The Forestry Forum

Wondering if any of you guys have used Ash for lap siding. If so, what did you saw it at and how did it turn out.
EZ

Ash has a tendancy to split and twist when cut thin. Would be tough to nail also without splitting.

Jason

Would you leave grocery bags of candy in front of kindergardeners????????????????????  The bugs love that stuff!! I'de watch using it in that application. Just my experience in the lumber storage pile. 
Nature works 24-7, we get tired of fighting it after a while, they will win!
               REID

I don't want to sidetrack your thread but I also have an ash question.  I deal a lot with the Amish and they like ash for their wagon tongues.  I have been offered 40 cents a foot Doyle scale for straight ash logs 12 to 14 feet in diameter.  Is that a good price or could I find a more profitable outlet for it as logs.  Sorry for the intrusion.

I believe the Amish use it more for wagon wheels than for tongues.  Hickory would make a better tongue, due to strength. 

A lot of ash goes into cheap handles.  Take a look at the local hardware, and you'll see that a shovel is cheaper than a replacement handle, if its hickory.  I've also seen it sold as flooring and labeled golden oak.

Ash has been a dog on the wholesale market for the past couple of years.  I've been sawing it for butcher block counter tops.  I have about 60-70 Mbf to saw.  40 cents doesn't sound bad, depending on grade and what others are paying in your area.  If its veneer quality, then its too cheap.