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Huge ash, no dice!

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  1. Theashhole

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    Driving down the road back to shop for work and I spotted a nice sized ash tree that fell awhile back, off the ground, limbed (it fell near a road and were probably in the roadway) don't have to lug rounds along way, it's almost perfect! Problem is, I can't find the property owner.
    I'll keep looking around but I think it's a lost cause

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    Don't give up you never know. Sounds like some great firewood if you do get it.
     
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    Should be easy to find the owner on the county tax records...most of that stuff is online now
     
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  4. Theashhole

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    I should clarify, I do have a name but they may be dead/old as hell.

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    NO! Not this! Do it the right way. :thumbs:
     
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    Except for the county I moved into.......:doh:

    There are advantages to not having it available for the public's scrutiny; also keeps a lot of nosey busy bodys of the facebook varieties at bay!:whistle:
     
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  7. Theashhole

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    Nah, I'm not cutting unless I have permission. I hate trespassers.

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    Me two.. Good move.
     
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    Install on x hunt app usually quite accurate , Will show landowner , go get a large piece of Ash
     
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  10. Theashhole

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    I actually used another app called regrid to get a name problem is I also found an obituary...still searching

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    Keep trying.

    I had a similar score couple years ago. Private road off main road with lots of black locust down. Finally spotted someone there and asked. He directed me to the property owners house. No one home. After many tries finally met him and got the okay to cut and take. This was the thread and follow up thread.
    Persistence Pays Off!
    BTU Bonanza!
     
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  12. Theashhole

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    A score of locust?? Not quite sure what you mean, I have a couple acres of it feel free to bring a trailer and fill up on it, I have more trees than I can count rotting on the ground.

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    They are? Must be very old...
     
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    There's def some old ones and just too much to process. I think every one of them I have CSS'd had the center rotten out or it's started to rot, pretty sure carpenter ants are the cause.

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    Well, if'n it ain't yers, yer doing good!
     
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    These are black locusts? Or the wood that "locust posts" are made of? Known for being planted in the ground for 60-80 years and still rock hard...I know there are still quite a few locust posts on our home farm that predate me!
     
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    No, these are black locusts.

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    Hmm...would be interesting to know how long they have laid there...or what about the situation is leading to their "fast" demise?
    I know I've personally had honey locust go bad quickly...
     
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    They're in the dirt, kept wet. I'm wondering if the carpenter ants have anything to do with it? And they're not rotting away quickly it takes awhile but there's plenty of sizes, branches and tree's that aren't solid

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    Yeah I have cut into locust at my place that are hollowed out. I also think ant-related.
     
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