Weekend is almost here. Quick morning scrounge.

[Hills Hoard]

Started my Friday morning with a quick wood scrounge. The first pic shows where the local arborists dump the wood. Most weeks there is something to scrounge, so this morning I just took a few cuts of wood and left the rest for someone else to take.

I'm I might have an outdoor fire on tomorrow, but this sunday is going to be wet cold and wet so I will have the indoor fire blazing!

Anyone else have scrounging or a burn planned?

 

[Woody Stover]

Looks like two different types of wood--Any idea what they are?

 

[Hills Hoard]

Looks like two different types of wood--Any idea what they are?

I don't know what they are. I'm not very good with wood ID. But the red looking stuff had a funny smell to it..I'll go down to the car now and try and get a better pic and have a sniff...haha

 

[Auzzie Gumtree]

Where abouts did you find this? always looking for fresh sites........

Here's one in Olinda which i have turned down as it was shocking access ~ 15 steps over three levels. Its a beautiful oak tree and there is heaps. About three times this much.

 

[Hills Hoard]

nice find auzzie, shame about the access! might be worth it if you had the time to take your time and take it casually.

i work just off the monash freeway in malvern. There is a company called arborco a few hundred meters down the road. They dump wood from jobs as well as mulch for people to take. Lucky for me I drive past the dumping site every afternoon so most of the time I spot the wood within hours. As i said earlier I just take a few little bits here and there and am building up quite a nice pile at home...

 

[Auzzie Gumtree]

Sounds similar to me - there is a place on my way home ~ 2 km from home where a firm drops off a few rounds. I think i have scored ~ 10 times in a year. i just fill the ute up once although they had some very nice Blackwood the other week and i managed to get 3 loads before the rest of the scavenges got the rest its one of my favourite woods so easy to split and it looks nice too.

 

[Hills Hoard]

We should start a map of dumping grounds. I read about a guy in nunawading that dumps wood on Canterbury road near terara road but the council was starting to get a bit annoyed.

 

[bogydave]

Sounds like you both have some easy pickings.
If like here, lots of competition for fire wood?

I usually don't get many scrounges, the birch is usually sold or the owner uses it.
I seem to get a few spruce scrounges (pine)
Usually lots of poplars (cottonwood & aspen) scrounges but not many takers.

Had a fire pit burn today, testing some misfits & uglies from some 1 year birch,
no sizzling but not real dry yet

Stay warm

 

[Hills Hoard]

testing some misfits & uglies

classic...haha....to be honest, most of what I scrounge from this place is for the fire pit when mates are around drinking beers...if its cut to a good length and easy to split i'll use it inside..

 

[Auzzie Gumtree]

Sounds like you both have some easy pickings.
If like here, lots of competition for fire wood?

I usually don't get many scrounges, the birch is usually sold or the owner uses it.
I seem to get a few spruce scrounges (pine)
Usually lots of poplars (cottonwood & aspen) scrounges but not many takers.

Had a fire pit burn today, testing some misfits & uglies from some 1 year birch,
no sizzling but not real dry yet

Stay warm

I seem to get more competition for wood the colder it gets. During summer there were loads of easy scrounges i made sure i got all i could. As soon as it gets cold people start to think about heating their home and start looking for wood.

 

[Jags]

Well have fun gents. Its your turn to keep the fires burning.