Anyone feel different towards burning due to over ash firewood supply?

[kennyp2339]

Hello all, this is a bit of a rant but I was thinking about the situation I'm in / came across, the ash borer has since gone through my area and I have more dead ash tree'e then I know what to do with, I've been whacking them down and splitting them up but every time I look into the woods I can easily find another 5 large trees dead standing. I knew this was going to happen eventually but now that I'm here and seeing this, its kind of changed my whole thought process of firewood in general.
I use to gather "scores" of wood, whether is was answering a market place ad, finding something along the road, or my work looking for a place to dump logs, I never had an issue with collecting wood supply, but it felt special to me to gather, split, stack and burn it, now that my supply is literally in my backyard and I have so much that I know that some will just rot away I dont feel as connected to the whole wood burning cycle. I want to get it all, but I just feel mechanical to it all at the same time, I use to challenge myself with split size, burn times, stove efficiency ect... now it just feels like I want to, or need to just go through it all as fast as I can and let her rip, idk if anyone else feels like this, or maybe I'm just disconnected from the whole process of things.

 

[GG Woody]

I let about 12 Douglas Fir trees stand too long, they've gone too rotten, they are under 150yds from the wood pile. I'm kicking myself (gently) for that.
I get how you're feeling, but I'm now travelling well past those 12 trees to procure trees. I should have stacked those somewhere years ago. Now I'll still have to clean some of them up when they inevitably fall on my trails!
I have high efficiency furnace and heat pump, it's no fun.
Fortunately there are plenty more trees in the forest, I'll get them when I can.

 

[mpaul]

As long as the wood is cut split stacked and covered off the ground you should be able to burn the wood decades from now. If you have the space to store it properly why not do so? Otherwise cut it down and sell it.

 

[Eman85]

Read up on the oak blight, keep on burning.

 

[crstrode]

Here at the southerner extent of the Selkirks, it is pine beetles that have been killing Ponderosas. Over in the past year, six mature trees have died and were taken down at significant cost. In the 8 years since moving onto this little 2-acre lot, about 50 trees have been removed. The first 30 were hauled away - then I wised up and installed a Blaze King insert in the basement. The last tree to come down yielded about 4 cords of nice firewood. Best move I've made in many years

 

[qwee]

I heard something about new Ash trees that have modified genes that allow them to kill Ash Borers Disease. These new Ash trees are not tested enough yet to release them to the public. If all goes well these trees will become available to everyone. If so, you should replant your forest with these resistant trees. Ash may be coming back.

 

[Mutineer]

I sold most all of my ash starting 10-12 or so years ago when they started dying, there were plenty of buyers here in NE Ohio looking for already split hardwood. I don't like burning ash because it leaves more ash than other hardwoods. I did sell it too cheap but I wasn't looking to get rich, just recover my costs and maybe have enough to buy some more chainsaws, chains or a new engine for my splitter, Most of what I sold was for what is improperly called a facecord for $60, the people were very appreciative and several kept checking back with me for any new supply. Still have a couple standing dead in my woods that I need to get cut down before they rot, but the older I get, the less the incentive is to use some of my dwindling spare energy and time for that vs building up my own stacks with maples, oaks and occasionally hickory. And it's a cash business so Uncle Sam wasn't on the need to know list of the cash flow totals.

 

[bholler]

Hello all, this is a bit of a rant but I was thinking about the situation I'm in / came across, the ash borer has since gone through my area and I have more dead ash tree'e then I know what to do with, I've been whacking them down and splitting them up but every time I look into the woods I can easily find another 5 large trees dead standing. I knew this was going to happen eventually but now that I'm here and seeing this, its kind of changed my whole thought process of firewood in general.
I use to gather "scores" of wood, whether is was answering a market place ad, finding something along the road, or my work looking for a place to dump logs, I never had an issue with collecting wood supply, but it felt special to me to gather, split, stack and burn it, now that my supply is literally in my backyard and I have so much that I know that some will just rot away I dont feel as connected to the whole wood burning cycle. I want to get it all, but I just feel mechanical to it all at the same time, I use to challenge myself with split size, burn times, stove efficiency ect... now it just feels like I want to, or need to just go through it all as fast as I can and let her rip, idk if anyone else feels like this, or maybe I'm just disconnected from the whole process of things.

The ash is all gone here. Either cut or rotted away by now it's really sad

 

[Max W]

Hello all, this is a bit of a rant but I was thinking about the situation I'm in / came across, the ash borer has since gone through my area and I have more dead ash tree'e then I know what to do with, I've been whacking them down and splitting them up but every time I look into the woods I can easily find another 5 large trees dead standing. I knew this was going to happen eventually but now that I'm here and seeing this, its kind of changed my whole thought process of firewood in general.
I use to gather "scores" of wood, whether is was answering a market place ad, finding something along the road, or my work looking for a place to dump logs, I never had an issue with collecting wood supply, but it felt special to me to gather, split, stack and burn it, now that my supply is literally in my backyard and I have so much that I know that some will just rot away I dont feel as connected to the whole wood burning cycle. I want to get it all, but I just feel mechanical to it all at the same time, I use to challenge myself with split size, burn times, stove efficiency ect... now it just feels like I want to, or need to just go through it all as fast as I can and let her rip, idk if anyone else feels like this, or maybe I'm just disconnected from the whole process of things.

Sounds like it’s gone from a hobby to a job

 

[Gearhead660]

Hello all, this is a bit of a rant but I was thinking about the situation I'm in / came across, the ash borer has since gone through my area and I have more dead ash tree'e then I know what to do with, I've been whacking them down and splitting them up but every time I look into the woods I can easily find another 5 large trees dead standing. I knew this was going to happen eventually but now that I'm here and seeing this, its kind of changed my whole thought process of firewood in general.
I use to gather "scores" of wood, whether is was answering a market place ad, finding something along the road, or my work looking for a place to dump logs, I never had an issue with collecting wood supply, but it felt special to me to gather, split, stack and burn it, now that my supply is literally in my backyard and I have so much that I know that some will just rot away I dont feel as connected to the whole wood burning cycle. I want to get it all, but I just feel mechanical to it all at the same time, I use to challenge myself with split size, burn times, stove efficiency ect... now it just feels like I want to, or need to just go through it all as fast as I can and let her rip, idk if anyone else feels like this, or maybe I'm just disconnected from the whole process of things.

Same situation here. Went from famine to feast. Got a place to cut now with more wood than I can use. Running out of room to store. I enjoy the gathering process and don't want to stop, so I have started looking for people that need firewood and will give to them.

 

[BKVP]

Unfortunately my new farm only has 3 medium and one massive black locust trees. Lots of weeds, gophers and badgers, sadly no trees. But I did add a pond!

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

Same situation here. Went from famine to feast. Got a place to cut now with more wood than I can use. Running out of room to store. I enjoy the gathering process and don't want to stop, so I have started looking for people that need firewood and will give to them.

Nice way to give back to folks, or barter I have traded wood with folks in the past for tools, skid steer projects, petsitting..................

 

[marty319]

I don't think there is a pine tree alive in my area anymore.pine beetle killed every tree.im very worried about a fire coming through here after what happened in Jasper alberta and other areas.