Ash, Ash, and more Ash.

[HDRock]

] Still good wood and with a Fiskars it would be hard to justify a gas splitter.

I find it easy to justify hydraulics for splitting any/all wood



As for ash , great stuff, heated 90% with it, last 2 years, more to burn next year, some smaller standing dead trees were cut n burned same day( cuz I could) at 16/18% MC

Go get all you can get

 

[firefighterjake]

mine would be black locust... but what is this "buying wood" you speak of?

I wouldn't know . . . although I suspect at some point in the next year or two I will have to buy some tree length wood.

 

[Jeff S]

I've been on a steady diet of Ash since 2009 and there is still plenty to cut but what I have noticed lately is that even some of the dead ash that is still standing is starting to deteriorate,I plan on getting as munch as I can this summer before more of it gets punky.it seem to hold up well if it processed properly and stacked of the ground but in tree form it holds onto moisture long enough to create internal rot.

 

[BobUrban]

I can tell Michigan members w/o looking by the response here. Ha -unfortunately for the trees all of ours is dead and has been for some time so many Michiganders(myself included) have, and will continue to burn ash for some years to come. 90% of my stacks are ash - and I have years worth waiting to be cut. I find it lasts very well standing dead or as mentioned down with only some loss to "punk" at the stump end.

 

[bholler]

yeah ash is a great tree fast growing fast drying make good lumber to its a shame it is all dying