I think ash might be the perfect all around firewood. Its a beautiful color, splits easy, burns great, its not that heavy and more. Has anyone ever done and i bet someone has “ Ash vs other wood” i burned a stove full last night and i refilled at 5 am after starting it at 8 pm. Had tremendous coals still too. I did have 2 good size rounds in the back also. Oh and it was 78 degrees on the main floor. I had to sleep on the couch because my sister inlaw is visiting from Jersey. I had to go get a fan from the basement at 2:00am
I've only ever had one load of it (although there is some of it still floating around in one of the stacks) and I wrote a thread on how much I liked it. Has great qualities as many have mentioned splits easy, burns well, drys fairly quick, etc....Wish I saw more of it around here.
I cant say a bad thing about it other than those damm beetles! In the two months ive been grabbing the Asplundh wood, there has only been one ash and a nice one it was! Wish i had more. None on my radar either!
I like Oak, except the time needed to get it dry. Ash is pretty gooder too. Yeah, the Ash vs other firewood thing has been done......a lot.
Im surprised i did high risk removals for them so i was taking trees down everyday and there was alot of ash and maple. Pine too
One of my favorites too. My Pop has a lot of it on his property dying due to the EAB so we’ve been felling a lot lately. Good for the short term but kinda sad if they end up getting wiped out like American Chestnut. We’re trying to save one of the big ones in the yard
Iv got a couple real big ones in the back of my land but i dont want to cut it because its still going good
Dutch elm disease killed slippery/red elm, seasoned standing, bark free, below 16% moisture after storing inside for one year as a round. Burns at optimum furnace temperature as a round up to 7-8" (door is 9" tall) at full draft, not too hot, not too cold. Catches fire easily. Transports very little excess water when hauling. Decent coals but plenty of other wood types produce better coals. I have seen folks burn only Dutch elm disease killed bark free slippery elm the whole season.
Ash is hands down my favorite. It’s fairly plentiful in Colorado. I manage to find a lot of it. Unfortunately the EAB is decimating it here though
Of the wood I have available Ash is definitely my favorite due to it being strait, easy to cut, fairly light when green, fun to split by hand and burns great.
It’s my all around favorite wood to burn. It’s really versatile, it does low and slow well but also will put out some BTUs when you need it.
I just posted this the last time I saw this come up ( just a few days ago) ... but I found this ode to ash above a fireplace in a structure at the top of whiteface mountain in the Adirondacks..... I think the author would agree with many of the sentiments posted here, I know I sure do. Ash may be my favorite as well.
That poet would definitely have been on FHC had it existed then. Hopefully they didn’t treat his wood obsessions with leeches.
