midwestcoast
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Nice! A good haul of high-class firewood close to home, free & easy. Even better there are now a few more people in town that know you're a "wood guy".
Wood in street: free for taking--OUTCOME
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egclassic said:
You need only to have lived in the NE to understand how that can happen. The snow storm wiped out so many trees the towns can not keep up. It is 2 1/2 weeks since that storm and my street still has 3 areas coned off with trees intruding on the roadway. I had 9 wire breaks within 2 miles of my house after that storm. Many more trees down in the same vicinity.
gpcollen1
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egclassic said:
After Hurricane Irene and The recent snowstorm in CT/NY, there are still plenty of places where there is wood on the edge of the road or partially in the road on the side roads weeks later. It takes time and money to send out town or contracted crews. Plus, it gives busy scroungers extra time to get some wood!
gpcollen1
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mywaynow said:
Heck, it took 9 days to get my power back. why would someone think the wood is all gone?
Got Wood
Minister of Fire
CTwoodburner said:
The next town over from me is offering to chip up the storm (Oct snow) damaged branches for town residence. Folks were told to drag to the curb branches up to 2" diameter and leave the butt end toward the road. Most people have followed the guidance however MANY others have brought out logs up to 16" diameter. All the stuff by the road is clearly there for pick up. A GOLD MINE for scroungers. I am now up to 9 pickup loads since Saturday. I have pulled up to piles and the home owner is there dragging more out and helps load my truck. A significant amount is even cut to length. I have not even used a saw and am being picky on what I take and still have no shortage of opportunity.
weatherguy
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CTwoodburner said:
Same up here, I saw a guy pulled over today on an entrace ramp to Route 395 scrounging a downed maple, he probably figured it wasnt private property so it was a good place to cut.
babzog
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lctatlp said:
For sure and that's why I said if it was in front of someone's house, I would ask. There are some folks who would probably take wood from in front of someone's house. Many of the properties around here are township land, or owned by people who live in the city or are farmers who live miles away. Chasing down who owns what, other than the standard 1acre lot, is difficult at best - more often than not, the folks who live in the house has no idea who owns the lands around them (discovered that when I was looking for land on which to hunt). Wood that's cut along the roadside is gone pretty quick. If it's just along a deserted stretch of road and outside the fenceline separating the public road from private land, it's free picking. Road allowances (here) are not owned by private landowners, even though they may be tended by them. They're public accessways. The municipalities or townships expropriate land for road construction.
ColdNH
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Funny you say that, I did a double take last weekend when I saw a guy with his truck and trailer pulled over on the shoulder of Everett Turnpike in nashua scrounging downed trees along the highway. Seemed a little risky to me (to have a statie pull up on you and start questioning you) but hey, he is only helping out!
I wish there was more downed wood up by me, 24 inches of wet snow and barely any trees down, cant complain tho, didnt loose power or any of my decorative trees.
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