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1 hour ago, Paul in the woods said:

I've been thinning the young ash on our woodland and I've been wondering what the smallest diameter the remaining trees need to get to to be worth milling? Normally I would say they are far too small but with ash dieback looming I would like to mill some for future use.

Well it really depends what you are hoping to do with the timber.  A log as small as 6 or 8 inches can be usefully milled, but it won't help you much if you are after 9 inch wide boards!  

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43 minutes ago, Paul in the woods said:

Thank you for the reply. I don't have any use in mind, I'm looking at it more from a woodland management point of view. I.e. these ash are unlikely to be here in a few years and it would be a shame just to log them. There are a few I could get a couple of meters lengths of 8" boards from.

 

If you dont have a use for them its a lot of work for something that of no real use to you and of little value. Personally Id just log them up. :D 

 

Ive got for 40" Plus Ash Logs that Im debating if I'll bother slabbing or not? I just find Ash so boring to look at. 

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