anoyne cutting ash - i need butts

[hurley man]

i need ash butts - height 1100mm, top diameter 30cm min and base diameter 50cm min. any quantities.

[Clada]

i need ash butts - height 1100mm, top diameter 30cm min and base diameter 50cm min. any quantities.

 

I think you need to explain yourself a bit better. You need part of the root as well?

[Gareth Dalzell]

I think you need to explain yourself a bit better. You need part of the root as well?

 

Ah, you see the rest of us watched Countryfile from Northern Ireland last Sunday and saw how they make Hurley sticks from the base of Ash (Hence the user name) so we all know what he means:biggrin:

[hurley man]

yea the tree should be cut as low in the butt as possible. the material is used to make hurleys in ireland. if you don't know what a hurley looks like think hockey stick and you get you kinda get the idea

[APC]

Will you dig them out yourself? What sort of quantity would be your minimum amount you'd be interested in? Will you travel anywhere in UK? What sort of price per butt?

[Clada]

Will you dig them out yourself? What sort of quantity would be your minimum amount you'd be interested in? Will you travel anywhere in UK? What sort of price per butt?

 

As it is an Irish market requirement a standing price quoted in Euros @ €20 per butt seems appropriate.

 

The tree can be forked above the 1.1 metre level.

 

Still plenty of firewood left on top if deformed.

[APC]

We were going to do this last year. We cut our ash off around breast height but when it came down to it, it appeared we didn't have enough to be of interest (only around 35 decent butts). We were happy to at least have given it a go as the hurley man said would have cut them out the ground himself, presumably to get the buttress. This would have meant not having to worry about blunting saws every 4 seconds. In the end, after sending photos of a sample group, he wasn't interested and so we just cut them to ground level and chucked them in the firewood bay.

[hurley man]

i'll travel anywhere in uk. price is about 35 per butt with dbh 30cm on roadside

[Gerryash]

I am looking for woods in the uk with ash suitable for hurleys, I am only looking for 1.3 meters of the trees (from the roots up) the rest will be your firewood. We are paying top prices for good clean straight ash with good roots, if u know anybody with ash or anybody in the forestry and put them my way you will be rewarded financially, I can also send pictures of what we are looking for many thanks Gerry.