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Pros & Cons

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by buZZsaw BRAD, Jan 30, 2023.

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would you take it?

  1. YES

    48 vote(s)
    82.8%

  2. NO

    10 vote(s)
    17.2%
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  1. Skier76

    Skier76

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    Poll needs a third option:

    “Take all the wood and post pictures of me riding wheelies on the bikes in the background.”
     
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  2. The Wood Wolverine

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    Recent Wood Score Post your Pics Thread
    Can you view this Tom?
     
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  3. jo191145

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    You can always look for the local skating pond and drop off a load of cookies. Get crackin.
     
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    I'd say its closer to SM...some charts even put it slightly more BTU's than SM
     
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    I cringe when I see wood cut like that. That would be a hard NO for me.
     
    jrider, Jan 31, 2023
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  6. buZZsaw BRAD

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    For hockey pucks or lilly pads? :rofl: :lol:

    Dont recall when they have frozen over. 20 years ago id be skating by mid December.
     
    buZZsaw BRAD, Jan 31, 2023
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  7. buZZsaw BRAD

    buZZsaw BRAD

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    East Center St. Ill let you know when im there and see if he'll let you try.:rofl: :lol:
    Ill take pics and video!:ithappened:
     
    buZZsaw BRAD, Jan 31, 2023
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  8. jo191145

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    I’ve heard they did some skating on our local rink during that first cold spell. One crazy woman was seen skating around out large spring fed lake here in town. That’s crazy. I don’t trust that lake EVER.
    There’s a cold spell coming Brad. The ice will freeze again :)
     
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  9. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Theres a resevoir i drive by near storage and it froze over back before Christmas. No skating allowed. I enjoy seeing and hearing the geese.
     
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  10. buzz-saw

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    I would take it. What doesn't split and stack nice would get used in shop furnace; that thing doesn't care what it eats or what it looks like.
     
    buzz-saw, Jan 31, 2023
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    Thats funny Joe. When i posted i knew you were a definite NO and Cash Larue was a definite YES!
     
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  12. Rickyblazin

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    U better get it before someone else does!
     
    Rickyblazin, Jan 31, 2023
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  13. Chud

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    Here’s a finished cookie of boxelder
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    Chud, Jan 31, 2023
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    Id take all of it uglys n chunks burn hot
     
    Rickyblazin, Jan 31, 2023
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    Another vote for cherry picking, I know scores of free wood are great, I just hate having a 10" piece in the insert or the stack messing everything up.
     
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  16. Ron T

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    I say cherry pick it ax well Brad.
     
    Ron T, Jan 31, 2023
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    Have you gotten it all yet, Brad?
     
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    Brad Box Elder is also called swamp maple here; it’s in maple family so think of it like silver maple
     
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    Get it all and don't look back. It'll get used somewhere.
     
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    If I was swimming in wood and had not much time for what I had on my plate it would be easy to pass on to the next guy.
    Otherwise, it's a score of worthwhile degree.
     
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