Ash is great
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FaithfulWoodsman
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Sure is. Hundreds of dead standing in my area and a major resource for wood burning. A ton of people sell it and burn it somewhat green, which we all know is not the best, but can still be done. The dead and dry portions help out with that. What I don't know is how people will do it when they are almost all gone. Other trees simply will not burn cut that year and thousands of wood burners do just that in my area, but can make do cause it's ash. Things will change when there gone. People will have to start getting a year ahead, even when getting from suppliers.
He is an arborist and a great guy. He ends up having so much wood he takes stuff to the dump. He always hooks me up with a log load or 2 yearly. Very appreciative of his drop offs!
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
I bet! That's awesome. Mostly ash or does he have some of the hotter stuff now and then?
Oh yea locust, oaks you name it he has brought it. One of these days im hoping to get my hands on some osage.
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
CheapBassTurd
Minister of Fire
Very nice score, especially with a free supplier!
I have literally an unlimited supply of ash too.
(At least a few hundred available, and most of my stock)
I know it'll be gone soon enough. Hopefully the saplings don't attract
the borer which will hopefully die off or number way down for another healthy ash cycle.
New ashes are coming up. At least they seeded on their way out.
I have literally an unlimited supply of ash too.
(At least a few hundred available, and most of my stock)
I know it'll be gone soon enough. Hopefully the saplings don't attract
the borer which will hopefully die off or number way down for another healthy ash cycle.
New ashes are coming up. At least they seeded on their way out.
rudysmallfry
Minister of Fire
I just scored a bunch of ash myself this week. Tree had been dead for a few years, so it's already pretty dry. How does this stuff burn? Is it better for starting fires or reloads?
husky345 vermont resolute
Feeling the Heat
Ash is king in my books. Drys fast and give plenty of btus
Ash is awesome. Like husky said drys fast and burns pretty hot coals decently. It's a hell of a firewood.
He is a good friend so our friendship is the investment for the continual drop offs haha.
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
Nice to have. Ash is the work horse of many a wood burner. In the "all around" category arguably the best.
D8Chumley
Minister of Fire
If I could only have one wood to burn, it would be Ash
Me too.
It's unfortunate that all of the ash trees will be gone from my property in a year or two. What's left is standing dead or dying now, and there's only a few areas where my dad and I haven't collected all of them from.
D8Chumley
Minister of Fire
It is unfortunate. I'd say roughly half the trees on my property are Ash. I'll have to relocate my hammock, as it's strung between 2 dying Ash that are dropping limbs. Don't need that headache 
Checked 10 mons CSS ash MC today: 15% and the maximum temperature for ash load 3 days ago was 500F, awesome!
Is that stuff just really not available to most people? we have farmers ripping out old hedge rows all the time around here. most of them just burn the stuff in a pile. my dad and I got the go ahead to prune back about 500 feet of hedge row both sides of it and then another 500 or so feet of just one side in the same hedge row. I feel bad for you guys not having it available.
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
Yes and no. It's around just gotta be at the right place at the right time with someone willing to let you have it.
Osage population around here is very minimal. We are in northern Va but the rural side. I can count on one hand the osage trees I've seen in the last year or two. Like Woodsman said you have to be in the perfect place to get your hands on it here.
Hasufel
Feeling the Heat
I've seen a few around NoVa but you're right--they're pretty unusual. I notice them most in the fall when their fruit piles up on the ground below. Always brings a smile to my face because it reminds me of my childhood in Ohio, where they were a lot more common. I liked how the fruit looked so I'd always bring some home to play with and end up getting sticky sap all over me. Ah, to be a kid again!
CentralVAWoodHeat
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StihlKicking
Feeling the Heat
I agree with yes and no. Osage represents a very small slice of the total tree pie down here. It's only found in old hedge rows most of which were long destroyed for agricultural expansion. For example I have a few thousand acres to cut from and so far I have only run across one Osage. It's the last one remaining on an old hedge row and I hate to cut it down being the only one on the property.
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