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Hi, just after a bit of advice please

 

how suitable would this be for milling and how would I go about finding someone interested? It’s been down for about 5 years

 

its 36ft long and approx 3ft in diameter at the base and 2ft at the top

 

Thankyou 

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think that could be past its best TBH, Ash is not a very durable timber outside and it looks to far gone to me, i have some big lumps of ash that have been inside 3yrs and 18mth outside before that and cutting it up for fire wood ATM,,

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5 hours ago, Wood lane said:

Hi, just after a bit of advice please

 

how suitable would this be for milling and how would I go about finding someone interested? It’s been down for about 5 years

 

its 36ft long and approx 3ft in diameter at the base and 2ft at the top

 

Thankyou 

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That's no good for milling it's to far gone 

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On the other hand you could have amazing olive and spalted character slabs… just to throw that in there before you write it off , I started ringing this up before deciding it was too good for firewood and it had been left for 5 years. 

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21 hours ago, Wood lane said:

Hi, just after a bit of advice please

 

how suitable would this be for milling and how would I go about finding someone interested? It’s been down for about 5 years

 

its 36ft long and approx 3ft in diameter at the base and 2ft at the top

 

Thankyou 

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What a shame that wasn’t milled about three years ago.  


But as has been said maybe there might be some good in it as it is a decent diameter.  I suggest cutting it in the middle, or into several lengths that would work well for milling - maybe ten foot or so.  This will show you what it is like in the middle.  If it cuts really easily and it’s a bit soft and pappy right through I wouldn’t even bother for firewood.  Looking at the cut ends will tell you how far gone it is.  Even the chips from the cut will tell you what the timber is like if you are used to cutting ash.

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29 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

What a shame that wasn’t milled about three years ago.  


But as has been said maybe there might be some good in it as it is a decent diameter.  I suggest cutting it in the middle, or into several lengths that would work well for milling - maybe ten foot or so.  This will show you what it is like in the middle.  If it cuts really easily and it’s a bit soft and pappy right through I wouldn’t even bother for firewood.  Looking at the cut ends will tell you how far gone it is.  Even the chips from the cut will tell you what the timber is like if you are used to cutting ash.


Yes it is, unfortunately it wasn’t in an easily accessible position when It first came down, I took all the branches for firewood and then planned to get the rest at a later date, this only came after we carried out some ditch maintenance with a 13 tonner

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6 hours ago, Squaredy said:

What a shame that wasn’t milled about three years ago.  


But as has been said maybe there might be some good in it as it is a decent diameter.  I suggest cutting it in the middle, or into several lengths that would work well for milling - maybe ten foot or so.  This will show you what it is like in the middle.  If it cuts really easily and it’s a bit soft and pappy right through I wouldn’t even bother for firewood.  Looking at the cut ends will tell you how far gone it is.  Even the chips from the cut will tell you what the timber is like if you are used to cutting ash.

Are you a betting man Gav ?  Fire wood if that 

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