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That is a good point SR!! With so much dead ash around it is probably hard to think that far ahead.
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I did the math. Not having the equipment to turn the ash into lumber, my product is firewood or saw logs. It has a higher $$ value as firewood. Now black walnut is another situation. I cringe with every piece, no matter how small, that ends up in the firewood stack.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I did the math. Not having the equipment to turn the ash into lumber, my product is firewood or saw logs. It has a higher $$ value as firewood. .

Sure, that is true and it is the point being made. All that ash is being burned because it makes sense. Most of us can not make lumber and even fewer have a place to store large quantities of it. Even if we could it would not be a money maker short term. But maybe in 50 years you will have an awful hard time finding some nice ash lumber for some cabinets. That is why it is to bad the ash is fire wood - just the way it is. Not a criticism.

gg

 

[John_Mc]

See, like I said- siding... Beautiful

I think what you are referring to is "Live-edge siding". I do like the look on some structure (My neighbor has a saw mill and sawed up live edge siding for hos house, and it looks awesome. However, Live edge is a very different thing from using slabs as siding.

 

[John_Mc]

They keep warning us the ash borer is coming. There is a significant ash component in our northern hard woods here. I hate to think about it.

Yeas, Vermont is surrounded by states & provinces that have the Emerald Ash Borer, but none has been reported here yet. I'm sure it's already here, it's just that no one has spotted it yet.

 

[John_Mc]

The American chestnut is not around today because it was decimated by chestnut blight in the early 1900s.

That's right. it was not a matter of being wasteful or being "hunted to extinction". Prior to the blight, as many as 1 in 4 trees in the Northeastern forest were American Chestnut.

BTW, the American Chestnut Foundation (www.acf.org) is having some luck developing a blight resistant American Chestnut.

 

[4570Man]

I did the math. Not having the equipment to turn the ash into lumber, my product is firewood or saw logs. It has a higher $$ value as firewood. Now black walnut is another situation. I cringe with every piece, no matter how small, that ends up in the firewood stack.

What does firewood and saw logs bring in your area? I get $750 per thousand feet of #1 red oak. White oak, walnut, and cherry being more. I find in more profitable to sell # 1 and # 2 logs.
Here's a load I sold. The white oak ended up having wind shake and they sent it back with me. The 5 small logs brought $118.

 

[hillwood]

Kiotis live in the woods.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

The American chestnut is not around today because it was decimated by chestnut blight in the early 1900s.

AND the tree's were cleared and burned, just like ash today...

SR

 

[4570Man]

A dead ash tree only has a limited shelf life and the demand for ash lumber is only so much. If they're not burned for firewood most of them will be wasted entirely. Oak trees are plentiful here. Probably 80 percent or higher of the hardwood population. Is the logical thing to do burn oak firewood? IMO yes. It's plentiful and IMO the best firewood. Although I sorta agree with you. Few good logs go to waste under my watch. Do you think the outcome of chestnut would have been different if it wasn't widely used?

 

[ultrarunner]

I use to hear a lot about Hickory and not even a blip these days... a lot of Old Car components were said to be made of Hickory.

In California I have lost of "Live" of Coast Oak... some Redwood and Bay Laurel... the Bay Laurel hasn't proven it has any value...

As a teen... had a little... very little side business selling storm fall oak... made great firewood but there hasn't been a market in decades... the SF Bay Area has the strictest air laws on the continent from what I gather... and it is not just wood burning but anything from Emergency Hospital Generators, Paint, Adhesives, Wood Chippers, Crematoriums, Ships and Refineries...

Most oak is such little value people pay to have it hauled off.