Jutt77 said:
richg said:
Greetings and salutations fellow gangsta rappas:
here's a question regarding scrounging technique. do you pick up the one-off rounds that you see lying here and there, or do you wait until you see a major pile? The reason I ask is that I'm in sales and drive constantly...I pass a round here, a round there, big scores, medium scores, etc. Do little scores add up or are they a waste of time?
I usually respond to CL ads for free wood for large scores to make it worth the time. But last week I helped a friend move and saw a large branch of red Oak that had been bucked up by the city laying on the sidewalk and since I had my truck, I through it in the bed...wasn't much but its not everyday you find red oak to burn around here. The truck isnt my daily driver but given my wood whoreish ways, if I'm in the truck and spot wood I'll grab regardless of how much is there.
I answered an add on CL last week for free firewood. The guy tells me he has more wood than I could possibly burn in two seasons, come and get it. So I excitedly throw the saw in the truck and head over there thinking I hit the jack pot.
Once I get there, he shows me a stack of rounds that he had just cut and stacked. Looks good so far. Then, he takes me to the woods behind his house and shows me all these downed dead trees that he had been using as some sort of boarders for a walking path for the last 10 years and tells me I can have all of it I want. Obviously this crap was rotted and bug infested. His neighbor then came over telling me I could have all his garbage too. All these guys wanted was some one to clean up their yards. I took the truck load of good stuff and never went back.
People who don't burn think that those of us who do will take anything!
Saw another post on CL advertising free firewood in an area that I'd be working in the following day. The ad said that the wood was in the front yard by the curb. As I drive past the house, I see what looked to be a pile of sticks and branches from an old dead limb that had fallen from the tree in front. I had half a mind to pull out the saw and cut down the rest of the 40' Elm in the front yard!