Oregon Ash

[Slimdusty]

I have never burned or processed any ash before, but I stumbled into maybe just shy of a face cord while gathering my usual black locust. I believe it to be Oregon Ash, not positive but that is the only ash that is native here, and not many of them in my locale. Anyways, that stuff is heavy and dense, just as dense as the black locust or so it seemed to me while splitting. The tree was a bit twisted and had some extra limbs/crotches, and put up a fight with my splitter. Maybe it was that individual tree, I don’t know. Any of you west coasters process much Oregon Ash? Seems like it will be excellent firewood.

 

[qwee]

All I could find on Oregon Ash is that at 12% moisture content it weighs 38lbs/(?). White Ash weighs 42lbs. So, it is a good dense wood but not quite as dense as White Ash. It is better than Big Leaf Maple and Douglas Fir. So probably a btu rating of 20-22 (White Ash = 23-24 btu rating).

 

[NickW]

I would think you will like it. Won't have the performance of the locust, but it will season faster and it lights quickly. I would expect a combo load of the ash and locust to perform well with the ash lighting quickly and the locust burning long.