Upstatewoodcutter - yes sir but poison oak and sumac are that which is pictured in the first one I posted-it grows up the tree and attaches firmly over time-glad to hear that not leafed out it probably wasnt "live"-In post #8, you can see the branches of the beast sticking out from under the log---glad it wasnt leafed out-wasnt going to stop at that point anyway-Rashes pass, Ash is forever...
This is true, Ash is good stuff, but your oak and sumac grow like vines into the trees in your area? Here they're a stand alone shrub, tomorrow if I get a chance I'll take a few pics.
Yes, that climbing creepy nasty stuff attached to the side of that ash is poison oak, or sumac-I can't believe you dont have the same where you are? That vine attaches itself to many trees, regardless of species...I have encountered it many times using climbing tree-stands-it will usually just rip off but it was glued to that ash----It lost...
All ash-MC per meter is 28-32%- in 6 mos it will burn "HOT"-once I light my Fireview, it doesnt go out til we meet spring...though I will have shoulder wood this coming season for the incidental cold snaps...I HATE gas heat-dries me out, doesnt warm me and makes my nose bleed on occasion-when the furnace kicks off, you're cold again-my highest gas bill, with the woman complaining about the cold has been $40-50.---I dont care if the furnace ever kicks on again...hopefully, it won't need to...
Nice loads of good stuff there man dead dry poison ivy vines are the least worry but don't be fooled, they do not have to be leaft out to get a rash from it. I don't cut the vines with the chainsaw I use a hatchet, you can get a rash very easy with those chips flying out of the saw, cut the vines out of the way then when the tree is down, I hook a chain to the vine and pull the whole thing off before I buck up the tree. Let us know how you are doing 3 or 4 days from now I hope you got lucky if the vines were dead and dry you will probably be okay though
No wonder you wore the soles off them boots! That's a ton of progress in little time, Ashwatcher! Come on down here and lend a hand! A good friend of mine is highly allergic to PI, PO- doc told him to take a Tagamet before going in the woods- it blocks the reaction to the irritating oil of the foul bushes.... And it actually works!
Ashwatcher, sounds like you live in a good area for people helping out. Only thing I can't figure out is why the heck in that short time, you had two different vehicles come down your posted property? Can't read or don't care? Second guy may have been looking for a spot for a garden???? I'm beginning to really like your trailer...
Ash, yeah it not just the leaves, my cousin is so allergic if farmer down road burns and some in it he gets it bad although that could be oil in the air. in the north poison oak, sumac are a bush kind of shaped like lilacs, as upstate said. me never got it seem to be immune gramps was a farmer cows ate it I drank milk seemed to get immunity.. played tackle football in it as a kid everyone but me was a mess... Mold on other hand is inhaler time! great shed, dog, trailer, stacks and posts yards get a
crzybowhntr -just south of Charleston-and you? yooperdave - all I can say is its a full moon-the first guy was legit and courteous to ask for permission, the second just an idiot from the hood-used to be a problem but kinda harmless now-Appreciate the comments on the trailer-after the sticker shock, I reasoned if I want to get wood out, over varying terrain, it was an ok investment-the parent company is Clam Outdoors and it is warranted for 1 yr
Got a few pictures of a sumac bush by my driveway, they grow like weeds. I don't burn them but I'm not allergic either, PO also has no effect on me but Ivy drives me nuts.
upstate, I have good luck pulling them up with tractor and chains the spots are getting smaller.... I burn them in the back...
If I had a tractor and chain I'd do it, they love the soil around the creek by my place and they're really obnoxious to try and walk through.
Upstatewoodcutter -thx, Im familar with them now Ive seen the pics-and thats funny-I can walk through PI and never flinch, PO on the other hand tears me up-still not itching so maybe that stuff on the ash Sat was dormant? I wont be making a habit of cutting them with PO attached though, unless its a really pretty ash...
If it's dried up it's usually dead or dormant, otherwise the oil that causes the rash would be visible as a shiny gleam on the leaves and the stem. The sumacs I have here have really shiny leaves because of it. If it's dried out and brittle it's probably dead.
