Lighting damage?

There may be some internal damage (splits, etc), but you might get some useful lumber out of it. What kind of tree is it?

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fire wood

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was you squirrel hunting with dynamite LOL look like lightning. to me

Vance, you busted me. LOL

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Looks like a good post for a large birdhouse :-)

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John, it’s bigger than it looks! HAHA It’s probably 20 inches across. It sure would hold a big one! But shipping to Canada would be pretty costly.

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I think with all the splits and cracks you would be disappointed with the results given all the work required to saw it up and dry it. I would not do it. I have cut WAY too many marginal logs in the past, so I know a lot about disappointment.

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I agree….cut it up for firewood…. If lightening got it, and it looks like it did, it’s probably busted thru and thru. I had lightening hit a huge oak in my yard some years back, and burnt all the bark off of one side…That dude was BLACK. It was probably about 250-300 hundred years old, and about 42” in diameter. I had to have it took down, and cut it up for firewood…..I probably got about 3—-4 cords of wood from it (?). That was about 3 years ago, and I’m still burning wood today…..It’s good and dry…...:)

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That is most certainly lightning damage. I really doubt that it will have much useable wood. There will be lot of internal checks and fractures. Think of the energy that passed through it.

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1.21 Gigawatts!

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Probably drier than the kiln would get it ;-))

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There won’t be any useful boards in it. I’d bet it was lightning, and that destroys the wood by developing big ring shock. I would recommend great care in cutting an unstable tree down.

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Thanks for the info, guys. Looks like I have a lot of firewood.

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Hi guys. I am in the process of collecting lightning struck wood. Can someone Email me if they have some for sale? acupractic@yahoo.com
Thank you!