Armaton
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Couple years back I bucked and stacked some 18-20' red oak rounds in the field behind my polebarn, only 40 yds from the road about 4-5 "Face cords" worth. Came out the next day and the stack was short. Figured whoever took it needed it more than me, and at least I hadn't split it yet. Split it all a couple days later and left it in a pile to stack the next day. Next morning stack was low and could see tire tracks in the snow, just pulled up to pile and then drove back out of the field. I left the wood in a pile, and same thing happened a couple days later. Walked out to the pile to check it and would you believe it, someone had put an 8 foot 5/4" board with 30 penny ringshanks halfway through it in the drive that the perpetrators happened to go over with their offside tires. Went to the houses in my neigborhood that burned wood, and started asking if any of them had any wood stolen lately. None of them had it seemed. However,one place about a mile and a half away with an outdoor stove and a small stack of wood under a tarp did have a 4x4 truck with the 2 riders side tires off! After stacking the wood I figure whomever got about 2 face cords. of wood.
