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Started by trapper, May 18, 2019, 04:35:05 PM

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trapper

 

 
Will either of these ash make decent boards or will there be too much stress to dry straight? 
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John Bartley

If you mark the "lean" and cut your boards so that the width is across (parallel to it) the lean and your thickness is perpendicular to it, you have a good chance of getting some boards.  The boards will bend in the direction of the stress and then you'll cut it out when you go to use them.

That said .... with so much nice straight ash dying from the ash borer ... why choose to cut these?

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Autocar

Times two what John said but saw them where she will bow and sell sled runners  :D
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trapper

If the wind would take the one  on the right the direction it is leaning it would land on my pole barn.
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Southside

Being an ash and a leaner you had better bore cut it or it for sure will barberchair.  That being said, I am not sure how you are going to change the direction of that lean and not have it fall onto your barn.  
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Chuck White

Put a good rope up in the tree as high as you can, hook it to a tractor, truck, etc and put some good stretch in the rope and you should be able to tip that tree straight back as you have pictured!

I agree with John Bartley, you should get some decent boards out of that tree!
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tmbrcruiser

Sorry to disagree but ash will split very easily. Way to dangerous to pull that tree. Have the top removed by someone with a bucket truck, then drop the log. Make sure the heart is cut before the back cut is started. Please be careful, you only have to make one mistake to be your last.
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SawyerTed

If a building is involved I would have a tree service put it on the ground. No clean up, I'd do that myself.  I have a feeling my insurance wouldn't be interested in repairing the barn knowing I was on the chainsaw if something went wrong.  The cost of the tree service would be less expensive than the repair of the barn if I figure in lost time in addition to the time and material for repair.  Plus the tree service is insured for damage.
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Andries

The last two posts were bang on. 
Bucket truck, top down removal, and do the clean up yourself.
Maximum safety plus lower cost = the best combination. 

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John Bartley

I can't see the right hand side of the picture that shows the barn and the rest of the tree, so I can't say for sure whether I'd attempt the felling.   If it could be swung without risk to life or limb and for sure wouldn't touch the barn I might try it.  A good fellers rope with a snatch block at ninety degrees and a solid pull by a good tractor might do it safely ..... but I'd have to see it in person.
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Southside

It has been said here already,  but I am going to say it a bit stronger so the OP does not get himself into a serious jam. This is an Ash and a leaner. You pull on it with a rope to try and force it over and it will explode. You would have better luck putting the pin back into a grenade after the spoon has flown off. 

Get a bucket man to drop the top off then bore cut the bottom once it is clear of the pole barn. That is the only safe option in this scenario which does not endanger the building or the guy on the saw. 
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