Some places cut the dead standing down to get it on the ground and more wet. Supposedly less fuel mass in case of a fire. That's how I got a lot of dead standing red oak a few years back. Whoever owned the land paid to get the dead trees on the ground. They didn't care if it got pulled out or not but it had to be pulled out by insured entities, they were not accepting any liabilities for anything. We only had one private property where we were allowed to go in and pull out some dead oaks ourselves. Cutting on delivered logs was easier but the guys pulling out logs had to stop because it was too wet for their equipment. They kept getting stuck and breaking things. We were allowed once to cut a pile of logs that was abandoned at the staging area where they were loading ten cord trucks. Only because they knew it would get stolen anyway as it was pretty much by the side of the road, an easy grab for anyone.
Maybe you’ll know the answer to this. Aren’t most public property’s like towns and state immune from lawsuits from people getting hurt on them? I’m sure there’s a ton of stipulations. One possibly being giving permission to perform hazardous activities on them.
Yes, that is one of the first things that show after the borer gets his dinner. Next you will see the tree send out lots of suckers; it is the tree's way to try to heal itself. Sadly, it does not work.
Ralphie that is truly sad seeing that mess but sadly that is repeated over and over and over. In this area one can see tons of that mess and sadly, most of it goes to waste. I'd really like to see states and counties and even cities get a decent program that would allow people to go get the wood. Our state allows people to get the wood but it has to be down and no vehicles off the roads. That is like trying to load a gravel truck using a teaspoon. In addition, they now charge to get that wood. Up until the 80's it used to be free. All one had to do was to go to a DNR office and ask for a permit and it was good for 10 cord. If you needed more, just ask. Now they charge and it is difficult to find good wood close to the roads.
Im not 100% sure on that. Whewn i lived in Wallingford, the town had a dumping area called the "dog pit" where they would dump anything from ground up pavement, old concrete catch basins to logs. Town residents were allowed to cut the wood but needed a "permit" which was basically a waiver form. I got some wood from there years back, but it wasnt anything great. They stopped it after fights broke out over wood. Ive never inquired about state permits. The regional water authority in New Haven county grants cutting permits on their land, but there is a long wait and lorts of red tape. Ive gone as far to offer to sign a waiver (never had to) to cut on someones property.
There's no carte blanche immunity from seeking damages, especially where you can prove or infer negligence of some sort. Say for example your child drowns on a state beach where it was reasonable to assume the lifeguard on duty was supposed to mitigate that possibility. You can't go after state assets like you can in some civil suits.
