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What is this stain on oak?

Started by kelLOGg, July 26, 2021, 07:17:16 AM

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kelLOGg

July 26, 2021, 07:17:16 AM
A friend and I picked up 3 oak logs yesterday cut from a dead or dying white oak. The smell is quite unpleasant. It is about 15 feet up and about 20" dia. What caused it?




 
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moodnacreek

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July 26, 2021, 07:22:44 AM
Looks like there was a fire one year. That must be the butt log.

kelLOGg

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July 26, 2021, 07:27:23 AM
It is the butt log - 15' up.
Cook's MP-32, 20HP, 20' (modified w/ power feed, up/down, loader/turner)
DH kiln, CatClaw setter and sharpener, tandem trailer, log arch, tractor, thumb tacks

tmbrcruiser

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July 26, 2021, 08:09:14 AM
Looks to me like the bark was damaged by something, maybe another tree falling. At that point the tree began healing it's self covering the open wound. The smell is likely a bacterial infection.
Once you get sap in your veins, you will always have sawdust in your pockets.

kelLOGg

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July 26, 2021, 08:17:29 AM
Here are more pics. Damage from a nearby tree makes sense.





 



Cook's MP-32, 20HP, 20' (modified w/ power feed, up/down, loader/turner)
DH kiln, CatClaw setter and sharpener, tandem trailer, log arch, tractor, thumb tacks

moodnacreek

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July 26, 2021, 12:55:27 PM
You already knew.

kelLOGg

#6
July 27, 2021, 04:52:48 PM
The first log made a nice cant which I sawed to 1 x 13s. The stain was not extensive.








Cook's MP-32, 20HP, 20' (modified w/ power feed, up/down, loader/turner)
DH kiln, CatClaw setter and sharpener, tandem trailer, log arch, tractor, thumb tacks
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