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JimRT

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Aug 27, 2019
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WNY
The local utility company was trimming right of ways along the roads near camp back in November, during deer season. I filled my truck bed twice with 3 to 5 footers and finally got around to cutting them into 16 in rounds. They'll stay stacked like this until summer, then get split and stacked for use in a year or two.
Mostly ash, with some white oak and cherry also.

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The local utility company was trimming right of ways along the roads near camp back in November, during deer season. I filled my truck bed twice with 3 to 5 footers and finally got around to cutting them into 16 in rounds. They'll stay stacked like this until summer, then get split and stacked for use in a year or two.
Mostly ash, with some white oak and cherry also.

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Good find you have there. Ash is some good stuff and you might be able to break into it within the first year if you split it before spring comes around. It does dry quite fast.
 
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Very good!

Here in the NC mountains the power company put out a hit on all ash trees that were near power lines. The tree companies whacked many ash trees. These local guy had a hey day for about a month, cutting up all that ash and taking it home.
 
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