So the other day at lunch there was a tree service taking down some Emerald Green Arborvitae that had gotten out of control at a neighbors. I stopped by and asked if they had anything else going on this week. They said they took down an oak earlier and a guy was on his way to the dump with it. So they called him and he was supposed to stop by. They ask if I want any of the wood they were cutting...im running out of room in the yard and becoming more selective so I pass and make it clear Im not interested in that stuff, explain why and say that Id still be happy to take the oak and some other types of wood off their hands.
So I go back to work, and my wife calls. They came by and dropped off a load of wood. I get excited, she says "but it smells kind of weird, like cedar". Yup you guessed it. They dropped the trunks from the arborvitae in my yard and bounced.
Now Im stuck with this stuff and not sure what to do with it. I know my fraternity guys burn in fire pits so Im thinking I can split it up a little and stick it at the frat house for them next fall. other than that its going in a dumpster (unless some one tells me it turns to gold as it burns).
Was I not clear enought? Was it presumptious of me to ask for one type of wood an not the other? Let me hear it from the Pro's, I dont want to keep running into this.
I know one thing I wont bother stopping off with them unless i see them cutting and oak. this is the second time this one company has screwed me.
So I go back to work, and my wife calls. They came by and dropped off a load of wood. I get excited, she says "but it smells kind of weird, like cedar". Yup you guessed it. They dropped the trunks from the arborvitae in my yard and bounced.
Now Im stuck with this stuff and not sure what to do with it. I know my fraternity guys burn in fire pits so Im thinking I can split it up a little and stick it at the frat house for them next fall. other than that its going in a dumpster (unless some one tells me it turns to gold as it burns).
Was I not clear enought? Was it presumptious of me to ask for one type of wood an not the other? Let me hear it from the Pro's, I dont want to keep running into this.
I know one thing I wont bother stopping off with them unless i see them cutting and oak. this is the second time this one company has screwed me.