I guess this was a scrounge

[blacktail]

During hunting season this year I kept seeing a bunch of maple rounds on the side of the road. After a week they were still there so I stopped and grabbed the easy ones. It appeared that a maple had fallen on a road sign, and got bucked up by a road crew when they fixed the sign. I got the four easy rounds.

We took my dad's ride hunting a few days later and I made him pull over so I could grab the other two rounds. My total time was about 2 minutes to get 6 rounds and maybe 5 minutes to split them.

 

[NH_Wood]

Pre-bucked, side of the road scrounges are pretty nice! Cheers!

 

[wishlist]

It's 4 more rounds that you didnt have! Free, bucked, and side of road is a perfect scrounge.

 

[Oregon Bigfoot]

I like the Bigleaf Maple wood out here. It burns great, and splits pretty easy too! I would have scrounged that too!

Oregon Bigfoot.

 

[Wood Duck]

I have made tons of scrounges like that, and it adds up. I think those six rounds would last at least a day for me.

 

[katwillny]

I have made tons of scrounges like that, and it adds up. I think those six rounds would last at least a day for me.

I guess the trick is, try to scrounge enough on the weekends to last a week, even if its a week a year from now while it seasons. I have been scrounging a lot lately and on my way from work I have brought home about half a cord in 6 days. Its been easier this year to scrounge due to the bad storms earlier this year.
Nice score.

 

[Gark]

Any quick and easy score is a good one. Maple will always be welcome in our yard. They do add up! Good job.

 

[firefighterjake]

It's not the size of the score . . . it's how you use it.

I don't think it matters if you scrounge, buy or process your wood . . . I know I always look at the tree I cut, the load I haul out, the wood I split up and the stacks I build in terms of "This tree should give me heat for X days", "This load of wood should give me heat for X days" and "This stack should last me X days of heating." It all adds up . . . even small scores.