That's some sucky ash. Let me come get it out of your yard before it taints your stacks..... Nice load, 40!
Yes because the time it would take to cut to manageable piece and load, then dump them he's better off paying someone to pick up the wood and he is onto his next job.
Around here tree services can dump for free at a company outside of town. Most haul it there and dump it. That company then grinds it all for mulch. Free wood is extremely easy to find here. This guy will dump at my house if he's in the area to save about 30 minutes of round trip driving. Every other house seems to have a dead ash too.
Wow, free wood around here is like finding gold. You really got to work at it, and it takes hunting to find. If you hesitate it is gone.
Natural gas is cheap and plentiful in this area. Most houses won't burn wood at all. You see the occasional class A chimney on the side of a house, a large stack of firewood or wood stove on Craigslist, but not like you'd see in areas further out from the suburbs. It's all about convenience here and I don't think busy families have the time to burn wood when gas is cheap to heat a home. Areas that rely on electric and fuel oil definitely have a much higher demand for firewood.
In Short you have the firewood Hoarders that heat with wood, and you have the others, here there or wherever
I have two arborist friends and 1/3 of my wood comes from them. They give me great clean stuff, and in return, I give them all the referrals when I encounter folks that need work done requiring an insured outfit, with climbing gear, bucket trucks etc.. They get work, customer gets lower price because all they have to do is drop it safely and chip brush, I get firewood, and everyone's happy!
Up here we don't have much Natural gas/pipelines. Main source of heat in New England is fuel oil or Propane. And then there is wood, lots of us use it, hence the shortage of "free wood" around these parts.
Didn't want to start a new thread so I am posting a picture of D & L tree service picking up the oak logs that came in late last month. Sold it for $550.00 not too bad for just over 7 cord at no cost to me. The buyer, B & B Forest Products, Ltd. out of Cairo NY about an hour south of me. I talked to the log buyer he is out of Dutchess county and travels for the company just buying log lengths. After he measured and marked everything the boom operator cut some of the logs, don't know why and didn't ask.
The basic reason for trimming them was probably to get rid of blemishes. A 12 foot log with no blemishes can be worth more than a 16 foot log with a knot on one side. So off comes a few feet and the log goes up in value.
Makes sense to me and I knew someone here would have the answer, thanks. I do remember someone maybe it was you Paul saying that hey might be headed for Canada and I did ask if they were. He replied I just buy the things I don't sell them. The buyer didn't look old enough to know what he was doing or for that matter grading logs. Live and learn I guess.
Came home to a load of ash and two loads of oak. I have so much cutting and splitting to do. Back yard looks like a logging deck. I'm almost to the point where I'll have to pass on loads until I get this all cut and split. I'd guess I have enough logs to split 6-7 cords back there. It'll be a busy fall and winter.
Ugh, I feel your pain! I had to say no to a load the other day because my driveway is full. Today I shifted some stuff around to make sure I don't have to turn down any other loads. I told my tree guy I expect some oak to hit my driveway soon, been working with the crew more and more. Wooder is gooder.
