Not to skew too far from the thread but in looking at the hardness charts I was surprised at the hardness of ash .Fact in talking to my trimmer bud who has been taking them out by the hundreds he remarks how much filing he has to do .
Of course being grave yard dead and standing they don't take long to become hard as a rock . I flopped three myself yesterday afternoon and I'll need to do some filing on the chain before I cut them up .---back to the races ---