Pat Scott
09-04-2012, 6:48 PM
There was a Craigslist ad for a Silver Maple tree being cut down, advertising "Free firewood and lots of it".
I showed up and "lots of it" was accurate. I normally don't bother with branches and let the firewood guys have all the branches they want. But when the branches were averaging 17" diameter, I figured I could do something with them! There was only one other guy and myself, and he was back for his 2nd pickup load. I grabbed about 6 pieces while the crew was cutting up the 31" diameter trunk section. They cut the trunk in half and then cut the halves into quarters. I got 3 quarters and then the tree crew wheeled over a couple of the half sections so I took two of those. My truck was full except I figured I could squeeze in a few crotch pieces here and there.
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After the pictures I waxed the ends and covered the truck bed with a tarp to keep the sun off. Time to hurry up and finish my current project so I can fire up the chainsaw and get to work!
I showed up and "lots of it" was accurate. I normally don't bother with branches and let the firewood guys have all the branches they want. But when the branches were averaging 17" diameter, I figured I could do something with them! There was only one other guy and myself, and he was back for his 2nd pickup load. I grabbed about 6 pieces while the crew was cutting up the 31" diameter trunk section. They cut the trunk in half and then cut the halves into quarters. I got 3 quarters and then the tree crew wheeled over a couple of the half sections so I took two of those. My truck was full except I figured I could squeeze in a few crotch pieces here and there.
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After the pictures I waxed the ends and covered the truck bed with a tarp to keep the sun off. Time to hurry up and finish my current project so I can fire up the chainsaw and get to work!