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Very true Ken. It's dangerous enough to drop trees that are healthy. These dead Ash are another deal altogether. I've been cutting them for folks around Southern Ontario for years now and I'd say that once you see the tops of the tree dying off, get it cut down. Don't wait until the branches...

EAB has been here since about 1990. Started in the Detroit area from uninspected wooden crates of automotive parts shipped from Asia and spread from there with no end in site except extinction of all of our Ash trees.

I've got 4 cords of White Oak cut split and stacked from an F3 Tornado damage in Tweed Ontario in 2022. Looks like bombs went off. Thousands of square miles and hundreds of thousands of trees were stripped and knocked around in this Canadian Shield terrain. The cleanup will go on for many years.

They are a pain. I've had some in Pine and such. Never in my hardwoods (so far). They were probably in the wood before you cut and split it too. You just transported them back home. I would take that stuff and separate it from the other wood that doesn't have them first of all. Then just bring...

Lopi are good. Lots of others equally good so lots to choose from.

I hear ya on the prices of stainless chimneys. The are very expensive. When I bought my house 18 years ago, it had a great 12"(od)/8"(id) Selkirk super chimney up from lowest floor straight through the center of the home and it's about 30' of it. It had an old crappy woodstove though so I...

I agree on the winter ASAP splitting, but not on the burn time of your blanket statement. To have good firewood ready and in good dry condition is a bit of an art and requires planning. It really all depends on where you live(desert, wet coasts, temperate areas, sunny or windy locations, etc,)...

Maybe in California, but if you don't live in the desert or very dry southern states, than most Oaks and hard, dense woods like Locust, Ironwood, Hickory, Elm, Sugar Maple, etc. take about 2+ years to properly season after splitting/stacking(-20%).

I've seasoned lots of it for over 2 years before it was down to -20%. It's very hard/dense wood. If you have have the space and time that would be the best practice to get the most out of it. Show us some pics.

Good plan. I've burned lots in the past. It's ok and I mix it with harder woods.

It's very sad

If you have Ash the question is it it dead and dying, or is it healthy? Most Ash all over North America and the world is infected with the E.A.B. beetle. It's not only on the East coast, it's everywhere and it all started near Detroit in the 80's and with no end in sight it's looking like Ash...

My Oak is never ready in a year, maybe two or three years.

Do you mean after you've cut(blocked) it to length? I split all my wood right away and stack it in the woodshed or on my covered racks. All together holds about ten cords, but I only use and split around 3 cords a year for the Drolet HT2000 woodstove I have in my basement which is also my main...

Mostly in North Eastern North America actually. Lots of it here. Look for a smooth bark. Dead give away.

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5 cords of Locust? Nice!

We have plenty of guns here. Just keepin the posts organized.

Nice saw set-up

I know you guys like guns, but let's try to keep this page about scrounging firewood as it is that. Thanks.