White oak burns hot without having much smoke, yet it is not easy to split. Recently cut, or green, wood retains water and is troublesome to burn. White oak especially must be seasoned prior to being burned. Make it possible for it to dry out for a minimum of one full year before putting to use as firewood.

Is White Oak hard to split?

White oak is the only species that they make oak whisky barrels out of. Its the tyloses that are inside the cells of the wood, basically stopping the transfer of water through the wood. But anyway yes it is generally stringier and harder to split than red species.

Does oak split easily?

Oak is generally easy to split. Jobs put off for a while tend to become jobs put off indefinitely.