smokinjay said:I winch whole logs with a boat winch.
free73degrees said:funny you guys suggested the winch. I actually bought an electric winch that i have yet to install onto my trailer. That will definitely increase the size of the logs that I can handle, but there will always be huge logs that only a saw would handle.
Bobbin said:I understand the "rule", you certainly don't want every fool in town out there with a chainsaw, but JEEZ! What a waste of resources.
Is there anyway you could raise an objection to such waste? my thought process is that your community could benefit greatly if the town hired a chainsaw guy for a day and cut the wood into more manageable sizes. Maybe no one has bothered to point the obvious out the bureaucrats without a clue?
I sometimes wonder why towns and city's don't build small power plants to burn this waste wood.free73degrees said:funny you guys suggested the winch. I actually bought an electric winch that i have yet to install onto my trailer. That will definitely increase the size of the logs that I can handle, but there will always be huge logs that only a saw would handle. I used to bring my saw but they changed the rules.
I manage to scrounge enough that I haven't had to pay for wood, but if I ever ran out of sources then I'd try to get more of the wood from the dump.
It's still depressing from an environmental standpoint though. That wood could replace an awful lot of oil. The wood you see in that photo is only a tiny portion of the total volume that goes through that dump, and this is just one town.
allhandsworking said:I sometimes wonder why towns and city's don't build small power plants to burn this waste wood.
great idea! i get landfill from spring road cleaning & it saves them money. i do sign a release of liability form. saves gas & time so its a good thing. its your tax $$$ so they should give a good reason why not dump on your prop if its economically advantegousmaplewood said:Who's dumping this wood - the city?
Go talk to the crew chief - get him to dump it at your house. (A city crew may not be able to, though, for fear of showing favouritism.)
If it's tree groomers, go talk to them. They don't have the restrictions of a city crew. See the "So I talked to the owner of a tree service..." thread.
If it's random people - post a sign: "Dump here for free, or call me - if it's worthy of firewood, I have cash!"
But get that wood before it gets chipped!
BLIMP said:great idea! i get landfill from spring road cleaning & it saves them money. i do sign a release of liability form. saves gas & time so its a good thing
ChrisNJ said:Municipal dump near me at work is full of wood also, problem is you can drop off but no removal :-(
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