2012outdoorsman
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I'm going to try to make this as short as possible and was wondering your thoughts or what you guys have done in the past.
My neighbor had his property logged and it is pretty much exclusively red oak and ash. The logger left a couple large piles of logs behind as the homeowner asked him to. Well now he is unable to cut the wood. He can still get around but just isn't in the shape to cut and move logs around.
I stopped by the otherday as I was just going to cut for about an hour just to be a decent neighbor and help the guy out. My FIL and I did this last year and got about 1.5 cords done for him. He was so appreciative that it made me want to do it again. When walking up to his house I saw a large pile of split wood in his driveway so i kboxed on the door prior to statting cutting. He said he paid a guy $525 for 2.5 cords of hardwood upon inspecrion it was mostly soft maple and even some hemlock. He doesnt know the difference so i let him know about this. So this got me pretty iritated as this guy just doesn't have any money to waste.
I was thinking that I could work and split wood for him and take some in return. There is more than this guy will use in the next three years laying around. Some of the neighbors have stopped by and asked for wood and he let's them cut for free and doesn't ask for anything. All of them are doing very well with pensions and I feel like they're taking advantage of him and could easily afford to purchase their own.
What do you all feel would be a fair split? The woods is mostly in piles and just needs to be cut to size and split. All my splitting would be done by hand but being 25 I think I can manage.
My thoughts were a 70/30 split for me to split and throw in a pile. For a 50/50 split I would stack on pallets next to his house. This would involve me using my 4 wheeler and trailer and transporting the wood about 200 feet.
The last thing I want to do is feel like I'm taking advantage of the guy because he's the last person I'd ask to get wood from. He also has a small Stihl saw which I don't think he'll need so I was thinking of mixing that in there as a barter too. My saw is a husqvarna 576xp, so I wouldn't mind a smaller saw. I was thinking that I could work that in there for 8-10 hours of cutting and splitting. I dont know the condition and model, my FIL told me about it so it just got my mind thinking. I just have to keep in mind that my time is limited as I have a 3 month old and the spare time just isn't there as it use to be.
Thanks for the advice!
My neighbor had his property logged and it is pretty much exclusively red oak and ash. The logger left a couple large piles of logs behind as the homeowner asked him to. Well now he is unable to cut the wood. He can still get around but just isn't in the shape to cut and move logs around.
I stopped by the otherday as I was just going to cut for about an hour just to be a decent neighbor and help the guy out. My FIL and I did this last year and got about 1.5 cords done for him. He was so appreciative that it made me want to do it again. When walking up to his house I saw a large pile of split wood in his driveway so i kboxed on the door prior to statting cutting. He said he paid a guy $525 for 2.5 cords of hardwood upon inspecrion it was mostly soft maple and even some hemlock. He doesnt know the difference so i let him know about this. So this got me pretty iritated as this guy just doesn't have any money to waste.
I was thinking that I could work and split wood for him and take some in return. There is more than this guy will use in the next three years laying around. Some of the neighbors have stopped by and asked for wood and he let's them cut for free and doesn't ask for anything. All of them are doing very well with pensions and I feel like they're taking advantage of him and could easily afford to purchase their own.
What do you all feel would be a fair split? The woods is mostly in piles and just needs to be cut to size and split. All my splitting would be done by hand but being 25 I think I can manage.
My thoughts were a 70/30 split for me to split and throw in a pile. For a 50/50 split I would stack on pallets next to his house. This would involve me using my 4 wheeler and trailer and transporting the wood about 200 feet.
The last thing I want to do is feel like I'm taking advantage of the guy because he's the last person I'd ask to get wood from. He also has a small Stihl saw which I don't think he'll need so I was thinking of mixing that in there as a barter too. My saw is a husqvarna 576xp, so I wouldn't mind a smaller saw. I was thinking that I could work that in there for 8-10 hours of cutting and splitting. I dont know the condition and model, my FIL told me about it so it just got my mind thinking. I just have to keep in mind that my time is limited as I have a 3 month old and the spare time just isn't there as it use to be.
Thanks for the advice!