For all of you scroungers,
what is your criterior that you use to decide whether a scrounge is taken? Scrounges can be an easy blessing or tough. Where do you draw the line?
For me, tree species comes first, and ease of removal comes next, then technical difficulty (within my skills) comes into play. If it's a junk tree, tough to get, ...... let it sit.
Would you pass on a tree that is tricky or requires alot of effort to remove it?
Whats your breaking point? Most of my remaining scrounges are remaining because someone doesn't want to put the effort into taking the tree.
One oak is tetering on a rock ledge (I'll cut it and let it drop) and get it at the bottom. The other oak involves 100+ feet of wheel barrel thru a thicket to get to the truck (that's gonna wear me out but I'll do it for oak). The ASH is down a 4 foot bank in a thicket of briars (so I'll have to toss the rounds up the bank). I'll take a swing sickle and clear a path. Another hickory is tetering close to the road and because of yard landscaping - the truck will not be close (it's gonna be a bear - but hickory is worth it). (I'll use a latter to top the branches first). Another Hickory is hanging across a neighbors drive and over a neighbors fence. (I'll use a latter again to top the branches so it will clear the fence).
I love the scrounges that are at a construction site and all the work is done - just pull up and cut and fill the truck. They're rare lately.
what is your criterior that you use to decide whether a scrounge is taken? Scrounges can be an easy blessing or tough. Where do you draw the line?
For me, tree species comes first, and ease of removal comes next, then technical difficulty (within my skills) comes into play. If it's a junk tree, tough to get, ...... let it sit.
Would you pass on a tree that is tricky or requires alot of effort to remove it?
Whats your breaking point? Most of my remaining scrounges are remaining because someone doesn't want to put the effort into taking the tree.
One oak is tetering on a rock ledge (I'll cut it and let it drop) and get it at the bottom. The other oak involves 100+ feet of wheel barrel thru a thicket to get to the truck (that's gonna wear me out but I'll do it for oak). The ASH is down a 4 foot bank in a thicket of briars (so I'll have to toss the rounds up the bank). I'll take a swing sickle and clear a path. Another hickory is tetering close to the road and because of yard landscaping - the truck will not be close (it's gonna be a bear - but hickory is worth it). (I'll use a latter to top the branches first). Another Hickory is hanging across a neighbors drive and over a neighbors fence. (I'll use a latter again to top the branches so it will clear the fence).
I love the scrounges that are at a construction site and all the work is done - just pull up and cut and fill the truck. They're rare lately.