What is this wood

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

I cut this last fall and the bark was rotting off center is still wet ?

 

[Woody912]

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I can't get the pics to zoom up but I am fairly certain it is one of the red oaks

 

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

I was thinking Red oak

 

[jackjcc]

I can't get the pics to zoom up but I am fairly certain it is one of the red oaks

I think you are right. The splits look very similar to the actual red oak I was splitting last winter.


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[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

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[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

I would have thought it would have dried more in 9 months

 

[jackjcc]

I dried a 16" x 2' walnut log for 16 months. I cut it into 1" cookies and sealed it in a plastic tote, 1" of water in the bottom after 2 days. It takes forever to air dry wood unless you expose the insides.

The wood kiln my friend operates, 4'x12', had a malfunction where the air dryer broke down and he had 6" of water in the bottom from running just the heater for 48hours.


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[sunfish]

Looks like red oak and it will not dry until split & stacked.

 

[trboxman]

1 year per inch of thickness to air dry for use in woodworking. Not sure how that translates to firewood...

 

[Full Chisel]

Splits look like RO but the end grain doesn't seem to have rays typical of oaks. Would probably be visible if the end grain was freshly cut though...

 

[jackjcc]

Splits look like RO but the end grain doesn't seem to have rays typical of oaks. Would probably be visible if the end grain was freshly cut though...

The Rays fade out in the sun and it's hard to see them.


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[svk]

Most definitely a red oak species.

It's also a signature of oak to rot from the outside working in.