I hauled out 5 plus loads of ash today and I stacked it. Pic 9305 is my run in, 9306 is the first load, 9311 is the last partial load, 9312 is the pile of ash that I hope to have up tomorrow and 9313 is two face cord of ash.
That's a nice stack of hard woods.I hauled out 5 plus loads of ash today and I stacked it. Pic 9305 is my run in, 9306 is the first load, 9311 is the last partial load, 9312 is the pile of ash that I hope to have up tomorrow and 9313 is two face cord of ash.
Thanks SpacBus, freshly stacked wood always looks nice. The area it's in gets plenty of wind with great afternoon sun.That's a nice stack of hard woods.
Most of those soft woods dry pretty fast. I've gotten soft Maple pretty dry in six months.Basswood...Just split 3/4 cord and under cover for early fall/late spring. We'll see how it goes. Wondering how dry it will be by sept october. Never worked with it before.
Nice work @Kevin Weis , has EAB hit your area yet.Two standing dead Ash bucked CSS. One 53' X 11" DBH.
Nice work @heavy hammer , I hope you get your better weather. Our temps have been running in the high 70's with today hitting 81 but we have had a nice breeze every day that I've been stacking which helped keep the skeeters off me.After mowing yesterday I moved about four stacks of locust and ash up closer to the house for easy access for the coming winter. The area where I put the coming winters wood was pretty low. I ended up moving about 10 to 12 grapple loads before I just ran out of time. The area is a little over half full. The rain has not helped but I'm hoping dry weather is comingView attachment 245231
Nice work @Kevin Weis , has EAB hit your area yet.
It's sad what has happened here in the USA because of all the invasive species from overseas. Our DEC officer told me that the only ash that isn't affected is mountain ash because it's not in the olive family like the rest of the ash being killed off by EAB.Yep that's why they're dead. Died last fall. Some have about 6 borer holes for every square foot. Lots and lots of Green Ash around me. I'd say about 25% of forest stand in this area. Neighbor has one about 100' tall with 80' wide crown and DBH about 30". It's just starting to shows signs a few lower smaller branches have died out but 95% is still doing very well. Maybe it's big enough to see its way through. All the smaller Ash don't have a chance as it takes a lot less borer activity to girdle it. Still have some standing dead to cut yet but I'm cutting for 2021 now so that can wait till it's cooler this Fall. I don't see many EAB flying around but that's because they're feeding on the Ash. So one last week on my picnic table though. Have a Japanese Beetle trap out now for my Blueberries. Maybe that will get some of them? Took pictures but can't figure out how to attach with this iPad?????
We've been having some nice weather but it's getting hotter each day but with a low humidity, if I plan on working it's start early and stop working early.The weather has been absolutely garbage so I haven't been able to do much of anything lately.
Yes, basically it's rained since we got the house closed up on the east side. Pretty soon we want to get working on more of the house, but the weather is working against us.We've been having some nice weather but it's getting hotter each day but with a low humidity, if I plan on working it's start early and stop working early.
Have you been getting rain?
It's like when you plan a day to pour cement, it'll rain.Yes, basically it's rained since we got the house closed up on the east side. Pretty soon we want to get working on more of the house, but the weather is working against us.
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