Ash Firewood - How Does it Compare? (Episode 2: Firewood Series)
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
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Is Ash good firewood? In this episode, we dig into the details of heat output, coaling properties and more.
Watch to the end, and you'll know everything you could possibly want to know about Ash firewood.
Personally, I think Ash is one of the easiest to split. It is also one of the fastest drying. It is also weighing less than oak which makes it easier to handle throughout the whole process.
Perhaps the difficulty in splitting comes from where you get the tree?
A tree that comes from the forest grows straight with less branches and twisted wood.
A tree that comes from the open like a city, will be shorter and have more branches/twisted wood.
Yeah - I do think Ash is easy to work with as well. Thanks for the comment!
IMO Ash is the best firewood.
Ok, so it's easier on the guy selling firewood because it's lighter and cuts easier than oak, but won't burn nearly as long. The heavier the piece when seasoned the longer the burn. There's always a trade-off, just be sure to know that if you are buying firewood by the rick or cord; what kind of wood it is, and make sure it's priced a-cord-ingly, no pun intended. 😋
The one dislike is from that guy that burned down his house using ash wood in 1987 . 😂
Ash is the firewood for kings. Great stuff. However I disagree with your video bc Ash is a joy to split. Easy, straight grain, excellent to work with. I enjoy your videos. Keep them coming.
Hey Joe - yep, you're right. Ash is one of the best firewoods for sure. Also, regarding your point about splitting Ash, I went back and looked at the video and I probably overstated the splitting difficulty a bit. In my mind, Ash is in the middle somewhere. I wouldn't call it the easiest to split, but I definitely don't think it's the hardest either. I'd say the most difficult type of wood to split (at least where I'm from) is probably Elm because the grains of the wood are so stringy.
Anyway, thanks for the comment, and glad to have you on the channel!
I'm splitting Ash all summer long at home - it does split well.
Good points. I think a lot of people only split wood periodically so it becomes difficult to say what splits best or worst. A tree that got pruned often in full sun will be much harder to split than trees which grew up tall in a pine or poplar forest. The time of the year/growth cycle the tree was cut AND when it's split also can make a huge difference. I've never cut or split wood before, but I know because I've watched plenty of CZcams videos like this one😉👍
Ash is my go to wood for its overall traits that you covered so well and for its abundance here locally. Good stuff in your videos... thanks!!
Hey Ricc - thanks for watching. It's hard to go wrong burning Ash!
Ash wood wet or ash wood dry, a king shall warm his slippers by.
Those are some good looking round piles you have there. Wish mine looked that good.
Some neat stacking there👌👌
Thank you. Great video.
Hi John, thanks for the wood ID videos.
I think ash splits fairly easily and it certainly dries quickly.
I’m not so crazy for using it for the fire pit or fireplace though.
It burns slowly with an uninteresting flame.
Much prefer maple, cherry or apple for the fireplace.
It’s a shame because I have 3 acre lot with mostly ash which are mostly dead now.
Hey David - thanks for the comment. I’d probably take Ash over Maple, and maybe Cherry if I’m burning it in a wood stove. But I agree, Apple would be nicer all around, and Id prefer Cherry over Ash for an outdoor campfire.
Don't let your ashwood go to waste!
I always felt like ash was very easy to split, more of a straight grain and pops open. Cherry on the other hand, all the ones i spit it's always so twisty and never seems to grow straight, i can end up with like half moon shaped firewood at times lol, at least that is what it seems in NY state. In my area it seems most of the downed tree's to cut and split of course is ash, then also yellow locus as well. For some reason i feel like locus in my area is in abundance, at least in terms of dead tree's like ash etc. It's also more difficult to split and is kinda stringy, but it burns to a fine ash and seems like a very clean burning wood, probably because it burns pretty hot. It's rare for me but i was able to get some black walnut this year, i suspect it will be great for burning as well.
Hello John, Ash is cash her in Northern Virginia, just subscribed, good video🚜👍🏼🪵🇺🇸
I sell a ton of ash!! Especially in the middle of winter because it dries so quick😀 but my top three firewood to heat the home is red oak, black locusts and ash.
Hey Chris - thanks for the comment. Ash is definitely one of the best. For my personal top 3, I'd probably agree with Oak and Black Locust, but I'd pull-in Hickory to round out the top.
Hey Chris, just wondering, why red oak? Or is it because of its abundance in your location?
Red oak splits so nice smells great burns hot and easy to cut with the chainsaw. Overall amazing firewood. I love it
New sub here ash is the main wood i go after because it dont require much time to season and burns great I also like black locust I have about a chord of that ready to go and a bunch of cherry and maple and oak
Hey Matt - welcome to the channel. Ash is great, Black Locust is like a furnace, and Cherry is what I’ve been burning (at least partially) in my fire pit in the back yard. Good to have you here.
How long does it take to get ready?
Thanks for the very informative videos. I was wondering about your wood piles, that appear to be cylindrical. Can you talk about that?
Hey there - yeah, those are my Dad’s wood piles. The circular style of stacking is called a Holz Hausen. I believe it’s the German method. If you Google Holz Hausen, there’s a couple of good tutorials for how to set them up. I hope that helps for now!
@@burlybeaver6013 A straight line stack laid across the driest summer wind is best
I heat with ash and black walnut. Ash is great and burns hot.
Nice - those are some quality woods.
Had an ash that I think was a victim of the borer and it has done a good job as campfire wood once it had a chance to season.
Hey Don - yeah, sad to see nice Ash trees go from the Borer, but it does certainly make nice firewood.
Doesn't Ash rot really quickly compared to Oak and other woods? If so, that's strange considering it's naturally pretty dry.
is it good for grilling 😓
Ash is the best firewood IMO: oak is long burning but too slow to get going and too slow to season.
Kick Ash! 😄
In defense, the stacked wood does tend to collect ants, but if you broom and blow them off regularly, it works well. Tis' the nature of the beast. We tend to check on our covered split wood to help eliminate these pesky pests. Should never be a reason to not purchase ashwood! It's a good burning wood. 👍
Ash green or ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown
Nice - love a good rhyme :)
I think this dude just likes to show off his wood.
Then don't watch you bafoon!
I’ve watched three of your videos and all I hear is those crickets! Sorry
Makes beautiful stair treads but how do you identify it?