i was traveling back to my home town via 90 west from south dakota and the power company was putting up at least 230kv power lines right along the high way and there was tons of nice neat stacked tree trunks . i was telling my wife i wish i could stop and talk to them and score the wood so i hope some of you are in that area can go get that sick wood theres so much i was sad not trying to get some this was yesterday 02/16/18 theres LOTZ thanks guys and stay warm
To far for me for it to be economical......that being said, if I see it along I29 north of Hwy 12, I'm not too proud to check with foreman/supervisor for some free BTU's!
There is a ton of it stacked up along the highway there in Wisconsin for sure. Last summer they punched in a new gas line just up the road from the house. There are several log piles sitting in the woods as a result of that project.
New England got hit with a windstorm back in October, and the way it works here is, the power companies will not cut trees until after a major storm has caused outages. Part of it is because people now let them cut, whereas if it has been awhile since they have been out of power, they won't let them cut a limb without a hassle. But part of it is money too. After a storm the rates go way up so they use that money to pay for tree trimming. So all over New England, there is plenty of free firewood to be had.
Huh ? They hire an arborist, mark the trees they want to cut for preventative maintenance and request permission from the town and the landowners get notices and a form to fill out regarding wether they want the firewood left on the property or disposed of. That's to cut down the whole tree rather than do the usual trimming away from the lines that they are constantly doing. All the time. The delivery portion of the bill goes up and down based on what it costs to deliver the electricity. They don't get to raise the rates on a whim. What's wrong with you.
It's part of a new transmission line project, and yes it is a chit ton of wood. One of the log piles would keep most of us in wood for a decade. Hell, even the cast off piles had a lot of stuff in the 6-10 inch diameter range. Just where it hooks West after the Dells is where they were cutting Thursday. Lots of Oaks on this route.
We have become a nation of waste. We had a pipeline and a transmission electric line come through our area in the last two years. I don't believe it was ever offered as an option for anyone to salvage the wood. This attitude of wasting natural resources will come back to bite us in the butt!
How do we get some of that action? Locust gets cast off as freebies rarely by me. And despite the huge stands of Oaks on the area it's even more rarely seen in the firewood piles and Craigslist
I know. I'd go in paying for loading and transportation fees to get a load of that oak and locust. It's just a huge hassle to get to it, and get it out. Have you seen the wood "mats" they put down to be able to drive the equipment there? They are essentially wooden freeways.
Not here. They might do a LITTLE tree trimming, but not on the scale they are currently doing so. They went to the Public Utilities Commission as they typically do after a major storm, and asked for a rate increase. This time they were granted an 11% rate increase (cmp) Emera Maine was granted 9%. After they are assured of their rate increases, the contractor arborists come in and start knocking back the trees and limbs. It happens every time, and I have been here for 43 years... Nothing is wrong with me, I pay attention to my electricity rates and how things work... >>> STATEWIDE (WGME) -- More than 400 Central Maine Power customers are still in the dark, nine days after the Halloween blackout began. The costs are adding up from last week's wind storm and you can expect to see a bump in your bill at some point next year, according to CMP. CMP's John Carroll says they haven't figured out a total cost of how much the storm will cost yet, but once they do customers can expect to pick up part of the tab. It will include the cost to bring more than 3,000 crews from more than a dozen states and Canada to help with the recovery effort. Maine’s Public Utility Commission will go through everything, line by line, and can challenge certain costs along the way, deciding in the end how much each person's utility rate will go up per month and for how many years. "They're trying to balance what customers can afford to pay and the volatility that it could inject into rates against making a timely repayment to the company,” John Carroll, Central Maine Power, said. CMP has 30 days to send the PUC their total cost for restoring power after the storm.
A couple years ago there were many piles of wood along 52 from Rochester, MN up to Cannon Falls. What a waste. They had been clearing a right of way for a new transmission line.
i hope you close guys can go talk to them and get it some of that sweet btu's i would deff go talk to some one even bring them some pizza they might even load you up
I hope so too. There is nothing more than I hate than waste. It took 35 years or more for that tree to grow, and if outside of a road right of way; some landowner had to pay taxes on that land and subsequent wood for many years. To have it just go to waste seems so wrong! Years ago there was a neighbor that had a house and 6 acres of land and wanted to put electricity to it. It was land-locked so he asked another lander if he could put power on his land, and the guy said no. So he came and asked my Grandfather. Another person paying to put a half mile of power and phone across your land so down the road your grandchildren could have ample places to put their homes without paying for it? All he asked for was the food after they cut the right of way, and got it. Today it would not be allowed. They want every residential powerline to have a road beside it so they can maintain the lines without going to off road equipment that is expensive to haul in.
Drove this stretch today- Duluth to Milwaukee. Pretty strange weather. Started out in a Blizzard in Washburn county, 16 degrees. 75 minutes later we are in freezing mist...no snow,19 degrees. Unable to keep the windshield from icing up even with defrost on Max. Have to pull over three times to chisel the ice off. By Eau Claire it's nearly unbearable. Pulled off got gas cleared to ice and then the Blizzard showed up again. Fourty minutes south temperature jumps to 30, and the snow turns to hail and sleet. By black River it's raining. By the time I hit the Dells it's 39 and sunny. Someone near the Love's at mile marker 49 is splitting the huge stacks...so there's a go getter. What's really depressing is seeing the huge pile of good size limbs that are destined for the chipper. Would keep me in oak and locust for years:-(... BTW, it's mid forties and thunderstorms back home. Another chit show of a winter. 60's later in the week.
Apparently I was only 1 of 100 that realized something was not right with our power company. Yesterday the Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to launch an investigation into deceptive practices by our power company. Hopefully soon we will get a rebate to get the money owed to us back. Public Utilities Commission Investigates Central Maine Power Customer Complaints HALLOWELL, Maine (WABI) - Following many complaints of high power bills, the Maine Public Utilities Commission voted Tuesday to launch an investigation into Central Maine Power. The state will probe to determine whether there's a systemic problem with how the utility is run. About a hundred customers have filed complaints with the PUC so far this year after seeing large increases to their electric bills. The commission will be looking into metering, billing, and customer communications. "As we look into this, if we find that there's a systemic issue that had hit customers across the board, a customer does not need to lodge a complaint. We will hold the utility accountable and they will see, you know if that was the decision in the end based on the fact-finding, they would see a credit on their bill," said Mark Vannoy, the PUC's Chairman. This is the first step in a two-step process. If enough evidence warrants further examination, the PUC will conduct a more intense investigation.
