I cut mostly dead Red Oak, more than 90%. I occasionally find a dead White Oak, and last winter I took down a monster Pin Oak in the middle of my lawn. A couple weeks ago a long dead Oak, that bore no leaves for years, and no longer had any bark came down on a steep hillside and crashed into a neighbor's BBQ pit. I cleaned it up for them, and hauled the wood home with my ATV in very small loads.
Now the question: What kind of Oak is this?
It is not Red Oak, I am pretty sure it is not White Oak, the splits are more yellow. It cut like all the oak I've cut, but didn't split nearly as nice as the Red, more like Pin Oak. But, the location, on the hill side, suggest it was not a Pin Oak. And, the biggest clue, is that it flat stinks. It's been about a month since I split this pile, and whenever I walk near it, it still has that smell of something dead about it. Unfortunately, it has been raining lately, so these pictures, for what they might be worth, show wood that has been rained on.
Here is the tree laying on the hillside with my Dolmar 6100 into it:
And one of my stacks getting the sniff test by my French Brittany, Scout:
Here are is a close up of a couple splits on the end of my stack:
And, finally, a single split laying on one of the rounds I am using as a chopping block. This round has absorbed a couple days of rain, sorry, I know that messes up the image for id purposes:
Now, among the thousands of live Oaks on my property, I have found about half a dozen Chestnut Oaks, and all of them are near where this dead one came down. Does anyone suspect this might be a Chestnut Oak? Has anyone noticed a stronger and more enduring smell from one sub-Oak specie than others?
Thanks for any clues, guesses, ideas, or just plain shrugs.
Now the question: What kind of Oak is this?
It is not Red Oak, I am pretty sure it is not White Oak, the splits are more yellow. It cut like all the oak I've cut, but didn't split nearly as nice as the Red, more like Pin Oak. But, the location, on the hill side, suggest it was not a Pin Oak. And, the biggest clue, is that it flat stinks. It's been about a month since I split this pile, and whenever I walk near it, it still has that smell of something dead about it. Unfortunately, it has been raining lately, so these pictures, for what they might be worth, show wood that has been rained on.
Here is the tree laying on the hillside with my Dolmar 6100 into it:
And one of my stacks getting the sniff test by my French Brittany, Scout:
Here are is a close up of a couple splits on the end of my stack:
And, finally, a single split laying on one of the rounds I am using as a chopping block. This round has absorbed a couple days of rain, sorry, I know that messes up the image for id purposes:
Now, among the thousands of live Oaks on my property, I have found about half a dozen Chestnut Oaks, and all of them are near where this dead one came down. Does anyone suspect this might be a Chestnut Oak? Has anyone noticed a stronger and more enduring smell from one sub-Oak specie than others?
Thanks for any clues, guesses, ideas, or just plain shrugs.