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Score! Well, guess not.....

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by yooperdave, Sep 25, 2017.

  1. yooperdave

    yooperdave

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    While out scrounging last week, I spotted this tre that had been dropped by US Forestry and got all excited for a couple trips the next day...early! Turns out to be nothing more than basswood! :doh:

    Sometimes, they'll cut it up into rounds like that, don't know why....Usually when they do it to hardwood, it doesn't last long-kinda like crows on a deer carcass thing!
     
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  2. yooperdave

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    Here's the pic! (oops, forgot!)

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    Hey, it'll still burn!
     
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    To bad it's basswood, Dave! Looks like there's plenty of it there as well. I bet you were excited when you saw it from a distance. :bug:
     
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    13-14 million BTU per cord and it's free. Such a deal.
     
  6. Eric VW

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    :eek:
    My thoughts exactly.... great for a quick warm up at the cottage, no?
    Hopefully Horkn won't see this thread:rofl: :lol:
    :salute:
     
  7. MikeInMa

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    An easy score,is still an easy score.

    Maybe your hoarding card expired?
     
  8. Ralphie Boy

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    :BrianK:Okay for the shoulder sesson. Hoard on as the price is definitely right!
     
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    Go ahead and take the bass Dave.
     
  10. yooperdave

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    I'll probably take a round or two for the lathe....just in case sorta thing.
     
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    Hate to admit, but somewhere along the way I became a firewood snob. Won't gather anything less than silver maple any more, I would have left it too. If still there in 2 years, it'll be compost.
     
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    Actually, once the weather cools a bit, I may grab some.....still waffling over it. It's an uphill climb to the truck anyway.
     
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    Burns better than snowballs!
     
  14. Eric VW

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    Right on!:thumbs:
    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    I went to a scrounge found out it was a big cottonwood , a crap ton of it , I figured I'm hear I'll get a load of easy stuff .
    Once it was dry , about 3/4 of a cord , I was glad to have it , burned it last fall n spring
     
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    Yeah, save the good stuff for when it's cold.
     
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    Iffn it makes smoke it makes heat. I would take it even for just far pit fun.
     
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    I wouldn't have been able to resist the temptation with it all bucked up already.. Of course, I also wouldn't have known it was basswood until I got home and looked it up. I just split and stacked a cord of willow over the weekend in this nasty heat, so I may be a bad example of hoarding efficiency. (Hey, at least it was delivered!) :)
     
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    Make for a great pic, one round under each armpit. :thumbs:
     
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    Willow?

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