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Alright, who wants to jump at this one? 
Free firewood
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I have a tree currently leaning on another tree due to a recent storm. Take it down and you can have the firewood for free! The tree is a poplar. Write for directions. You must be insured!
* Location: Bloomington
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 2185250714
Free firewood
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I have a tree currently leaning on another tree due to a recent storm. Take it down and you can have the firewood for free! The tree is a poplar. Write for directions. You must be insured!
* Location: Bloomington
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 2185250714
D&B Mack
Sawin Wit It!
Maybe its because you wanted to pay $100 for a cord in February, just a thought...
100 DOLLARS CASH FOR CORD OF BURNABLE DELIVERED FIREWOOD - $100 (FLEETWOOD)
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Date: 2011-02-03, 5:04PM EST
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PAYING 100 FOR CORD OF FIREWOOD DELIVERED TO MY FARM IN FLEETWOOD...CAN BACK UP TO BASEMENT DOORS AND THROW RIGHT IN... THERE IS SNOW IN THE YARD, SO 4X4 IS BEST OTHERWISE THROWN IN BASEMENT BY HAND. MAXIMUM LENGTH 30 INCHES.. ROUNDS ARE FINE AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT BIGGER THAN 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER....WOOD MUST BE BURNABLE,,,NOT ROTTING, WET OR LIVE CUT.
PICKUP TRUCK FULLS ARE NOT A CORD.
SORRY TO SEEM DEMANDING,,,BUT IVE GOTTEN SOME PRETTY BAD #### RECENTLY..LOL CALL 484-239-5053
•Location: FLEETWOOD
•it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
100 DOLLARS CASH FOR CORD OF BURNABLE DELIVERED FIREWOOD - $100 (FLEETWOOD)
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Date: 2011-02-03, 5:04PM EST
Reply to: see below
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PAYING 100 FOR CORD OF FIREWOOD DELIVERED TO MY FARM IN FLEETWOOD...CAN BACK UP TO BASEMENT DOORS AND THROW RIGHT IN... THERE IS SNOW IN THE YARD, SO 4X4 IS BEST OTHERWISE THROWN IN BASEMENT BY HAND. MAXIMUM LENGTH 30 INCHES.. ROUNDS ARE FINE AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT BIGGER THAN 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER....WOOD MUST BE BURNABLE,,,NOT ROTTING, WET OR LIVE CUT.
PICKUP TRUCK FULLS ARE NOT A CORD.
SORRY TO SEEM DEMANDING,,,BUT IVE GOTTEN SOME PRETTY BAD #### RECENTLY..LOL CALL 484-239-5053
•Location: FLEETWOOD
•it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
I was getting $125 a cord over 30 years ago. I wonder where this guy has been hiding?
No wonder this guy isn't satisfied with the wood he's been getting - he's only willing to pay $100.
Some people.
Some people.
Free Fire Wood/Whole oak Tree (Black River Falls/City Point)
Date: 2011-02-18, 7:32AM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
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Huge oak tree must be taken down, you keep the wood for cutting it down. Must have insurance.
Location: Black River Falls/City Point
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 2220930481
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Here's what I had to write back:
"I have to respond to your ad. I don't mean this to sound disrespectful but I think you misunderstand what you are offering/asking for.
First, I don't think anyone with commercial liability insurance in the Madison area is going to haul themselves all the way up to Black River Falls area to cut down a tree that is worth almost nothing.
If you want someone to have insurance to take down a large tree, you should expect to pay them for their services and, more importantly, their skill.
Most paper mills and lumber yards won't take 'city trees' or 'yard trees' because they generally have a lot of metal in them. If this tree is as huge as you say, it's been around a long time and there are probably more than a few lag screws grown in there. The damage to equipment makes them not worth the fuel it costs to transport these trees, much less the risk to take them down.
It's not firewood until it is cut (a day or more of labor and fuel), split (another day of labor and fuel), stacked(a half a day of labor) AND seasoned (at least two years' storage with oak). Three days of labor and 5 gallons+/- of fuel and lubricants can cost upwards of $1000 for just the cut down and removal.
