Need answer fast splitting ash

[Badger]

   A tree cutter just called me about an ash he is taking down, I have a bad back so am limited, How hard is it to split ash. I can hire some help if need be. And my 70 years old and smoking habit aint helping much either.

[ksnow]

If its a nice log, ash splits very easily.  No interlocking grain.  If its really straight, I have kerfed many with a circular saw to guide the splits.

Kyle

[Dances with squirrels]

The ones I've done were medium sized and split pretty easy with minimal interlocking of grain... a lot easier than elm. White ash? There's no bugs in it is there? The emerald ash borers killed them all here.

[Strichev]

If it has nice grain it splits easily, the first 3 feet above the ground were harder to split when I did it. The smaller bits can be split in a controllable manner using a froe.  That's with Fraxinus Excelsior.

[upstatenybowyer]

For me, ash has always been the easiest wood to split. When it's time to split kindling, I always dig out the ash. 

[Badger]

   That's good news, I was trying to split a 12" log of pear yesterday and my axe just kept bouncing out of it. I beat on it for 20 minutes and never got a split started. I ended up sawing it up and will use it for laminated longbows.

[JW_Halverson]

Even sopping wet, ash splits easily. 

Good luck!

[BowEd]

That ash should split nice and clean for a ya depending on the grain run of course.I've split cords and cords of it.

[ohma2]

As said easy to split ,everything around here thats ash has been ate up by borers.the  appearance of small D shaped holes in the bark tells the story.

[Badger]

   It did split easy enough but I decided to pass on it because it was too light. I took a sample home and dried it in the microwave and it just wasn't as tight grained and dense as I like ash to be.