That is hilarious! When reading his post, I pictured you and him showing up to the score at the same time. He has the usual expected tools and you have a hard hat and climbing gear. Then you ask him, “you going for the locust”?
Probably a month or so, the tree guys still have some massive red oaks to get down, like in the 5' diameter range. The best part is these guys even quartered up a bunch of the bigger black locust, which is the first stuff i scooped up. My guess is they might do the same with the oak, since it's such a tiny road to get down there I'm wondering if a logging truck wouldn't even make it, or rather if they'd not even bother IF putting it up for grabs for scroungers like me proves to be that much easier...and I'm sure it's cheaper. Heck even if i have to stage the red oak in my yard for 1+ years before getting it split/stacked at least I know that stuff won't rot. My current 3 year plan seems to be turning into a 5 year plan. As for the leaves in the area of the beeches, you're right, it was practically all oak leaves covering the area. I only saw one little clump of dead leaves which could have been beech, but also likely could have been hickory. hard to tell at the point of them being that dead plus I just don't have the eye for beech besides for it's smooth bark.
Nothing wrong with the five year plan as long as you have the room! It definitely looks like beech, I was just thinking the unique sycamore leaf may help determine if some of it is sycamore, but, like you say, leaves may be pretty decomposed by this time. Awesome you have some time to work on getting what you can. Deadlines can be good motivation, but sometimes it’s nice to gather at your own pace. Keep up the good work!
