On my way home from work Thursday, I saw a tree service busy cutting up a large pin oak tree in a yard not far from house. After reading of several success stories from fellow Hearth.com members, I turned the car around and asked the first guy that I saw if any of the wood was available. Fortunately for me, he was the home owner and said that I could have some of the wood. He said that his nephew from over the mountain wanted some of the wood. When I asked how much I should leave, he said that he didn't wanted sitting in his front yard all year and he would let me know how much was enough. This morning, I borrowed a dump truck from our friends on the farm next to us (it is good to have farmers as neighbors). When I arrived at the home, no one answered the door but two guys were working on dropping a maple tree in the back yard. I started loading the dump truck and quickly realized that the oak was much heavier than I had expected. After loading over a dozen of the largest pieces that I could lift (I rolled them onto a large round and then onto the end gate) the wife arrived. It turned out that we knew each other. I asked her how much wood to leave and she said her nephew wanted the larger pieces and he would take care of the two trees in the back yard. I finished filling the truck with limbs and left the rest of large stuff behind. The limbs will take a while to cut up but it will be worth it. I'll see how far I get on the rounds. A few have many knots and may require another neighbor's log splitter. I left a Sheetz gift card and a thank you note for the home owner and a note with a Subway gift card for the neighbor who loaned me his dump truck.
(The rounds in the last picture are the same ones from the earlier pictures.)
(The rounds in the last picture are the same ones from the earlier pictures.)