Big score on huge ash!

[dparkguy]

Always love it when the crane truck shows up. Base is 44" and 40' up this thing was 38". Finally decided to make 2013 the year I install my OWB and gotta have the wood to go with it. I have a lot of work ahead of me.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Fabulous Score

Always love it when the crane truck shows up. Base is 44" and 40' up this thing was 38". Finally decided to make 2013 the year I install my OWB and gotta have the wood to go with it. I have a lot of work ahead of me.

Ash often wins the vote here as the #1 firewood of them all. Dries much faster than oak and almost carries the same heat content. Easy to burn and splits rather easliy. This tree must have been about 60 years old. Count the rings at the trunk.

Do a good job cutting those big rounds--nice and square at the ends. Take your time. I've got about 6 cords of ash ready for splitting that I cut in January, 2012. I've already split and burned another 5 cords of it this past winter.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Scoring on a big ash:msp_wub:

 

[Iska3]

+1 What the Wood Doctor said.. Niice heat, splits nice, good heat but not a lot of coals like the Oak. For many years, we never cut much ash and always thought of it as scrap wood for heat. Now I take all I can get. :bang:

That is a big one for sure.. I'd sure like to buck that puppy and watch the chips fill up around my feet.

Nice Score!!

Rep sent...

 

[stihl023/5]

Good score!

 

[flashhole]

Very nice, we need bucking pics.

 

[zogger]

Very nice! Love that stuff, powersplitting, makes you feel 20 years younger!

 

[Rsquared]

Very nice! Love that stuff, powersplitting, makes you feel 20 years younger!

Agreed. Didn't have any last burning season. This year I have burned quite a bit, plus I have about 10 cords seasoning in stacks, with another 3 plus waiting to be split and stacked. I'm a believer.

 

[farmer steve]

gotta love that big PA ash. just finished splittin a monster.got about 3 cords

 

[Lovewood33]

Nice looking score.

 

[reaperman]

I'm glad the trees aren't that big where I live.

 

[Bushmans]

That's a beaut!
Nice and stright too!
Rep sent!

 

[Cbird14]

I'm glad the trees aren't that big where I live.

u need a bigger saw then:msp_thumbsup:

 

[Cbird14]

Always love it when the crane truck shows up. Base is 44" and 40' up this thing was 38". Finally decided to make 2013 the year I install my OWB and gotta have the wood to go with it. I have a lot of work ahead of me.

repped!

 

[Grandriverrat]

Only site I know where you can say "my you have a big ash" and get away with it!:biggrin:

 

[Wood Doctor]

I "Small" chunk

This may give you an idea of how big that an ash tree can grow:

I imagine this tree alone produced 8 to 10 cords of firewood. Imagine how much this chunk weighed. Gasp!

 

[flashhole]

I would like to process that for firewood. Looks like fun.

 

[Gavman]

This may give you an idea of how big that an ash tree can grow:

I imagine this tree alone produced 8 to 10 cords of firewood. Imagine how much this chunk weighed. Gasp!

Dosen't look too bad, the guy in the pic is holding it over his head

 

[flashhole]

With one hand.

 

[autoimage]

nice ash, i wish i had it give me a reason to run the big saw