Firewood...

[1967coronet440]

Mother Nature gave me some fire wood for the winter. Walk out this morning to this....

 

[Cncguy1]

Well, by the looks of it you should have cut that tree down years ago.

 

[1967coronet440]

Ya them Asian beetles ate it, used to be a nice tree.

 

[fratzog lover]

A nice maple tree I assume?

 

[Gone]

Well, by the looks of it you should have cut that tree down years ago.

This is what I like about the folks on this website. They get right to the point!

 

[1967coronet440]

A nice maple tree I assume?

It was an ash tree

 

[1967coronet440]

Coulda, woulda, shoulda,

I took 3 down last year never got to this one. Mother Nature forced the issue

 

[VANDAN]

Was that a White Ash ? We've been devastated by the "Emerald Ash Boar" here in Western NY. I had 14 trees treated last year to try and keep some healthy so they could re-seed after this plague moves on. Plenty of ash available here for firewood too... Just saw your new info.

 

[fratzog lover]

Coulda, woulda, shoulda,

I took 3 down last year never got to this one. Mother Nature forced the issue

Those critters don't waste any time. Amazing how a tree goes from normal to dead in a short time. I'm happy it didn't fall on your car!

 

[MarPar]

That sucks Bo. At least it didnt fall on a structure or worse yet, a person.

 

[1967coronet440]

Was that a White Ash ? We've been devastated by the "Emerald Ash Boar" here in Western NY. I had 14 trees treated last year to try and keep some healthy so they could re-seed after this plague moves on. Plenty of ash available here for firewood too... Just saw your new info.

Yup, I had 13 on my property. 4 are dead now. 2 we’re dying then bloomed again this year.

 

[1967coronet440]

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That sucks Bo. At least it didnt fall on a structure or worse yet, a person.

my insurance probably hates me lol, but hey that’s why we have it right.

 

[1967coronet440]

Here’s one of the stumps from the tree I took down last year, looks pretty cool so I saved it.

 

[747mopar]

Here’s one of the stumps from the tree I took down last year, looks pretty cool so I saved it.

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That's the Ash Boar for sure. I work in the sawmill industry, there's actually quarentee'd area's where we have to make sure all of the bark is scraped off before we can even ship the lumber to keep them from spreading.

Most of the Ash we cut now is already dead before it's even cut down, won't be long before it's gone. They dwell in the bark like you see in your picture but typically do zero damage to the actual wood itself they just kill the tree then rot sets in.

 

[fratzog lover]

Here’s one of the stumps from the tree I took down last year, looks pretty cool so I saved it.

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Looks almost like an aerial map from the Dukes of Hazzard driving school.

 

[1967coronet440]

Looks almost like an aerial map from the Dukes of Hazzard driving school.

Lmao

 

[beanhead]

And some fence planks for kindling I see!

 

[Cranky]

Hate it when that happens. There's a pretty big pine out back that needs to come down but at least it isn't dead...yet.

 

[oldbee]

Ash borer yup. Had to get one cut down last year,40-50’ tall & beautiful. There’s still 2 50’ pin oaks real close so the frt yard is good.

 

[1967coronet440]

******* insurance only wants to give me 300 bucks after deductible which was 1000