Is this monster oak?

[Flatbedford]

Ask the homeowner if it produced acorns.

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Good point.

My wife actually lived next door to this house about 12 years ago when were dating. I remember this tree and how huge it was. I wasn't a wood burner then, so I never really thought about what species it was. We might have some pictures of it with leaves somewhere. I don't remember acorns though. I probably parked under it from time to time back then.

 

[babzog]

Well, using the technique of expert concensus, we've so far eliminated bamboo and feline willow.

Almost lost my breakfast on that one!

It looks like a hardwood of some type... my guess would be maple, in which case, I'd be all over that. The rounds would be heavy as lead - get a buddy to help you lift them into your truck/trailer or use machinery if it's available. A hydraulic splitter will make quick work of those and give you lots of nice heat! Nice find!

Look for some leaves... there must be a few lying around nearby.

 

[Flatbedford]

No hydraulics available. This would a hand job.

 

[smokinj]

No hydraulics available. This would a hand job.

Count me in! :cheese:

 

[raybonz]

No hydraulics available. This would a hand job.

LMAO!! I couldn't possibly add to that statement LOL

Ray

 

[Thistle]

No hydraulics available. This would a hand job.

LMAO!! I couldn't possibly add to that statement LOL

Ray

Ray you beat me to it. Not gonna touch that one with a 10 ft pole! :lol: ;-P

 

[Flatbedford]

Geez guys! I'm talking about having no machinery to deal with 4' rounds!

 

[babzog]

I like em that size. That is my specialty but I have a way to put them up and take them home in one piece.
3123 through me off for a moment too.

Please share... I'm getting offers on a lot of rounds that size and they're a bear to load up and get home!

 

[babzog]

Geez guys! I'm talking about having no machinery to deal with 4' rounds!

No rental center w/ log splitters nearby? I'm getting a pretty good pile of biguns out back and will need to rent a splitter soon. By the end of the weekend, I should have around 9 cords of big rounds of ash and maple to deal with.

 

[smokinj]

Geez guys! I'm talking about having no machinery to deal with 4' rounds!

With no limbs on that trunk it is easy splitting. Any Y's and game over.

 

[Flatbedford]

I could rent a splitter, but there is so much other wood around me that I could easily handle without the costs and hassle of renting equipment. Rental fees take away from the "free" in free heat.

 

[Flatbedford]

It had a few branches and I think one end is the bottom of a Y. It does not look like an easy split. My limited experience with The Maples has been that they do not split as easy as the Oaks. If it was straight, and had no branches I would be more inclined to go for it.

 

[smokinj]

It had a few branches and I think one end is the bottom of a Y. It does not look like an easy split. My limited experience with The Maples has been that they do not split as easy as the Oaks. If it was straight, and had no branches I would be more inclined to go for it.

Time to see what that 036 is made of.....I done some pretty nasty ash rounds last weekend full of limbs. (But it was still tough on the hydro)

 

[Woody Stover]

That looks like it could be Red Maple. The straight stuff won't be too bad to split (with a power splitter.) I got a Red this summer...lots of twists and branches. 22-ton power splitter even had a tough go of it. I like the way it burns, though.
Can you just cherry-pick the straight stuff? I'd think the guy would be happy to get rid of whatever he could...

 

[jeff_t]

If you have lots of other choices, I say pass. Especially after looking at the second set of pics. Four footers aren't bad to deal with if they are straight, but looking at the other side it's more of a PITA than it's worth, and the one end is the bottom of a nasty crotch. Now if it looked like that white oak under the mill.....

 

[wkpoor]

I like em that size. That is my specialty but I have a way to put them up and take them home in one piece.
3123 through me off for a moment too.

Please share... I'm getting offers on a lot of rounds that size and they're a bear to load up and get home!

Secret weapon hehehe.

 

[babzog]

Secret weapon hehehe.

Well, that's a little much to take on a scrounge unless it's just up the road. LOL

 

[nrford]

It's a Red Oak no doubt about it!!

 

[wkpoor]

Secret weapon hehehe.

Well, that's a little much to take on a scrounge unless it's just up the road. LOL

Nope I haul it all over the place. My neighbor hauls an empty trailer and I haul the tractor. I fill his trailer or my dump trailer with logs and home we go. How far I'll got depends on what it is and how much. Mostly I stick to a 25mi radius of the home place. A dump truck with a grapple crane would be the sweetest.

 

[Duetech]

Looks like a silver maple to me but I don't see any branches to help confirm.

 

[Dune]

Sure looks like a red oak to me, but if it is hard maple it would be a great score also.

 

[babzog]

Secret weapon hehehe.

Well, that's a little much to take on a scrounge unless it's just up the road. LOL

Nope I haul it all over the place. My neighbor hauls an empty trailer and I haul the tractor. I fill his trailer or my dump trailer with logs and home we go. How far I'll got depends on what it is and how much. Mostly I stick to a 25mi radius of the home place. A dump truck with a grapple crane would be the sweetest.

Well now, that's scrounging in style!

 

[ruserious2008]

Whatcha see around this sucker on the ground? Whirly spinning seed pods? Its maple. Acorns its Oak. Isn't that right?

 

[zipping_horse]

Going by the first and second picture white oak seems right to me... but some of the other pictures the bark seems too dark among other things. Leaf, upper branch, or fruit/nut sample would clear things up.

 

[wkpoor]

If I'm in doubt I cut a cookie off the end to what it is.