brush site scrounge woes

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AmarilloSlim

AmarilloSlim

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Spent almost two hours walking around the local brush site yesterday. Mainly all elm some cottonwood and a ton of yard waste. I only burn outside so I tend to be picky with what I bring home. Mesquite and fruit woods for the smoker. Whatever I can find that doesn't stink to the high heavens or is a pita to split for the chiminea and camping. So what do I do with my selection.. bring home some dang ol' c wood, elm, pine, spruce, cedar, one tiny round of oak, and some 4" diameter sticks of locust a tree crew was dropping as I arrived. Maybe a 1/4 cord. Seeing all the huge scrounges some of yall grab has me feeling down but hey what am I b*$@#ing about... It's a hobby cheaper than the gym. Rant over.
 
definitely keeps you in shape
 
Could be worse, they put a fence around ours with a locked gate. Used to be that all the small time tree guys would dump the big diameter stuff after the city workers went home at noon on Saturday.
 
SolarAndWood said:
Could be worse, they put a fence around ours with a locked gate. Used to be that all the small time tree guys would dump the big diameter stuff after the city workers went home at noon on Saturday.
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Ours get locked from time to time also. Normally when the city workers are running heavy equipment though. Or after people use it as a household trash deposit.
 
I haven't figured out where our larger dump site is yet, but my borough keeps a 20-yard dumpster parked next to the road salt shed for residents' use. I've never gone there just to scrounge, but I have brought home small amounts of some nice stuff when I've gone there to drop off my weeds and prunings. Week before last I found a small dead ash tree compliments of the EAB, already at about 21%.
 
We have 4 brush sites here. Never seen another scrounger but all that's ever left is huge elm and various woody shrubs. I get most of my good stuff from customers. (landscaper)
 
Our town keeps the wood hidden out of sight....they don't cut any, they just have 2 big town trucks idiling, with 2 town employees directing traffic, or sitting in their trucks after setting up signs while the tree company cuts, drops, and delivers to the town yard
 
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