Re: White Vs Red Oak

Posted by kyhayamn on April 07, 2004 at 07:24:15 from (205.204.242.23):

In Reply to: White Vs Red Oak posted by Brian G. NY on April 06, 2004 at 20:14:07:

I've observed similar results in downed logs. Once split neither one is going to last too long in ground contact. For trailers and wagon flats where the lumber can dry out white oak will resist rot better due to it's greater resistence to saturation.

Wood only rots due to an actual infection by fungi and micro-organisms. Control of these is done by modifying the host to make it immune (impregnation with toxic compunds (inorganic metals, phenol, etc), selecting hosts with natural toxins (cedar, walnut, etc), or modifying the environment to exclude those pathogens (exclusion of water, etc). One reason white oak was so desirable for ship building is that it is not susceptable to rot when saturated with salt water whereas water borne micro-organisms will attack red oak in salt water.

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