these things were loaded with parasites inside them.
I believe those are beetle grubs. I posted a thread about some I found and they look very similar. Someone said it was a june bug grub. Chickens love 'em. But I ain't got no chickens.
Man this wood is just so delicious. I wish my body could process those beta 1-6 glycosidic bonds in the glucose molecules in wood! (Us humans only process the alpha versions - stereochemistry baby!)
Red is usually really good...chestnut oak gives it a run for it's money though...maybe even gets the edge....
I’ve burned a bit of oak in my 10 years of heating with wood. I love the smell of white and red but recently processed a blown over chestnut oak. It was nasty!! Definitely primo wood, looks like red from where I sit but my phone doesn’t show super quality images.
The Wood Wolverine, you mean smelt nasty? The chestnut oak I've processed wasnt as strong smelling as a lot of red I've had...I've split some super strong smelling red, almost a sickly smell. And the chestnut split with a maul like a dream...almost like if you looked at it hard enough it'd bust open...
Yes, it smelled awful. Haven’t split it yet. I’ve only had a few rounds/splits of red oak that were bad and they were “seasoned” just right to get that way (partial rot). I quite like the smell.
I would say It's Black Oak. Was just out in the Berkshires and saw some massive Red oaks in a forest and bark is not the same. Those pieces are fun to split, just have to wait a while for them to dry out.
