There is a tax reduction for using rough sawn lumber and my Dad used it on a house he built. I tried to use it on a house I built and the tax assessor said he was aware of that but that I had over built with the rough sawn lumber and if he had to come check it out he was likely to give it even a higher valuation. My Dad thought that was funny until a few years later when he built a three bay garage with his own rough sawn lumber and the tax valuation was sky high. Just because us guys (all of us on this forum) can produce and build with inexpensive lumber and do our own work does not mean the final product will not have a high (often surprisingly high) dollar value! Be careful about that "cabin" you built or you may find a tax bill that will shock you! Of course, you can build and sell and profit and, of course, the powers that be know this and have tried to do what they can to restrict this through building codes or requiring licenced contractors etc.. There was a big controversy over even being able to use rough sawn lumber for construction when bandsaw Mills became popular years ago.
Some cold Canadian Ash. The first one was straight forward. The second was leaning 90* from where it landed. I put a couple wedges in and a piece of the face cut to steer it.
They’re all gone here. Gets pretty cold
About like the log pile you guys were cutting in my front field
Ash is a hardwood, along with cherry, oak, walnut, and maple
I’ve heard that it can be some hard-ash stuff!
