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dorkweed
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Around here in the warm months, it's hard to scrounge wood because of all the tree services going 24/7 it seems. Anyhow driving to work this AM, I noticed a tree had come down in the neighbors yard 1 block down my street. On my way home from work, I saw the owners and some other folks there attempting to tackle this tree. This is the neighbor that I've gotten the bulk of my wood from in Jan, Feb, March......
Long story short, I get home unhitch my work trailer, and walk down to ask if they need a hand. I'm 48 years old, but these folks are 60+, and the two home owners have health problems and only 2 lungs between them and their helpers weren't exactly "fit" The home owners remembered me from earlier in the year, and they said "yeah, come on down."
20 minutes later, the old McCullock is ripping thru some box elder.........I know, not great wood, but free............I had 10 times the work done in 30 minutes than the older folks had done in probably hours!! Neither the home owners or their helpers wanted any of the wood............they said I could have it all!! I hauled back only about 1/4 of what I cut today. I have a bit more cutting to do, but I need to sharpen the chain, as I grounded it once or twice!
I'll take some pix once I get all the wood back to my place. I'm guessing 1.5-2.0 cords once CSS Once that's done, I should have about 6 cords of wood in my yard!! Not bad for only about 6 months of scrounging
Long story short, I get home unhitch my work trailer, and walk down to ask if they need a hand. I'm 48 years old, but these folks are 60+, and the two home owners have health problems and only 2 lungs between them and their helpers weren't exactly "fit" The home owners remembered me from earlier in the year, and they said "yeah, come on down."
20 minutes later, the old McCullock is ripping thru some box elder.........I know, not great wood, but free............I had 10 times the work done in 30 minutes than the older folks had done in probably hours!! Neither the home owners or their helpers wanted any of the wood............they said I could have it all!! I hauled back only about 1/4 of what I cut today. I have a bit more cutting to do, but I need to sharpen the chain, as I grounded it once or twice!
I'll take some pix once I get all the wood back to my place. I'm guessing 1.5-2.0 cords once CSS Once that's done, I should have about 6 cords of wood in my yard!! Not bad for only about 6 months of scrounging