Man vs Ash

[mxjamie540]

well my cutting buddy and I recently fell an 35" standing dead ash, we felled, bucked, hand split, then loaded in about 6 hours...... had a great time. I think we could have done it in less time, but we had to limb it a bit to prevent it damaging other trees, plus we both had worked midnights the night before.

Here are some pics of the fruits of labor

 

[smokinj]

no brush helps,nice work...

 

[mxjamie540]

yeah, no brush... and tree was along a hard road, so after we split we could just toss into the trailer

 

[smokinj]

yeah, no brush... and tree was along a hard road, so after we split we could just toss into the trailer

yep the pic's show it was a sweeet score and ash to boot

 

[mxjamie540]

ehhhh, I edited my photos and now they are out of order.... it was supposed to be a nice little "before and after" series,... OH well

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Good job.

That is why I'd always much rather cut a tree that is inside the woods rather than more in the open. The ones inside the woods will have fewer branches to mess with.

I'll bet that was fun doing all that limbing before cutting the tree!

 

[smokinj]

ehhhh, I edited my photos and now they are out of order.... it was supposed to be a nice little "before and after" series,... OH well

here in a couple days that 16 degrees out side going to look great....

 

[savageactor7]

Our ash trees around here don't fork like that...just say'en. As far as the bark coming off like that ...is that from the EAB? gotta agree though ash is my favorite cutting tree.

 

[mxjamie540]

well according to the State of Illinois IDNR website, there are no cases of EAB in my county of residence. They are all quite a bit North of me. There was tunneling trails under the bark, but no larvae was ever found.... so I dont really know what insect caused the damage.

 

[schortie]

well according to the State of Illinois IDNR website, there are no cases of EAB in my county of residence. They are all quite a bit North of me. There was tunneling trails under the bark, but no larvae was ever found.... so I dont really know what insect caused the damage.

Every piece of Ash I have has those trails. Every piece of Ash I have has been killed by the EAB. Check for small, D-shaped holes along the upper trunk of the tree. If you see them, you probably want to notify the IDNR.

 

[mxjamie540]

10-4 shortie, it has all been split and stacked now, so finding said marks may be tough, but I will look

 

[Backwoods Savage]

If you have EAB, the D holes won't be hard to find even in the woodpile.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

This should give you a good idea of the EAB damage.

 

[TreePapa]

[quote author="Backwoods Savage" date="1262300628"]This should give you a good idea of the EAB damage.

The top two look almost identical to pine bark beetle damage. The vast majority of pine I've scrounged or even bought (cheap) for firewood has beetle damage.

Peace,
- Sequoia