Ive been wondering what kind of wood this is. The tree was about dead when i cut it so i couldnt identify any leaves on it. It was kind of hard to split but not too bad. Kind of stringy so i thought it might be some type of elm. Any ideas? i posted some pictures
Welcome to the forum Tito From the looks of it, reminds me of the red oak ive been working on...bark,mushroom, sap and heartwoood. Your pics are a bit too far away so hard to tell. Any more close up pics?
Thank You! Im just now entering the world of wood cutting haha. Better late than never though. Yea i will post more pictures on here later this afternoon and see if you can help me with the ID of this tree. Im curious
I'm of no help on the ID side of things, but Welcome aboard Tito Great site, great people, lot of great information. New to the wood scene eh, have you perused the resources section? A good read.. Primer on Woodburning by Backwoods Savage What stove ya using? You have the pics down.
the new pics look like white oak to me. Tito ,Did the wood from the second group of pics smell like whiskey
Thank you for that article. It was very helpful. Well I haven’t got a stove yet. I just bought a house with a fireplace and I just got it inspected and I’m going to be getting a wood insert at some point this summer but I’m not sure what to get. Any suggestions?
It did have a very strong smell. My brother made the comment that it smelled like lighter fluid so yes it kind of had that type of smell after being split.
Probably only need a small model insert as it doesnt get brutally cold in your neck of the woods Tito Try posting that question in the "stoves and inserts" section of the forum. Plenty of experienced burners on here willing to help.
red oak can have a distinct smell as well. One variety of red called "pin oak" smells like manure when freshly split.
Welcome Tito I'm in the Oak camp as well. Second batch of pics look like White Oak family to me too. Trees that grow in the wind or out in the open of yards often split hard due to knots or twisted grain. Glad to have you here.
Red oak. It's the only wood I've seen that gets that dark color where the bark falls off. Some sort of disease they get and I imagine this was standing dead.
Sure does look like oak, but I'm only familiar with the trees that grow around here and only some of them at that. Medullary rays are often very visible on oaks and those are rather visible. Looks like a typical dead standing oak here with the sapwood starting to deteriorate. I'm not sure how to describe the smell of red oak as olfactory senses are not the same person to person, but it does have a distinct smell. With white oak I usually sense vanilla with a fresh split piece.
Welcome to the FHC Tito , nice to meet you. The 2nd set of pics you posted has me thinking White Oak based on the bark. Of course varieties could be a little different down your way. You'll find plenty of info here to help with all your questions.
Welcome to the club, fellow southerner. What part of 'Bama do you call home? We live in the mid-state part of GA. That is white oak you have, nice wood. Notice how it turned a light pink on the ends where fresh cut, white oak does that, plus the flaky bark. We have cut several like that. As far as inserts, check out this link... Your expert in heating | Wood and Pellet | My Fireplace Products Great people to deal with, got our Drolet Blackcomb stove from them. We haven't run the electric furnace in 5 yrs now. Another member on here basod lives in Alabama around Birmingham area.
