greengiant
ArboristSite Operative
Got two nice loads of white birch Tuesday. Ya, I know it's not the best, but it will be perfect for March-May 2012 heating if I can get it processed and covered soon. So how far do you go (not in miles)?
I am out of wood to process at the house, and called an arborist buddy. He hooked me up 3 days later. The wood was down a narrow driveway, all on the ground, but some cutting needed to move the big pieces. I was told the wood was mine if I could clean up the debris left after I was done. I also needed to save about a 2 dozen 2-6"x 18" pieces for the arborist.
When I got there, I couldn't fit the trailer down the driveway-I mean physically, it would not fit the wheel base ( 6x10 utility trailer). I had the two kids in the truck, so wheeling the stuff down the drive to the street was not an option. I ended up parking the trailer on the street, unloading all my tools from the truck, backing down the driveway with about 4" clearance on each side of my mirrors to a fence and a house. I then loaded wood into the truck, moved it out the trailer in the street and back to the pile for more of the same (3 dakota loads to fill the trailer). Two full trailer loads total.
On top of this, there was a nice layer of ice and snow on top of everything. I cleaned up the best I coudl after with the leaf rake, and took out 6 buckets of debris and branches, but I wasn't about to shovel another 6 buckets of 'sawdusty' snow and remove it. Hopefully it was enough to keep my buddy from calling when I need wood.
So now its home, but far from done. From where it is in the pics, it will get moved by hand to the back yard, split and stacked, then next year, moved to the back porch, then to the inside by the stove, then in the stove. So I only touch each piece 8 times. All in all, glad to have the wood, but it was a bit of extra work involved, which without the 2 kids, would probably not seem too bad at all.
Gotta go now, coincidentally, just got another call on a load of maple, cut near the street from the same guy. Hope this load is easier
I am out of wood to process at the house, and called an arborist buddy. He hooked me up 3 days later. The wood was down a narrow driveway, all on the ground, but some cutting needed to move the big pieces. I was told the wood was mine if I could clean up the debris left after I was done. I also needed to save about a 2 dozen 2-6"x 18" pieces for the arborist.
When I got there, I couldn't fit the trailer down the driveway-I mean physically, it would not fit the wheel base ( 6x10 utility trailer). I had the two kids in the truck, so wheeling the stuff down the drive to the street was not an option. I ended up parking the trailer on the street, unloading all my tools from the truck, backing down the driveway with about 4" clearance on each side of my mirrors to a fence and a house. I then loaded wood into the truck, moved it out the trailer in the street and back to the pile for more of the same (3 dakota loads to fill the trailer). Two full trailer loads total.
On top of this, there was a nice layer of ice and snow on top of everything. I cleaned up the best I coudl after with the leaf rake, and took out 6 buckets of debris and branches, but I wasn't about to shovel another 6 buckets of 'sawdusty' snow and remove it. Hopefully it was enough to keep my buddy from calling when I need wood.
So now its home, but far from done. From where it is in the pics, it will get moved by hand to the back yard, split and stacked, then next year, moved to the back porch, then to the inside by the stove, then in the stove. So I only touch each piece 8 times. All in all, glad to have the wood, but it was a bit of extra work involved, which without the 2 kids, would probably not seem too bad at all.
Gotta go now, coincidentally, just got another call on a load of maple, cut near the street from the same guy. Hope this load is easier
