Green ash.

[Woodworks]

Why do some of you need to get offensive and throw insults?

 

I did not even know the poem when I first rated Ash.

 

Mark, have you ever tried burning none DED Elm?????? its among the wettest timber you will ever find and makes Poplar look like good fire wood, DED causes the tree to cut off its own water supply and the timber is then seasoned by gravity and the wind.

 

I've often found that those who have a weak augment become offensive to those who disagree.

 

Why ask people for their genuine, honest experience and the slag them off when they take the time to give it?? Shame on you

 

O dear. I hope it was not my post you found offensive; ment as a bit of cheeky banter about logs

[Mark Bolam]

Why do some of you need to get offensive and throw insults?

 

I did not even know the poem when I first rated Ash.

 

Mark, have you ever tried burning none DED Elm?????? its among the wettest timber you will ever find and makes Poplar look like good fire wood, DED causes the tree to cut off its own water supply and the timber is then seasoned by gravity and the wind.

 

I've often found that those who have a weak augment become offensive to those who disagree.

 

Why ask people for their genuine, honest experience and the slag them off when they take the time to give it?? Shame on you

 

Don't have a pop at me just because you're cold you cantankerous old git!

I'll put it down to smoke inhalation.

 

 

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[skyhuck]

Tell you guys what, I will happily exchange all my other timber for your Ash, in fact I'll give you an exchange rate of 150% so for ever tonne of Ash you bring I'll give you a tonne an half of other timber:thumbup:

 

Why does Ash cause build up on cutters??? Low water content.

 

Ash is generally below 50% moisture, many timbers such as Horse Chestnut, Elm and Poplar are up to 150% moisture, meaning the water in the wood weighs 3 times more than the wood. Have you ever compared dry Pop with green? Dry Pop feels like polystyrene.

[skyhuck]

The Poem goes back to a time where seasoning firewood was not easy, people worked long hours, cutting timber was incredibly labour intensive, getting a couple of years in front and having a dry well ventilated building was not so easy.

 

All the timbers that are considered good by the poem are those with naturally low water content or that will season under a hedge, they lose water easily and don't take it back in quickly.

 

I remember a site clearance 20 plus years ago, we were trying to burn some Pop, 24 tyres from ATS and we were still struggling to get the fire going.

[mendiplogs]

Tell you guys what, I will happily exchange all my other timber for your Ash, in fact I'll give you an exchange rate of 150% so for ever tonne of Ash you bring I'll give you a tonne an half of other timber:thumbup:

 

Why does Ash cause build up on cutters??? Low water content.

 

Ash is generally below 50% moisture, many timbers such as Horse Chestnut, Elm and Poplar are up to 150% moisture, meaning the water in the wood weighs 3 times more than the wood. Have you ever compared dry Pop with green? Dry Pop feels like polystyrene.

 

HI SKY if your doing that up north DO YOU MIND IF I DO IT SOUTH TO BUT I WILL 2.5TONS TO 1 TON OF VERY WELL SEASONED LARGE CORD :thumbup:THANKS JON

[Mark Bolam]

If you know how to make fire you can burn anything.

The problem, as ever, is burning at a commercial rate.

 

The 150% mc thing is such bollocks I won't even go there.

 

 

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[skyhuck]

If you know how to make fire you can burn anything.

The problem, as ever, is burning at a commercial rate.

 

The 150% mc thing is such bollocks I won't even go there.

 

 

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The are different ways of expressing water content Mark, wet or dry.

 

Take a look at the chart in this link, Ash has around half the MC of Pop or Elm.

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/FC-BEC-InfoSheet-Wood-as-Fuel-TechSupp.pdf/$FILE/FC-BEC-InfoSheet-Wood-as-Fuel-TechSupp.pdf

[Mark Bolam]

Is it a ton?

 

 

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[mechtrev]

Is it a ton?

 

 

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which is heavier tonne of coal or feathers?

[skyhuck]

which is heavier tonne of coal or feathers?

 

Depends how wet they are