Flowering crabapple

[Danno77]

whatdoyaknow about this as firewood? Got an email response to a craigslist offer to take down trees and he has a 10 year old "Flowering Crab." I'm assuming this falls into the apple wood category and would be nice stuff?

 

[smokinj]

good firewood but very large amount of small limbs

 

[Skier76]

good firewood but very large amount of small limbs

Those are great for throwing on the ol' smoker. Adds a great flavor to whatever you're cooking.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Don't expect it to be very large. You won't get much wood from it and like jay stated, you'll have lots of limbs. Other than that, yes, it will burn good.

 

[Danno77]

The other tree in the deal is an "Ash Tree, it is larger, but not over your 50" diam. limit."

I didn't really say that was my limit, I just mentioned in the CL ad that if it was a 50" tree then you probably need to call a pro to take it down. I hope it's not bigger than 3ft through. Its something of a drive, and I don't have the hauling capacity to take much each trip if it's too big.

 

[meathead]

will burn great but like someone said best suited for the smoker. You're dealing with a small caliper tree.

 

[smokinj]

good firewood but very large amount of small limbs

Those are great for throwing on the ol' smoker. Adds a great flavor to whatever you're cooking.

yep I agree

 

[latitude45]

We have 2 20-30 year old flowering crabapple in our yard that are about 15-20ft tall 6-8in in diameter. Just to give you an idea. And yes lots of little branches.

 

[Danno77]

pics of crabapple:

 

[Danno77]

pics of other tree:

 

[smokinj]

those's are well mantained crabs,you can bet the one on craglist is going to be full of limbs

 

[Danno77]

those's are well mantained crabs,you can bet the one on craglist is going to be full of limbs

nope, those ARE the ones from CL. I just got those pics from him via email a couple of minutes ago.

 

[TreePapa]

Are those trees standing dead, or just bare 'cuz its Fall? The property seems nicely maintained (almost over-maintained). It would be a shame if their taking out perfectly good trees, but if they are, you might as well get the wood.

Have fun!

Peace,
- Sequoia

 

[Danno77]

Crabapple is fine (I don't get it because I always thought they were pretty?!?!?)
The Ash did have some leaves but is dying according to the guy. I wonder if ditching the pines would help save it....

 

[TreePapa]

Is the Ash dying due to EAB? If so, the pines prolly don't have much to do with it.

Peace,
- Sequoia

 

[billb3]

If that were my yard, I'd keep the crabapple , the ash is dead or dying and lose the pines.
Pines aren't great back yard trees, as they mature they start losing branches in every storm and as they get even taller the risk of uprooting in a hurricane (probably not an issue in IL) increases.
Like Norway maples they can be great trees on a house lot until they get past 30 years old, then thier inherent maturity problems start making you wish you had never planted them.
I've planted pines to help shelter oaks (and have something green a bit sooner) and then gone back and cut down the pines when the oaks have matured enough.

 

[smokinj]

those's are well mantained crabs,you can bet the one on craglist is going to be full of limbs

nope, those ARE the ones from CL. I just got those pics from him via email a couple of minutes ago.

jump on that!

 

[Danno77]

jump on that!

I'm planning on it, even though they are 35 miles away... We travel that way for shopping all the time. Maybe I can drop wife and kids off at the store and then go work for a few hours.

 

[smokinj]

jump on that!

I'm planning on it, even though they are 35 miles away... We travel that way for shopping all the time. Maybe I can drop wife and kids off at the store and then go work for a few hours.

heck have the wife and kids help be out of there in 30 min.s