- Dec 9, 2009
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There are several people on the road I live in who lost trees in the last big storm we had, and some of the trees are right next to the road. They'd be an easy score, but I'm a little reluctant to just knock on their doors and say, "Will ya gimmee?" I've been looking at their rooflines to see if they're woodburners, and of course I wouldn't even make the offer if they are.
I see it as a win-win for me to clear out their broken trees, but am not sure if folks look at it that way. Have any of you been in this situation, and if so, what do you do? Some trees have been laying in the ditch for more than a year--I know, because they had fallen across the road, and my kids and I cut them and dragged them into the ditch. Some are freshly fallen from that storm we had. Also, if you take the fallen part, and the trunk is several feet tall, do you cut that off as well? Offer to haul limbs to the dumpster?
A bit of a windfall (pun unintended) if I can get it.
I see it as a win-win for me to clear out their broken trees, but am not sure if folks look at it that way. Have any of you been in this situation, and if so, what do you do? Some trees have been laying in the ditch for more than a year--I know, because they had fallen across the road, and my kids and I cut them and dragged them into the ditch. Some are freshly fallen from that storm we had. Also, if you take the fallen part, and the trunk is several feet tall, do you cut that off as well? Offer to haul limbs to the dumpster?
A bit of a windfall (pun unintended) if I can get it.