Monster Ash goes from the record books to the ground (pic heavy)

Wood Duck said:

I haven't heard White Ash called Mountain Ash here, but authentic Mountain Ash (not related to other ashes) is rare here. Maybe White Ash is called 'mountain ash' because it is the ash most likely to grow on hillsides. Green Ash is more of a wetland tree around here, and other ashes are pretty uncommon.

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Guys, I do not know that much about what type of Ash it is, I just know it is dead Ash. Is there any difference in the quality of the wood?

Flame On said:

The brother in law just had a portable saw mill out to cut up a beech he lost to Sandy. The guy was cutting for about 5 hours and it seemed like they had a ton of boards. By the time they were kiln dried, planed and notched with a tongue and groove he ended up with way less board feet than he thought.
Still, it is pretty awesome to build something out of a tree that used to be on your property.

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I am just accumulating logs for now and will try to see if I can get a portable sawmill in here reasonably. Of course the township has rules against everything, but it is worth a shot. I cut up a large cherry and oak myself in the last year or two with my Alaskan saw mil. I still have 6 White Oak Logs and a Cherry in inventory. Today I cut up part of the Ash and kept 3 logs so far. The Oak on the Power line is massive and I expect several could sections and I had a large Red Oak die last year. Also a lot of massive Ash also needs dropped. If it doesn't work out I can always turn it into firewood.

osagebow said:

Sorry ya lost that unique specimen, golf. Glad you got her down safely.

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Yeah it is a shame to lose it, I was talking to my sister boyfriend and he said I should save the section where the two trunks join into one and figure out how to make something from it as it is so unique.

By the way did you do any good bow hunting?

andybaker said:

Always sad to see a large tree go. But when they're dead, what else to do? I think it would be cool if you could get some lumber out of that. Make something out of it and have it to remember that beast by. From what I see in the pics it looks like EAB got to it. If that bore killed it then it is not a Moutain Ash. I learned that the Moutain Ash is not susceptible to EAB.

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Andy, I wish I had my camera. I saw a couple of those green emerald ash borers while I was cutting, it is definetly what killed it and confirmed by the forester ranger. I do hope to make something from it.