If you have a large quantity of firewood stacked in your yard, will you wait for your neighbor to ask to purchase some, or will you proactively knock on his door to offer it for sale?
will you wait for your neighbor to ask to purchase some Firewood
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Wisco Shepherd
Minister of Fire
It depends on the situation. If it's a fit and able person who simply didn't make the time to get ahead I would wait. But if the neighbor had extenuating circumstances preventing them from getting wood I'd likely head over and offer wood at free or damn near to it. But we are a tight knit country road and they have all helped me on occasion.
Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
If you are friends with the guy, then sure. If not, I wouldn’t want a knock on my door. I’m sure he’d reach out to you if he wanted wood
Why would I sell fuel I put work into already? I'm never going to be able to change enough to make it worth my time.
I have been heating this old farmhouse for 45 years
When I started and for the next 35 years I gave my
church 2 full cords of seasoned hardwood to pass
out to those in need. For the last 10 years, my sons
have done my wood for me, as I no longer can
(bad back and heart). No one has ever come forward
to see if I needed wood or help and I still get asked for wood
As far as I am concerned. I will no longer help even though
I have 5 years of dry wood. I never asked for help when I
was giving it away even delivered it and stacked it. Now that I
could use a little help no one cares so why should I
When I started and for the next 35 years I gave my
church 2 full cords of seasoned hardwood to pass
out to those in need. For the last 10 years, my sons
have done my wood for me, as I no longer can
(bad back and heart). No one has ever come forward
to see if I needed wood or help and I still get asked for wood
As far as I am concerned. I will no longer help even though
I have 5 years of dry wood. I never asked for help when I
was giving it away even delivered it and stacked it. Now that I
could use a little help no one cares so why should I
brenndatomu
Minister of Fire
X2.
I know a guy that heats with wood, but he gives more away than uses for himself (he makes a lot, but not by himself) he has said "sometimes you have to go through the greedy to get to the needy" I thought that was a pretty good attitude about it...
Wisco Shepherd
Minister of Fire
That's a real bummer to hear but it seems like that's how it goes sometimes I guess the positive spin would be people see you as strong enough as not needing help but I personally know that it's a double-edged sword. I feel really lucky with my neighbors my first year burning I had a neighbor bring over a tractor bucket of Oak for a Christmas gift. It was wetter than hell so it wasn't going to get burnt this year but I still was very appreciative.
I feel like the only people who can truly appreciate wood and the work that goes into it are those that have done it themselves at some point.
In the past i rented a house to some people on the local version of section 8. They paid about 1/10 of the rent and the government paid the rest. She often didn't go to work because she "just didn't feel like it". The incentive to work was basically gone because the government was paying most of her rent and she was getting food donations as well.
This opened my eyes to people who just work the system, and also the negative affects of free handouts. It has made me limit donations to many groups.
It's disappointing because there are real people who do need and deserve help but there are so many more that just take advantage of any and all free handouts they can get their hands on and lock in those handouts once they are in the system.
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I wouldn't have any issue helping out and giving some wood to those who would need it. Even novices like I sort of am but mostly once was need a bit of help. My goal is to find someone to work together with and share in the haul if we process it together! lol
Wisco Shepherd
Minister of Fire
Some folks do it as a side hobby/job. Some sell it to folks who need it at a steep discount (Just enough to cover their tool and saw wear).
I had a fire wood buddy for years. It's the way to go. Unfortunately he's not around anymore. He went to forestry school (Paul Smith's in Upstate NY) so he knew a bunch about trees and safety.
First off good question bud ..... in my circumstance my neighbors are cork s***ers and what i mean by that is everytime my neighbors needed something whether it was firewood from me or for me too pay someone else and or gettin them groceries, rental cars plus money for trips , catalytic converter for there stove plus money for them when they gambled away there entire checks they seemed to like to run off and say i fu**ed them and was a retard while back was turned and its for that reason why i deal with none of em but if youre in decent sranding then i dont see why u couldnt do either or
I got in the "charity" mood one time. I was on the road in the big rig and didn't have time to cut and split my firewood. Fourteen days on the road and 2 days at home. I ordered a dump truck load of hickory for $250. It was delivered cut and split, this was about 4 Nissan truckloads.
My neighbor, lives 1/2 mile away is a Florida Yankee. That is, grew up in New York, moved to Miami 20 years ago. His cabin up here is a vacation place, Chuck comes up about 3 times per year stays for a week. His cabin has a nice Jotul wood stove.
Florida Yankees don't run chain saws, or use a maul. Chuck kept complaining about how he stopped at the local grocery store and paid $11 for a ten-pound bundle of wood. Firewood was so expensive! When I got the dump truck load of hickory, I loaded up one Nissan truck load, drove it over and unloaded it at Chuck's front door. Chuck was down in Florida at the time. I emailed him a pic of his new firewood stash. His wife said "thank you" but not a word from Chuck. At $11 per ten-pound bundle, this was $440 worth of wood.
Chuck never did express any gratitude for that load of wood. Chuck's behavior got me right out of the "charity" business.
My neighbor, lives 1/2 mile away is a Florida Yankee. That is, grew up in New York, moved to Miami 20 years ago. His cabin up here is a vacation place, Chuck comes up about 3 times per year stays for a week. His cabin has a nice Jotul wood stove.
Florida Yankees don't run chain saws, or use a maul. Chuck kept complaining about how he stopped at the local grocery store and paid $11 for a ten-pound bundle of wood. Firewood was so expensive! When I got the dump truck load of hickory, I loaded up one Nissan truck load, drove it over and unloaded it at Chuck's front door. Chuck was down in Florida at the time. I emailed him a pic of his new firewood stash. His wife said "thank you" but not a word from Chuck. At $11 per ten-pound bundle, this was $440 worth of wood.
Chuck never did express any gratitude for that load of wood. Chuck's behavior got me right out of the "charity" business.
Wisco Shepherd
Minister of Fire
That would have me feeling some type of way. Thankfully my stacks are well off the road and within range of my 30-30.........Unfortunately, my neighbors just help themselves
Maybe just figure out how much they take and leave a bill in their mailbox?
