woodbooga
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Before you apply your finish, make sure the surface is free of dust, dirt, and other debris. For this, you will need an ash wipe.
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Before you apply your finish, make sure the surface is free of dust, dirt, and other debris. For this, you will need an ash wipe.
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My ash was dragging Mon. morning, I had these 3 rounds of ash, 30"+ dia, 2 ft long. All 3 had places where 8" dia limbs had been cut off or died off. I usually quarter with wedges, these I did with the 041. A few of the quarters, I had to cut again, as the splitter just stopped on them. Most of the morning for a half cord. Oh well, you gotta take the good ash with the bad......
i havent been on in a few days, im glad this is turned into an informative thread lol.
cycledude232
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at the end of a long hard day in the woods, there ain't nothin like burning a nice fresh piece of ASH!
True, but I thought there'd be more people showing their ash.
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I think country boy has more ash than I do.
Here's my ash
Here's my ash
woodbooga
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Cool pics. Your passenger side dent is identical to mine!
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To much Ash
One problem we have here in Michigan is that the Ash-borer (thanks to a foriegn country :censored: ) is killing a lot of ash. I have a lot of ash to burn and I do not like the fact that most of it is killing our forests around here. Anytime I can get Ash, I take it!!!!
One problem we have here in Michigan is that the Ash-borer (thanks to a foriegn country :censored: ) is killing a lot of ash. I have a lot of ash to burn and I do not like the fact that most of it is killing our forests around here. Anytime I can get Ash, I take it!!!!
redunshee
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Love the Prose. Have burned ash and your verse would hold true for Hardhack or Hophornbeam as its officially known. Hardhack abounds on the rocky hills of New England esp. vermont
bowtechmadman
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Thanks woodbooga...the ole dakota has been relegated to wood duties for the last couple years. Not sure if that big dent on pass. side was from a short throw or a tree that got too close...i reckon a tree got to close.
Also Michigan and I grab all the ash i can.
Also Michigan and I grab all the ash i can.
J.W Younger
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I've been known too take a little ash if its easy to get at
vcsnover
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Just echoing the positive opinions of ash wood. Haven't run across much where I cut in WV... when I was a kid in upstate NY we had loads of ash and mostly burned that and some maple. I used to love the ash when I was younger as it was easy to split for my 12 year old weakling butt!
jonny2bad
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Its the easiest to split so its a grade A fire wood but not very dense.
Not very dense?
Ash is only 5% less dense than most red oaks, about the same as yellow birch, and even denser than some species of oak. Specific Gravities:
Fraxinus velutina, Arizona Ash: 0.68
Quercus coccinea, Scarlet Oak: 0.67
Umbellularia californica, California Bay Tree: 0.65
Cercis canadensis, Redbud: 0.63
Quercus kelloggii, California Black Oak: 0.64
Tectona grandis, Teak: 0.63
KsWoodsMan
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Not very dense?
Ash is only 5% less dense than most red oaks, about the same as yellow birch, and even denser than some species of oak. Specific Gravities:
Fraxinus velutina, Arizona Ash: 0.68
Quercus coccinea, Scarlet Oak: 0.67
Umbellularia californica, California Bay Tree: 0.65
Cercis canadensis, Redbud: 0.63
Quercus kelloggii, California Black Oak: 0.64
Tectona grandis, Teak: 0.63
Ed, Isn't that the exception rather than the norm for Ash ?
No. Dry ash weighs about 42 to 43 lb/cubic foot.
.68 x 62.4 = 42.43
White oak is denser than ash. Red oak averages about the same. However, there are many species of oak and the density varies a great deal amongst them. I have several boards of Appalachian oak in my shop and the ash is denser than all of them. In fact, yellow birch is denser than dry red oak also.
Green red oak can start out denser than ash because it us so porous and holds lots of water, After it dries, it's about the same as ash.
J.W Younger
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the ash here ,and i'm sure its different in other places is less dense than any of the oaks.seems closer in weight to cherry and elm.still very good firewood and one of the eaiser ones to process as well. but thats just in my neck of the woods.
Yes, it is confusing because we use oak and ash both as a global terms. Live oak is incredibly dense. Also, oak heartwood in general is much denser than the sapwood. The same is true of ash heartwood, which is very dense, whereas the sapwood is at most 80% as dense. On the other hand, hickory sapwood and heartwood are about the same in both density and hardness.
So, we have to work with averages. Live oak still amazes me. I'm not sure if a live oak round, if cut green, even floats. The same is true of ash. You can take a strip of ash and drop it in a bucket. The next day it will have sunk to the bottom because it can collect so much water. So, if you cut a green ash tree in a wet season, its density can be huge.
Before you apply your finish, make sure the surface is free of dust, dirt, and other debris. For this, you will need an ash wipe.
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Ashood rep you on that but outa ammo. Ashoot!
Burning Ash is also one of my favorite aromas and was used for pain relief. My Dr. said take two ashburns and call me in the morning.
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