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Well, Since I'm in the Area Anyhow!

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by buZZsaw BRAD, Jan 3, 2022.

  1. buZZsaw BRAD

    buZZsaw BRAD

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    Once your trailer is up to par maybe a due hoarding trip there? I have a few "small" BL scores closer, but debate whether to grab ASAP or let sit until im ready. I have at least another load at Hurd, but smaller dead, and logs from prior clean up work. When we visit, i go cutting for a couple hours. Another score i can hit if there but has to be half hour from hurd.
     
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    Havent been back here in a couple years. One reason I love the "shelf life" of BL. Cleaned up a long down "gnarly" (for BL anyhow) blowover, some limb and clean up wood. Roughly a half cord load. IMG_5226.JPG IMG_5228.JPG IMG_5227.JPG Barbed wire playing hide and seek on the back of the trunk. Luckily the saw didn't find it. IMG_5223.JPG IMG_5224.JPG IMG_5225.JPG Not primo as it was on the gnarly side with lots of interior voids and dry rot. Pot luck with BL as I've learned. More there but I really have to work it.
     
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  3. MikeInMa

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    I hope the splits are saleable.
     
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    They will get diluted among the other wood in the round pile. My regulars know of the dry rot and occasional insect damaged pieces. There are very few uglies in a half cord delivery as well. If I don't like the piece I'll toss it aside while splitting. Some may get noodled. This tree was the exception to my BL scrounges.
     
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    Yes very nice score
     
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    You know he is serious when he hauls around his own safety cone. Great score Brad.
     
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    Maybe he pretending to be a road crew so no suspicions arise from him taking wood along the road side... White "official" looking truck, orange cones, the high vis vest...
     
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    LOL!!! I have two of the same. One fell off a utility truck in front of a job I was working and no one claimed it after a few days. Finders keepers. The other a friend found and gave me. Ill bring them when working a busier road and the line of sight is limited. Too many knuckleheads driving too fast these days.

    And yes it does help me seem "official looking" with the white truck and cones.
     
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    I’ve thought about applying this technique to roadside trapping
     
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    I’ve saved my employer thousands with the cones I’ve collected, or other departments are costing them. Between the police, parking management and contractors they are always leaving cones behind. Over the years I’ve collected hundreds. I think someone finally through away my full size cone hoard. Now I’m collecting the minis in blue, yellow and orange. They are lighter and easier to stack and pull apart. ​
     
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    Nice look forward to you next collection
     
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    CAUTION: buZZsaw hoarding ahead!

    I acquired a second almost identical one after this one.
     
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