Last night I pulled the trigger and signed up for Chipdrop. Today right after I left my house, a tree guy calls me to confirm delivery, multiple loads of white pine and maple. He did two loads of the pine so far and he'll be back in the morning with the maple. I haven't even been home to see it yet and I'm already impressed. I can't ask for much easier hoarding than this. The guy was thrilled that I'm willing to take all this and that he doesn't have to pay dumping fees to get rid of it. I'm just happy to have a free resource for wood. More pictures to come as I start to process all this.... Here's the second load dropped in the dark.
That's awesome! Looks like you'll have some shorts, but a ton of nice straight pieces. How long do you make your rounds?
I like to have mainly 18" pieces for running East-West in my stove, and if I can keep the shorties around 12" they fit pretty well running North-South. At this point I can only speculate what the tree guys cut these to. Whatever they are I'm more than happy to make it work for me.
Nice score for sure! Shoulder wood is more valuable than many realize, saves tons of the good stuff when temps are moderate.
My wife sent me the picture when the guy showed up the first time but didn't say much. The second time he dropped the load right on the driveway and tells her he'll be back in the morning with another. It was then that she started grumbling something about losing the entire backyard to my wood empire... I reassured her I would do my best to rearrange the piles and not increase the footprint of my hoard.
Why am I always bassackwards? People call that shoulder wood. I find when I need to keep the heat up in the house the softer woods accomplish the task, albeit more reloads. Oak is a good shoulder wood for me.
I like to mix my loads, especially lately. When I left for work I had red oak and locust going with some cottonwood and aspen on top. It works for me. As it gets warmer out I'll phase out the heavy hitters gradually, save for overnight burns.
I did a quick measure and the smallest limb wood is 3 inch, and the largest rounds come in at 27”. Lengths range from 15-24” on the rounds. Most of them average 18” though so perfect for me. All in all not a bad load of wood, and no worse than the typical stuff I’ve scrounged in the past. I’m hoping for a decent haul of maple in the morning. Sugar, red, silver or Norway I can’t go wrong here.
That's great it worked out for you. I've been on for about 8 months....no drops. I believe I am too rural.
My last Chip Drop was, when processed, 3 cord of ash and 3.5 cord of hickory. It was the first hickory I've had in years.
What you need to do is pick up one of those vacant lots in town on the county auction for a few hundred bucks, then have all the Tree trimmers drop their wood off and you can process it there in your new wood yard. I’m sure your new neighbors would love you
Nice, good for you! I've been signed up for that almost a year but never get anything. I might sign up for some chips in the spring for the coop, but its a big load.
