Scrounge score (warning: contains graphic footage of boxelder)

[Soundchasm]

Been striking out with some close calls but continue to push for the eight cord goal. Met somebody at a housewarming who had downed some trees. I thought they had just cut them down and I'd have some work to do, but I was flabbergasted when I arrived. This guy just wants some portion of this stuff gone. There's lots of ash, but there's box elder he wants gone, too. Not sure what final arrangement we'll make, and I may help him split some amount for himself (just a fireplace and firepit). It'll be fun, and his place is beautiful.

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And here's an acquaintance I first checked with a couple years ago when this bad boy came down. For reasons unknown, she waited until now to tell me to take it. It's ash, and I'll get her a rack set up to keep what I split for her.

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I'm a little tired of doing this, but I am going to give it my best shot to not run out and have a starting point for next year. I'm beginning to think that a good way to double my wood supply will be to get a cat stove that only burns half as much!!

PS - the video doesn't seem as effective as still shots for I.D.-ing, and I keep forgetting about a sticky lens cap I noticed after I loaned the camera to a buddy. I keep cleaning it, but I think he spilled some high-quality craft beer in there that is really holding on.

 

[Paulywalnut]

You're getting the good with the bad. Maybe you can drop the box elder at a landfill

 

[lindnova]

I burn a lot of box elder - mostly in the outdoor furnace. It dries fast, burns pretty good, but fast and does not coal much. I only burn it because I have so much of it. When clearing field lines we take only the best straight & nice easy stuff for firewood and burn the rest in piles. I think it burns better than pine.

 

[Soundchasm]

It's right around Silver and Big Leaf Maple (currently both in-stock at my place), so as long as it doesn't burn with a malodorous bouquet, I may have to give it a shot. Sometimes it's easy to forget how attractive any piece of wood is when you're freezing your keister off.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Maybe you can drop the box elder at a landfill

Or at Pauly's house