4seasons
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All this talk about red oak, has anyone ever found water oak pleasant smelling:hmm3grin2orange:
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White oak should remind you of bourbon or fine whiskey- that's what they use to make the barrels (and wine barrels).
Love the smell of it when splitting and burning slowly.
Love the smell of it when splitting and burning slowly.
TRL WGN 1
ArboristSite Member
gonna have plenty to be sniffing here
started on this shingle oak tonight
it is in the red oak family and has a similar scent as standard red oak, but seems a little more pleasant
outside the red oak smell isn't bad, but it doesn't work well put into the house freshly split!
started on this shingle oak tonight
it is in the red oak family and has a similar scent as standard red oak, but seems a little more pleasant
outside the red oak smell isn't bad, but it doesn't work well put into the house freshly split!
Hmm, gonna find some post oak to cook my steaks.
Give it a shot and let me know how it turns out
BTW, I've lurked long enough to know that your first post should come with a pic. I hope I can redeem myself.
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Hmm, gonna find some post oak to cook my steaks.
Give it a shot and let me know how it turns out.
BTW, I've lurked long enough to know the post should have a pic. I hope I can redeem myself!
Fred Wright
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I appreciate the aroma of red oak when cutting, it has a distinctive pew.
When I started cutting in the woodlot I dropped a tree I couldn't identify. Didn't know what it was until I started bucking it up. That familiar smell of red oak was easily identifiable though. Did some researching and found I had willow oak, a variety of red that grows in lowlands.
When I started cutting in the woodlot I dropped a tree I couldn't identify. Didn't know what it was until I started bucking it up. That familiar smell of red oak was easily identifiable though. Did some researching and found I had willow oak, a variety of red that grows in lowlands.
TRL WGN 1
ArboristSite Member
I have been traumatized by the smell of oak, chills, cold sweat muscle aches, etc etc....
Jim, that tree was so big, that pic makes you look like an elf who lost his home
no offense :msp_biggrin:
Arbonaut
Go Climb It
Jim, that tree was so big, that pic makes you look like an elf who lost his home
no offense :msp_biggrin:
The mailbox makes him look seven foot tall...which is it?
Post oak makes great BBQ and grilling wood. It’s a very hot wood and more dense then red oak. It takes a bit longer to season but its good wood!
Jim, that tree was so big, that pic makes you look like an elf who lost his home
no offense :msp_biggrin:
Keebler factory kaput!!:yoyo:
tbow388
Off The Air BEEEEEEEEP
Red oak
My wife HATES the smell of red oak. Says our backyard smell like a porta potty when I am splitting it.
I would just say red oak has a red oak smell. Normally the stench of my work gloves over powers the red oak smell.:yoyo:
I cut a bunch of white oak last weekend and it has a much better smell.
My wife HATES the smell of red oak. Says our backyard smell like a porta potty when I am splitting it.
I would just say red oak has a red oak smell. Normally the stench of my work gloves over powers the red oak smell.:yoyo:
I cut a bunch of white oak last weekend and it has a much better smell.
Arbonaut
Go Climb It
My wife hates the smell of a gas bill.
brenndatomu
Hey you woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!
I have been working on a monster red oak that blew down during a storm that came out of the north spring of 2011. Today I finally cut the root ball loose. The bottom 6-8 ft. of the trunk had cracked several different ways when it came down. The cracked areas were wet from rain, having been laying there 1.5 yrs. now, the ants and whatnot were just starting to move in. Anyways, when splitting it had a strong oakey/alcohol smell to it, I've never run across that before. EDIT: Is this where the stump water that granny would refer to on the Beverly Hillbilly's comes from? 
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rullywowr
ArboristSite Operative
Up here in New England, Red Oak smells pretty much a whorehouse at low tide.
My favorite to smell while cutting is some birch. Smells like birch beer or root beer when you are up to your ankles in chips...
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My favorite to smell while cutting is some birch. Smells like birch beer or root beer when you are up to your ankles in chips...
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I appreciate the aroma of red oak when cutting, it has a distinctive pew.
When I started cutting in the woodlot I dropped a tree I couldn't identify. Didn't know what it was until I started bucking it up. That familiar smell of red oak was easily identifiable though. Did some researching and found I had willow oak, a variety of red that grows in lowlands.
Is that why they make church benches from red oak - so you sit in your own pew?
v8titan
ArboristSite Operative
I'm splitting both red and white oak now. The white oak does smell good, red oak, not a pleasant smell in my opinion.
Morgan in AR
ArboristSite Operative
oak's ok, but...
sassafras and black walnut are better
sassafras and black walnut are better
