Loaded truck pics.

So the state park about 3 miles away from me is taking down a bunch of Ash & Oaks plus a few other miscellaneous trees. I stopped by to inquire figuring they would tell me to kick rocks but they said cut all you want, you just need a permit.

So this morning I wheeled over
and got started :
A nice silver maple was right inside the gate so I worked it up.


Next was a mystery tree that I thought was a Slippery Elm but it didn’t cut like Slippery or smell like it. Whatever it is, it’s firewood now.











Next was an Ash tree to finish off the pickup



Then there was a really nice Hickory tree about 24” at the base, for the trailer.

 

I can’t like this enough buddy, very nice score.

 

Heck of a good days work.

 

Can’t beat that, and didn’t have to go far either to get it! Win win!

 

I found 3 nice oaks & a Hickory that was bigger & nicer than the I cut up this morning but with 8” of wet snow on the slope I didn’t figure I could make it in/out.

Here’s the 2nd load of the day, it’s all Ash.

 

That’s a great days work! Two truck/trailer loads All that weight helped you off that slippery slope!

 

Really nice haul there JB. Cant beat a score that close to home. Nice that the snow doesnt look too deep either. Love that old Ford. What year?

 

It’s a ‘97. The snow varied from about 2” up to 10”-12” where these trees were.

 

Dumping a load of apple, american elm, sugar maple and black locust with my 93 Sierra 6.5 diesel and delivering a 6 bush cord load for my customer!

 

Yesterday’s haul for a old guy laid up. Had free grandson 17year old labor and traded for two loaves of homemade sourdough and they paid fuel plus some extra. Got a cord to deliver today as well as a half and a guy wants a 1/4 cord.

 

Load of oak i delivered today. Mostly red with some white.

 

Nice haul! Especially the Hickory and Ash! Great work.

 

Snuck in a quick load of Locust this morn. before it started snowing/raining. Was from a tree job I drove by last week. I noticed the tree company stacking the wood so I slipped a note in the homeowner’s mailbox.. They got back to me and told me to have at it! That move doesn’t always pan out for me. I find that in some of these suburban neighborhoods I get a lot of mixed reactions from homeowners. Some are happy to get rid of the wood but many seem to be a little creeped out. Oh well, it’s always worth a try!

 

Id be camped out for that! Awesome score there RSO!

Ive done the same. Either you get a "NO", no response or yes.

Most of the time ill stop and knock at the door. I hate those video doorbells!

 

The wood felt super light to me btw. It’s listed on the btu charts as being heavier than red oak. Did not feel that way to me, maybe it was dead standing and has already dropped some water weight? Any black locust doppelgängers out there that may have duped me?

 

Fresh cut green BL rounds are lighter in weight than oak (red & white), hickory and sugar maple. Sometimes dead BL rounds can be heavy.
Ive been scrounging so much BL in the recent months i almost forget how HEAVY the others are until a month ago when i scored some fresh cut green sugar maple and a recent oak score. Holy hernias batman!

Its btu rating is higher than red oak, just dont go by the FHC chart. IMO i think BL is ranked too low on it.

 

This was Friday Feb 19th

 

Dump truck load of ponderosa pine. Had I not hauled this to my house, it would have went to the landfill.

 

Great pine rescue! Makes me cringe when i see good wood at the dump.

 

Green ponderosa isn't exactly premo wood, but it will be ready to burn by oct/Nov. This will be shop wood for my father for next winter. Probably got 1.5 to 2 cords on this load so there is nothing to complain about.