It's not lumber until it is cut appropriately, rough sawn (wear and tear on a band saw), stacked, let to dry (THREE years for furniture-grade wood), and planed down to make the sides square to each other(more wear on equipment).
All of the lumber-making talk is dependent on whether or not the main trunk is in good enough shape to be made into boards. Sometimes, the tree forks too quickly, has a big twist in it, is full of knots/burl - although, in that case, you might be able to cut out those parts and sell them to wood turners but I don't know how that works.
You don't have 'firewood' or 'hard wood for furniture' as a product to trade. You have raw material that isn't properly prepared to be turned into a marketable product. Its like saying that you have a field that's overgrown with weeds you have hay to trade for someone to cut your grass.
Good luck,
Respecfully,
Tony in Madison
Give a man a fish, he eats for a day... Teach a man to fish and he spends the rest of his life finding a way to go fishing more often.
Every day I break my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive."
Date: 2011-02-18, 7:32AM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
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Huge oak tree must be taken down, you keep the wood for cutting it down. Must have insurance.
Location: Black River Falls/City Point
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 2220930481
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Here's what I had to write back:
"I have to respond to your ad. I don't mean this to sound disrespectful but I think you misunderstand what you are offering/asking for.
First, I don't think anyone with commercial liability insurance in the Madison area is going to haul themselves all the way up to Black River Falls area to cut down a tree that is worth almost nothing.
If you want someone to have insurance to take down a large tree, you should expect to pay them for their services and, more importantly, their skill.
Most paper mills and lumber yards won't take 'city trees' or 'yard trees' because they generally have a lot of metal in them. If this tree is as huge as you say, it's been around a long time and there are probably more than a few lag screws grown in there. The damage to equipment makes them not worth the fuel it costs to transport these trees, much less the risk to take them down.
It's not firewood until it is cut (a day or more of labor and fuel), split (another day of labor and fuel), stacked(a half a day of labor) AND seasoned (at least two years' storage with oak). Three days of labor and 5 gallons+/- of fuel and lubricants can cost upwards of $1000 for just the cut down and removal.
It's not lumber until it is cut appropriately, rough sawn (wear and tear on a band saw), stacked, let to dry (THREE years for furniture-grade wood), and planed down to make the sides square to each other(more wear on equipment).
All of the lumber-making talk is dependent on whether or not the main trunk is in good enough shape to be made into boards. Sometimes, the tree forks too quickly, has a big twist in it, is full of knots/burl - although, in that case, you might be able to cut out those parts and sell them to wood turners but I don't know how that works.
You don't have 'firewood' or 'hard wood for furniture' as a product to trade. You have raw material that isn't properly prepared to be turned into a marketable product. Its like saying that you have a field that's overgrown with weeds you have hay to trade for someone to cut your grass.
Good luck,
Respecfully,
Tony in Madison
Give a man a fish, he eats for a day... Teach a man to fish and he spends the rest of his life finding a way to go fishing more often.
Every day I break my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive."
tod0001
ArboristSite Lurker
My wifey pointed this ad out to me awhile(2wks?) back. We called and offered some free oak, but he didn't have a truck and wanted me to deliver. I told him to find a ride for his free wood to which he alluded that he had a brother with a truck and will call me back. He called back next day and asked if I was sure that I couldn't deliver. I still have that wood sitting off to the side.
BHWood
ArboristSite Lurker
A Bunch of old, wet firewood (Pleasant Ridge)
Found this one on craigslist
We had a pile of old, decaying, vine-covered firewood in our backyard.
I think it is usable if it dried out. The bark decayed but the wood itself looks fine. Would make lovely mulch.
Free to whoever wants it.
And if you have a chainsaw, help yourself to fallen trees in our yard.
A Bunch of old, wet firewood
Don't know about everybody else but I can never have enough old, wet, vine covered firewood!
This thread is great for laughs.............Brian
Found this one on craigslist
We had a pile of old, decaying, vine-covered firewood in our backyard.
I think it is usable if it dried out. The bark decayed but the wood itself looks fine. Would make lovely mulch.
