Ash Trees
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Lets hope your ash trees don't die, Jack......it's good to know that you have that wood if needed, but it'd be a shame to lose 'em. I'm holding out some hope that maybe these bugs will fall prey to a harsh winter, if we'd ever get one. I'm hoping we get one soon.....
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
I would not count on that one Scott. We were hoping for the same but it never happened.
Jack Straw
Minister of Fire
Jack Straw
Minister of Fire
I know....until they figure out a way to stop them all we can do is hope......
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Jack Fate
Feeling the Heat
ash is good not great wood ,its second tier wood like woody says about like soft maple , not near any oak ,locust or hickory. but seasons fast .Burns Hot but not real long . We got all you could EVER want here . Personally I don't seek it anymore. But as regions vary may be very good for you
cheers
ps in my woods the very young ash are doing well . Think maybe the barks too tight to let them in "I hope"
cheers
ps in my woods the very young ash are doing well . Think maybe the barks too tight to let them in "I hope"
gregbesia
Feeling the Heat
A couple of weeks ago they announced EAB presence in a park 2 miles from my house ( southington , ct) . It looks that all the bans on transporting firewood make no difference anyway.
Jack Fate
Feeling the Heat
they came from Asia in on imports so how can a ban locally stop them
free trade commercealso don't believe the bugs conform to our regulations
ash is good not great wood ,its second tier wood like woody says about like soft maple , not near any oak ,locust or hickory. but seasons fast .Burns Hot but not real long . We got all you could EVER want here . Personally I don't seek it anymore. But as regions vary may be very good for you
cheers
ps in my woods the very young ash are doing well . Think maybe the barks too tight to let them in "I hope"
Ash is just a touch below red oak on any BTU chart I've ever looked at. Chimney Sweeps chart has red oak at 22.1 and Ash at 21.6. Some charts even put white ash over red oak.
The young ash will make it longer than the bigger trees but they will die sooner or later.
NortheastAl
Minister of Fire
If they're in CT, then they are most likely in my neck of the woods. Once it starts there is no stopping this. Sad that an entire species of tree might get wiped out. And what happens to the EAB when all the Ash are dead? Does it somehow change host tree types?
jharkin
Minister of Fire
Another vote for ash. This winters supply is mostly locust cut summer 11 and a ton of ash cut summer 12. The ash is definitely drier and will go first.
Supposedly we don't have eab here but I've got a few more sick ones in the woods between me and neighbor. Neighbor had a bunch treated but I have a feeling they will come down eventually. Lots of ash burning to come I think...
Supposedly we don't have eab here but I've got a few more sick ones in the woods between me and neighbor. Neighbor had a bunch treated but I have a feeling they will come down eventually. Lots of ash burning to come I think...
You must be talking about Green Ash not White Ash. and I think green ash is noticably better then silver maple but not by a whole lot.ash is good not great wood ,its second tier wood like woody says about like soft maple , not near any oak ,locust or hickory. but seasons fast .Burns Hot but not real long . We got all you could EVER want here . Personally I don't seek it anymore. But as regions vary may be very good for you
cheers
ps in my woods the very young ash are doing well . Think maybe the barks too tight to let them in "I hope"
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
ash is good not great wood ,its second tier wood like woody says about like soft maple , not near any oak ,locust or hickory. but seasons fast .Burns Hot but not real long . We got all you could EVER want here . Personally I don't seek it anymore. But as regions vary may be very good for you
cheers
ps in my woods the very young ash are doing well . Think maybe the barks too tight to let them in "I hope"
Whoa Jack. You must not have white ash down there because white ash is one of the best. The burn times won't be quite as long as with oak but it won't be very far behind it. To me it is about one of the most ideal woods for firewood.
Jack Fate
Feeling the Heat
well I looked up green ash & that's not what we got its white ash ,Never said it was not good ,just not the best .Maybe for some its top in their local ,me I got a Hickory woods 300 yds south east of mine .Mine is 95% oak . I'm jones 'in for some hickory
I don't like the gassing off temp spikes I get from ash. Seasoned oak I don't have that with . Your results will vary from mine I'm surecheers
Jake Fate, you stated the ash you had was like Silver Maple and aint no way White Ash is like silver maple, I have been burning oak for over 30 years and have burnt black locust and White Ash can hold its own to those woods. According to YOUR description of how it burns it dont sound like White Ash.
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