Well guys, I'm now part of the club. I made my first attempt at scrounging (or I think it's considered scrounging) today by e-mailing the city forestry department and asking them if they made trees they cut and didn't chip available to residents for firewood. Not sure I'll get a reply, but at least I put my first feeler out there to see what happens.
Also, saw my first free firewood ad on Craigslist ... so I went to check it out since it was at a church about a quarter mile from my house, and the stuff was huge! One was a downed pine - you could tell by the billion branches cut off, but the others looked to be oak or maple, it was getting dark and a little hard to see. It made me sick to drive past knowing none if it would fit in my Civic. If anyone is in my area, let me know or check out the ad...it's a great haul of wood but needs bucked on site unless you have a crane.
Also, saw my first free firewood ad on Craigslist ... so I went to check it out since it was at a church about a quarter mile from my house, and the stuff was huge! One was a downed pine - you could tell by the billion branches cut off, but the others looked to be oak or maple, it was getting dark and a little hard to see. It made me sick to drive past knowing none if it would fit in my Civic. If anyone is in my area, let me know or check out the ad...it's a great haul of wood but needs bucked on site unless you have a crane.