Show Our Heaviest Wood According to the U. U S. S department department department depart depart- ment of agriculture the heaviest green wood is red oak which weighs 64 pounds per cubic foot The heaviest dried air-dried wood is hickory dried Air-dried implies a moisture content of 12 per cent the condition reached without artificial artificial artificial ar ar- ar- ar drying dried Air-dried red oak weighs only 44 pounds Hickory which when green weighs 63 pounds per cubic foot weighs 51 pounds per cubic foot dried air-dried or pounds per 1000 board feet |