Put an ad up a week ago looking to remove unwanted trees. A really nice retired gent contacted me yesterday saying he had some recently cut maple (and a bit of yellow birch, it turns out) he wanted rid of. He even sent pics! Went there this AM and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I estimate there's probably 6 (face) cords here - what do you think? These rounds are averaging at least 30" across, some larger! I tried to split some for easier loading... after 4 of those, I took him up on the offer to use his FEL to load the roads.
Seems the tree cutter was paid to cut the trees and take everything away. Instead, the guy took the gravy and left the meat and potatoes. Shared a laugh when I commented that I like those kinds of tree cutters.
It's a bit of a trek, nearly 60km, but for good, solid sugar maple, I figure it's worth the trip. Brought home maybe half of it today, two huge loads in my 4x8 trailer. Thinking I'm gonna need a truck if calls like this are going to come in!
Only trashed one chain - hit something buried inside nr the butt.
So, how'd I do on my first real scrounge?
Seems the tree cutter was paid to cut the trees and take everything away. Instead, the guy took the gravy and left the meat and potatoes. Shared a laugh when I commented that I like those kinds of tree cutters.
It's a bit of a trek, nearly 60km, but for good, solid sugar maple, I figure it's worth the trip. Brought home maybe half of it today, two huge loads in my 4x8 trailer. Thinking I'm gonna need a truck if calls like this are going to come in!
Only trashed one chain - hit something buried inside nr the butt.
So, how'd I do on my first real scrounge?