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Felling and stacking today

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  1. HDRock

    HDRock

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    Bought a cord of ash, they came at 3 pm, then I had the pro take down the dead ash by the house, tree had a little lean toward the house and I was not comfortable doing it myself.
    100 bucks to drop it into the woods


    Got about half a cord of the ash stacked. Full cord of ash was $170
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    ash tree was 20 inch tree

    tree guy climbed up cut some limbs off and hooked up a bull rope

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    HDRock, Oct 22, 2015
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  2. NYCountry

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    Nice work. It's always good to be safe then sorry, good call having the pros take it down. More firewood for you, sweet...
     
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    That's a nice piece of ash! I like the Fiskars hiding in the bushes in the 3rd pic - stalking its prey... :D

    "Soon..." :axe::rofl: :lol:
     
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    What's gooder than Ash?
    More Ash.
    $170 isn't too shabby.
     
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    That Ash will make some great firewood!! Better safe than sorry on ones that are leaning towards the house!
     
    Certified106, Oct 22, 2015
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    Love ash!!
     
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  7. HDRock

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    Yeah, I cut some saplings out of his way for his retreat path.
     
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    It's good stuff too, nice and clean, split a few pieces and checked them MM reading 14 to 18%, and believe it, all of the splits are 17, 18 inches long, no recutting:thumbs:
     
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    Nice! Ash is good burning stuff!
     
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    Good choice! Looks like a lot of btu work!
     
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    Great deal on a cord of ash HD! Stacks look awesome.... And you have more down in the woods..... :yes:
     
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  12. HDRock

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    Yeah, I will have a couple of cords and still get to play with the Saws:D
     
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    Was it "stalking" or was it photobombing?:rofl: :lol:
     
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    Photostalking.
     
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    How solid was that tree that came down?
     
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    I thought it may have some rot and ants in the bottom but, it did not it was solid all the way through
     
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    Even bettah!
     
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    it had a crack up the side of it too, I was worried about but, found out it was only three eighths of an inch deep
     
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    Some of us have the same crack..... :whistle:
     
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    yeah that's where the pull ups come in:rofl: :lol:
    where did you find that old thread?
     
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