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Big Ash Score

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Woodsman, Oct 20, 2019.

  1. Woodsman

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    Close friends of ours just 10 minutes down the road had four large ash trees dropped this past week. All the ash on their lot has been hit hard by the EAB. The trees they had dropped were in striking distance of their house. One of them, at 26” DBH, would have killed them in their sleep as it crashed through the master bedroom if the wind caught it the right way. Needless to say, the trees made them very nervous. Not sure how they agreed on the price with the tree company but they ended up having four trees taken down for what I thought would have been the price of one. So win for them. And, they took my wonderful advice and had the the trees dropped and left in place to save some money so I could then come in and hoard, I mean clean up. Got first look at it today. Wow. Broke out the 391 and started going to town. Hauled back some of the small and medium stuff today. Broke the tip on one of my pulp hooks when loading up the truck. That kind of surprised me. Those thinks bite oak and maple no problem but they really didn’t like the ash.

    All in all a great afternoon. Feeling very fortunate.

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  2. Chaz

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    Great for you and the neighbors.
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    Ash..
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  3. Stoveshamster

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    Best burning wood in the northeast. I have 7 cords split and stacked at My parents place
     
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  5. Ralphie Boy

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    Win, win for everyone! Game, set match! :salute::thumbs:

    And I so love 'big ash' stories! :D:p
     
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  6. jo191145

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    Great score!!
    I’ve noticed the same here. I use rafting dogs to pick up the large rounds with winch. Work great on oak but ash not so well. They like to bounce right back out of the wood and lose grip while in the air. Switched back to log tongs for ash.
     
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  7. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Good looking stuff Woodsman .:thumbs: Nice when you can cut it to your size. Lots of great hoarding going on in Connecticut!
     
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  8. GrJfer

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    Boy your neighbors had some fine looking ash there. Sounds like an easy haul for you.
     
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  9. wheelhorseiron

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    Good deal all around.

    I have some large ones around my house that need to come down for my peace of mind. I will be doing a couple of them myself. But, the ones near the house will be done by pros. I've had two die in the past three years. One fell on the electric service line, but didn't do much damage.

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  10. Backwoods Savage

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    Beautiful! I love cutting trees that size as you can put up lots of firewood in a little time. Also, those ash may have been bit by the borer but they were a long way from falling. The bark has not even started to flake so there were still several years before they needed to worry. But, peace of mind is worth a lot.

    On the pulp hook, we much prefer the log tongs. But if you get some, get the 12" and not the 8". Those logs you have will be nice using the 12" tongs.
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    Ash is a favorite here....glad this worked out for everyone
     
  12. Sourwood

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    Good for you. I came across three blow down ash in different locations of woods Saturday. One more Winter and there would have become worthless. I am sure there is a cord worth. Bark fell right off. I think it will be burned this season.
     
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  13. saewoody

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    I was going to make the same comment about being able to cut your own lengths. Most scrounges you are at the mercy of whoever was running the chainsaw before you got there.


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  14. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Ive been having a field day cutting up after Asplundh down here. Its more than annoying as 10% of my wood ends up as shorties/cookies etc! The trials of a roadside scrounger!
     
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    Great score!
    My last two honey holes were places that the home owner only had to pay the crews to drop the trees. They both had me lined up to remove the remaining wood. One was a huge white oak. Cost $200 to fell it professionally. We both thought that was very reasonable.


    Ash is great firewood yes, but best in the northeast? I dunno.. that’s up for debate. :smoke:
     
  16. Woodsman

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    Got the staging done. Time to haul over the splitter! Think I’m set with Ash for a while...

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    Hahaha, yeah what am I saying?! There is never enough. My roadside ash score from the other day is just up the road. Will hit that again soon. The people who live thete put a “Do Not Take” sign on it for me.
     
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    Ash and Oak. My favorites. Phenomenal score
     
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