Here you go, Brad. Few pictures of the locust around here. All on a small town owned parcel between the road and the river. Lots standing and healthy. Couple 10-12 inches down on the ground further back. The one down closer to the road is 16-18 I’d say. I look at it every day when I drive down the road. Just need to call town hall as ask permission I suppose. Bigger of the downed locust: Here’s the leaner at my neighbors. He wants both down actually. Leaner headed straight for powerlines. He’s hoping the crews will show up and take it down. I should measure them. They’re pretty large diameter.
Call, call, call! Holiday tomorrow so call Tuesday. How difficult is it to get the downed wood on the town property Woodsman ?
You folks in the great frozen North East have the largest black locust trees I've ever seen. My wife is from Columbia County, New York and we get up there about 3 times a year. The huge locust there always amaze me. We've measured several that are in the 45 to 50" inch DBH range. I'd purely love to sink a saw into one of those big boys but I could never get it home!
Those are some big locust. Cant say ive seen any really big ones near me. They're around just none stand out as huge.
Just bring your saw. Walk into the woods. Make 10 quick cuts into 4’ log sections. Then drag me out. 20 minutes. No one will say a word. Just play dumb. I do it regularly
Heads up! Some folks would see that as stealing, taking something that isn’t yours without permission. In the wrong place you could end up looking down the end of a barrel.
I agree for the most part. The area im cutting locust from is either state or town property. Probably a "NO" or too much red tape to get the wood. State, DPW or cop would boot me out IF they stop. If it was private property, then i'd definitely get permission. I cut for less than an hour when i do go there.
Ok, sorry but this is a total peeve of mine. I have a buddy that has no problem rolling up on a log on the side of the road not knowing or caring who the owner might be. Does the play dumb thing. Always asked me to come along until I told him unless I hear someone giving you permission I will not go. He has gotten in some heated situations. What has been suggested is for someone to take something they know is not theirs whether it belongs to a private person or municipality it’s the same to me. I’m not trying to tell anyone what to to or how to live their life. Just sharing a perspective from a person that owns property where down logs are valued weather they are close to my house or out of sight. Ask for the wood and you could have it, take it without permission we are gonna have problems. sorry rant over
WHAAAT? The post says a town owned parcel of land near a river!!! Where it will sit and rot forever. Give me a break I would NEVER take from private property but. This is Connecticut where they already rob you blind. He’d be doing them a service
i understand and respect that. My cantankerous elderly landlord with a lot of swagger who has a zillion connections as he is on planning and zoning in town has told me numerous times "just go and take the wood" when i dont have permission and/or met property owner first. I have asked him for phone numbers or to introduce me to land owners which he has never done.
Here on Long Island many of us stop on the sides of the road and do this all the time. No one ever said a thing. Cops never stopped
