Is white oak worth anything?

[snoluver1]

Took down a giant white oak at my house that I thought might be full of rot. Turns out it is rock solid. 20 foot staight stick by 30" diameter. Just curious if its worth anything to a mill or furniture maker/flooring guy.

 

[snobuilder]

it is worth twice that of red oak.

 

[polarisrider1]

I got $1600 for a walnut tree of about the same size in my back yard. the guys took it all, that was the deal.

 

[rp7x]

big log

time to buy a band saw, some mills won't touch a yard tree

 

[snoluver1]

time to buy a band saw, some mills won't touch a yard tree

Why is that anyway? Whats the difference? The tree was growing in the woods before it became a "yard tree".

 

[brooks]

Why is that anyway? Whats the difference? The tree was growing in the woods before it became a "yard tree".

more likely to have nails, etc... things that wreck teeth on saws.

 

[brooks]

Its also better firewood than red oak, burns little hotter.

 

[uncle_ed]

White oak trees are acually very rot resistant and will grow forever. A hundred year old tree can be a young one as they can reach 600 and 800 years old. Some mills just wont bother with a single tree and want a few to make the effort worth while.

 

[ubee]

lot of yard trees full of bullets,nails,horseshoes,etc. and makes saw blades lethal. best to get someone with portable mill to make lumber for you.

 

[elf]

I had some white oaks come down in a storm, along with a lot of red oak and ash. I cut them all into logs, brought in a guy with a portable bandsaw mill and cut them all up. Did floors in the kitchen and dining room with white oak, did a sun room in tongue and grove ash, and did wainscoating and rebuilt all the kitchen cabinets with red oak. Fun projects! White oak made awesome flooring though, extremely hard wood!

 

[xcr440]

White Oak are the best IMO, and if you get lucky enough to have "Tiger Striping" show up in the grain, that is even more desirable. Had a huge White Oak cut up a few years ago, and made all my living room furniture with it(Besides the couch of course), bar stools, book shelves, and picture frames and it looks great!

As Elf said, find someone with a portable saw mill, a local guy here charged me $55/hr to saw it up. Just stack it with spacers to let it dry for a couple years before using it.

 

[Admin]

The "Tiger Striping" comes from when the wood is quarter sawn. Quarter sawn white oak is pretty prized stuff for furniture making. It does not require a special tree, just special sawing.

-John

 

[rp7x]

big stick

that wood make a lot of hay wagon decks / beams

 

[xcr440]

The "Tiger Striping" comes from when the wood is quarter sawn. Quarter sawn white oak is pretty prized stuff for furniture making. It does not require a special tree, just special sawing.

-John

Then I better keep using this guy, because the stuff I got turned out VERY nice!

 

[snow_monkey]

If your wood is solid and straight and your a senior member life is good.

 

[lvr1000]

If your wood is solid and straight and your a senior member life is good.

whs

 

[t_man]

Bourbon Barrels

My vote is use it to make bourbon barrels. Bring on the single barrel!

For those who don't know, bourbon is aged in new white oak barrels. A major Kentucky export is shipping used bourbon barrels to Scotland for ageing fine scotch.

As said on another thread, I like beer. I like bourbon even better!

 

[snobuilder]

quarter sawing is done by 1st cutting the log into "quarters" which makes for narrower width boards but also makes a stable board with a close grained look.
Each 1/4 section of log is then alternately sawed one board off each face.