It sure does look like red oak to me too. Get some fresh cuts and splits and we should be able to confirm.
Having took one down recently of similar bark style, I'm gonna go out on the Pin Oak limb- which is in the red oak family! 25.4 million btu's per cord- not too shabby....
I am asking the owner of the wood tomorrow what he wants for it. Huge trunk pieces are gonna need noodlin for sure.
Argh, the guy told me his price... it sounded great until he said the big trunks were not included. Too much for a small stack of un cut, un split, and un seasoned oak. I literally have access to dozens of cords of free ash, so too rich for my blood. Well, feelin' bummed I decided to swing by my honey hole and fill up with rounds of locust and ash. While leaving the park I spotted a downed limb of red oak! Not huge, but free! Pics later when I get to my computer.
Yeah, it would have been nice to get the oak but ash burns nice AND like two years sooner. I was explaining to the guy how the oak wont even be burnable for a couple years and his response was "just throw it in with other wood..." I feel bad for the paying customers who are gonna be thinking they are buying seasoned wood off this guy. Oh well...
I'll take free ash over expensive oak any day. With oil as cheap as it is I don't see how anyone is going to pay the going rate for wood this year unless they have no other source of heat. Very few people have only wood heat around here.
Dusky, just remember that many folks just don't understand about drying wood and certainly most do not understand oak. With that said, that was one nasty trunk on that oak and glad you didn't get that. They can be tough to work with. You are also right about the ash! Locust too! Get all you can.
x2 what he said! Better to get wood at the best price, (your sweat work) and sized to what you can handle.
He wanted 120 for the pile of branchy pieces. Maybe 1/3 to half cord, but not cut or split. If he would have said 40 or 50 ok, but not that much. Certainly not worth it, I went and filled up with a half cord of FREE rounds right after I left to make myself feel better lol. The guy would have to rent a splitter, and for that small amount of wood he is nuts. He gets split cordwood dropped off to sell, and something tells me that those logs will still be sitting there next Spring. Maybe the price will get better lol! I could offer to split the logs for him for a share of it.
$120 . Even at $50, that is the 'have the nice log truck drop it off and stack it on a neat pile right where I want it' price. You just have to buy lots more of it at once.
That guy is high on crack! I would have told him so and quickly left. Get all the ash you can my friend! Don't even look at oak. Ash drys fast, good btu, splits easy, and free for you! It's a no brainer.
Later I will put up pics of the glorious pile I pick from. If I can haul it all home it might be a ten year plan lol... not that I have the room for that amount of wood. I will stick to the free ash, locust, and cherry.
