Ash Score thanks to ACOE

[IowaRSFBurner]

Thanks to the local Army Core of Engineers and the EAB, I went and cut a load today. Didn’t even make a dent in what was there and there are a couple more sites like this one with piles of logs. Just need a permit to cut, free this year. Seems like nobody around burns wood. Lots of houses with chimneys but no evidence of burning.

 

[KC Matt]

Nice! What are you doing on this site? Get back out there!

Maybe Vermeer will loan you a mini skid!

 

[heavy hammer]

Need to get a hold of a log truck for that score.

 

[RandyBoBandy]

You struck gold my friend!

 

[shortys7777]

Wow. Looks like a heavy load to be pulling with that Sequoia. Can't beat free ash that easy to get.

 

[Simonkenton]

Good Lord! I wish I had access to wood like that, where you can just drive up to it and crank up the Husqvarna.
I would be tearing that wood pile up.

Lucky you.

I thought all y'all had in Iowa was corn fields.

 

[xterra]

Nice trailer!

 

[IowaRSFBurner]

I need to go back with the heavy artillery, one to dually with dump trailer and log splitter. It was definitely a good morning.

 

[Stinkpickle]

Grab it all. If it were closer to DSM, I would be all over it.

 

[Grizzerbear]

Good Lord! I wish I had access to wood like that, where you can just drive up to it and crank up the Husqvarna.
I would be tearing that wood pile up.

Lucky you.

I thought all y'all had in Iowa was corn fields.

I agree. Dag blasted lucky flat landers. Thats a nice haul.

 

[IowaRSFBurner]

There are a few areas that have standing trees that the farmers haven't cut down. These were all taken out of campgrounds at Lake Red Rock.

 

[Stinkpickle]

There are a few areas that have standing trees that the farmers haven't cut down. These were all taken out of campgrounds at Lake Red Rock.

The EAB threat has been both a curse and a blessing around here. Ash is cheap if you can find it before they chip it all up. I stockpiled quite a bit from Indianola a few years back, and it’s time for more.

 

[Woody Stover]

Holy Kamoly, you're set for life! You'll be a fossil or a petroleum deposit before that ever runs out!

 

[Woody5506]

Thats the jackpot right there. I love ash, even if it's not the highest BTU wood out there. I'd say it's my favorite wood I can regularly get around here. Seasons quickly though I still like to have 2 years on it, and it coals up well in the stove during overnight burns.

 

[heavy hammer]

A friend of mine his parents had about 150 ash trees cleared from their property last year. I ended up with almost all of it. It is a shame they are all dying but it makes for good easy firewood.

 

[Woody Stover]

I love ash, even if it's not the highest BTU wood out there. I'd say it's my favorite wood I can regularly get around here. Seasons quickly though I still like to have 2 years on it, and it coals up well in the stove during overnight burns.

It's a great, great all-around wood. BTU just a notch below Red Oak, dries quicker, splits easy, no rotty sapwood etc. They are starting to go here, and when they are gone I will be a sad man.

 

[IowaRSFBurner]

I've been burning mostly ash ever since I started. Sure it may not burn as long as oak and hickory but its done a great job and kept my house warm in the coldest temps I've seen since living there. Working on getting a couple more guys so we can process more of it. Also had a friend cut done 3 of his 5 dead ash trees that's all mine. I've got some work to do in the coming weeks.

 

[KC Matt]

My cousin had some dead ash yard trees removed this week and the tree service set all of the good firewood aside for me. As soon as this sheet of ice melts I've got a cord of primo rounds to pick up.

Sure is nice living in a place where nobody heats with wood.