About two weeks ago when I was visiting a friend, I heard chainsaws down the street. A tree service was cutting down a Doug Fir tree in the backyard of a duplex. I made an inquiry and it seemed the owner was going to keep the wood to sell it to firewood collectors. I said thanks but I really wasn't into paying for the privilege of solving a Landlords wood removal problem. Yesterday I got a call from the Landlord saying I could have the wood as he no longer wanted to deal with selling or moving it ( couldn't get any one to buy or deal with it). About half the pieces needed busting to manageable sizes and the wood was in the backyard with about a 60" flat roll to the trailer. If he had moved the wood to the curb, it would have disappeared in a few hours but no one seems to want to dolly or wheel barrow wood or sledge and wedge it to load. I backed my trailer up close to the gate and commenced splitting and loading. Took me a little more than two hours to get everything split to manage and a good load on the trailer. I took all the 16" pieces and left all the shorts and longs. I took a picture of the scattered, remaining splits and messaged a friend who is not picky about length so he will come and pick those up. My take will stack out to about 3/4 cord.
Nice work. That was a big tree. Yep, paying him to fix his problem seems a bit on the azzbackwards side of things.
Nice truck and scrounge mettalcuttr. The truck looks like it is in great shape, and will be around for many years to come. I saw the word Tacoma, clicked, and then realized it wasn't related to you truck when I saw the picture of that nice Tundra. What year is yours? Nice ones like that are getting harder to find around here (too much road salt). The ones that are properly rust proofed and taken care of are held on to dearly for their reliability and function, especially those double cabs.
Great score. As hoarders, we have to act sometimes if we want wood and i know doug fir is one of your favorites. Nice level yard. Ive never used a hand truck to retrieve wood. Have one and will keep it in mind. Im so used to pick it up and go with it! Yeah its funny how folks want wood, but dont want to work for it. Sounds like me...taking only the lengths you want and leaving the rest. Dont blame you there. Nice healthy load to boot!
2005 has just under 90,000 with never a peep of trouble. Just had it in for the airbag fix. Lots of sharks......I mean salesmen circling. I looked at the new Tundras and came to the conclusion that a Tacoma would probably serve me better but then, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"!
Wow I thought my 2006 DC had low miles (111,000). No trouble here either with mine. Everything is original, just one timing belt change. The perfect truck for my hobbies, as well as everyday driving performance. I have looked at the Tacoma, but it is not quite big enough for me, a passenger or two, and hunting/fishing gear, they are nice trucks though. When the time comes (in 5-10 years) I will be looking at the full sized Tundras. They seem to be pretty reliable as well. My brother and cousin really like theirs. I think I could get used to the larger size easier than getting used to a smaller truck.
Nice score metalcuttr. I've gotten a few myself because others didn't want to put in the work required to get it.
Nice truck! Everybody who doesn't burn thinks they're sitting on a gold mine when they have a tree cut down.
It burns GREAT. I burn a ton of it. Hot and relatively clean burn for a conifer tree. It’s a pretty dense wood, so it lasts a lot longer than pine.
That Toy of yours is just gold out here. Hold On. That’s some serious truck. Mine eclipsed you twice. Keep yours. Great score Russ. I’m not collecting much these days but I got my work cut out for me later.
My hand truck and wedges have gotten me lots of wood that others have passed on. A few simple tools are a huge advantage sometimes. Will you find a place to stack it?
That is a great find metalcuttr. Amazing that he first thought perhaps he could make a dollar but then found that he had a problem rather than a dollar maker. But you helped him out.
It's a tundra, so no issues. He's in the Tacoma Washington area. Nice score metalcuttr . U always laugh when homeowners want to have someone pay to take away they're problem. It's work to scrounge. A guy here just posted on FB about selling rounds that are from a tree he had to pay to have taken down. Dummy has them on the side of the road. He'll find out that scroungers will just take them.
Tacomas, Tundras and Sequoias all have recall issues with rusted frames. From 1995 thru at least 2010.
Yes, had the recall rust inspection done and general under carriage inspection by my personal repair shop (Friends). No problems, mine was not missing the rust proofing.
Fairly good BTU content (although different trees can vary), usually fairly easy to split, seasons quick, starts fast and very little ash. One of the very best softwoods!
