You nailed it there, Dennis! Unfortunately, our country has made it way too easy for these type of people. Stay home on relief instead of working, expecting the rest of the nation (working nation, that is) to provide for them. So many are perfectly capable of holding jobs, but once questioned about it, come up with an abundance of reasons (excuses) why they don't pursue employment!
Dump treasure today, yew and oak. Right before the loader smushed it all up! The yew stump that got away, too big!
I got my hands on some yew last year and I'm saving all the large pieces for woodturning. Going to make tool handles for my chisels out of yew, hop hornbeam and apple.
Appreciate the offer, but I have a pretty decent stash already. It does make for some excellent firewood though, I burned all the smaller pieces I had. You might have some luck selling it on craigslist to local woodworkers or turners. Just a thought if you want to make a couple bucks off of it.
The world we live in today. copper azole (CBA-A, CA-B) Sitting on the patio last night, admiring my hoard of free wood from the trailer place.....just could not come to terms w/the smell. Just did not seem right. So, I pulled one of the tags off the end of one of the pieces. Just curious to see if I could see where it came from. Arkansas. No biggie. ....BUT, it also informed me that it was pressure treated. ....w/copper azole (CBA-A, CA-B). Not good. Not too much research tells me DO NOT burn this wood. It used to be that you could spot treated wood. This really has no indication, other than that weird smell. So, another lesson learned. I'll see you on the road.
It would appear to be. If you look really close, you can see the tell-tale faint green color of the copper. Used to be the entire piece of wood would have that green color. I don't want to chance burning any of it now.
Wonder why the trailer dunnage would need to be PT? Seem unnecessary. I hope you can still use some of it for your deck. Though I can understand why you might not want to work with it.
I wondered the same thing.....great minds. ...should work great for the deck rebuild. I did handle it all w/leather gloves. Did not have a mask on, though. Did not make a lot of fine dust just cutting it up. It is what it is now.
I have a phobia about burning painted wood. Here in NE, a lot of old construction predates the lead paint laws.
I saw that olive greenish-tan color in the photos and thought it was PT immediately. Definitely don't burn it. Might be a market on craigslist if you can't use it.
Yew has its own toxic issues. It contains a poison called Taxine, which can kill animals (and humans) if they eat the needles. Woodworkers should wear a respirator when sanding yew. Breathing the smoke is bad, too, though I rationalize that a chunk as kindling in the woodstove doesn't pose much of a hazard. Here is an interesting site I found about wood toxicity. Wood Allergies and Toxicity | The Wood Database And here is a picture of dry vs. green yew.
I had to get rid of the treated, trailer wood. .....so, when I got it moved off the patio..... I thought, wow, now I'm short. Of course, that was bonus wood to start with.... but now I'm short. I needed to take the band saw boxes up, so I loaded up the saw and stuff and headed for the old oak pile. Scott was there. I told him I found the boxes in the wood he gave me. It totally confused him. His brain came to a halt. I told him I made them. Anyway, he had pulled the stuff he wanted out of the big pile. I cut a full load of oak. So, instead of having one bonus row, I have two.
Can't somebody stop me.....probably not. 6th load. I have pulled 4 1/2 cords of wood out of this place. For us, that is 2 yrs of wood. This was CL hunch. I did not call for a couple of weeks after it was posted because I really didn't think it would amount to much. ....wow.....you just never know. ...OK....NOW.....I'm out of room.....