Free to whoever wants it.
And if you have a chainsaw, help yourself to fallen trees in our yard.
A Bunch of old, wet firewood
Don't know about everybody else but I can never have enough old, wet, vine covered firewood!
This thread is great for laughs.............Brian
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upsnake
ArboristSite Operative
You mean you don't want vine covered decaying wood??? :msp_crying:
All this time i have been paying extra to get the decaying wood.
Haha people on craigs list are nuts.
All this time i have been paying extra to get the decaying wood.
Haha people on craigs list are nuts.
Uncle John
Addicted to ArboristSite
Free Firewood Indianapolis
What a bargain!
Hurry!
But only if you have insurance
2/28/2011
Ad reads:
You cut it down
you haul it
the small stuff chipped or hauled first
must show insurance
must sign agreement
large oak probably 50' tall
lennie 317-257-9016
What a bargain!
Hurry!
But only if you have insurance
2/28/2011
Ad reads:
You cut it down
you haul it
the small stuff chipped or hauled first
must show insurance
must sign agreement
large oak probably 50' tall
lennie 317-257-9016
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woodfar
ArboristSite Lurker
craig'slist
I love the ones, like the one I looked at today for free firewood/red oak. Get there and the tree is a pine 18" across, down a hill 20 ydrs. Said he paid the guy after cutting down tree and guy never came back to take tree (surprise). Ten people have call about the tree so you better get it fast. Seems that everyone in NC who does not burn wood thinks every tree is an oak.
I love the ones, like the one I looked at today for free firewood/red oak. Get there and the tree is a pine 18" across, down a hill 20 ydrs. Said he paid the guy after cutting down tree and guy never came back to take tree (surprise). Ten people have call about the tree so you better get it fast. Seems that everyone in NC who does not burn wood thinks every tree is an oak.
woodfar
ArboristSite Lurker
You mean you don't want vine covered decaying wood??? :msp_crying:
All this time i have been paying extra to get the decaying wood.
Haha people on craigs list are nuts.
I love the 2" poison oak vines myself
upsnake
ArboristSite Operative
The poison oak vines really add a lot of BTU to my fire.
It is weird though all the neighbors keep making lots of doctors visits though.
(completely joking of course).
It is weird though all the neighbors keep making lots of doctors visits though.
(completely joking of course).
realizing you are indeed joking, but since we are off on that bunny trail:
PI in smoke is far more deadly than on the skin. Learned from the dr. when I had PI over about 75% of my body, (skin only thankfully). Anyway, PI chemically destroys the skin tissue. On skin it can be washed off or neutralized, but can't really be fixed until it heals. In the lungs, breathing in the smoke destroys the lung tissue. There is no way to remove or stop it or neutralize it, and nothing can be done to stop the damage. If bad enough, the person literally suffocates like emphysema (sp?) or similar diseases. Very slowly and very painfully.
We just have PI plants that die off in the winter. (cold is good for something) You guys that have to deal with the vines/shrubs/almost treelike PI have it far tougher.
PI in smoke is far more deadly than on the skin. Learned from the dr. when I had PI over about 75% of my body, (skin only thankfully). Anyway, PI chemically destroys the skin tissue. On skin it can be washed off or neutralized, but can't really be fixed until it heals. In the lungs, breathing in the smoke destroys the lung tissue. There is no way to remove or stop it or neutralize it, and nothing can be done to stop the damage. If bad enough, the person literally suffocates like emphysema (sp?) or similar diseases. Very slowly and very painfully.
We just have PI plants that die off in the winter. (cold is good for something) You guys that have to deal with the vines/shrubs/almost treelike PI have it far tougher.
Scrapiron
ArboristSite Operative
For $150
#1- This isn't 1.5 - 2 cords of wood.
#2- I wouldn't want to be driving behind this guy.
You will receive about 1.5 - 2 cords of wood. All hardwood, no pine. Limited supply. Free delivery. Ask for delivery prices elsewhere. Quality assured. References available.
#1- This isn't 1.5 - 2 cords of wood.
#2- I wouldn't want to be driving behind this guy.
You will receive about 1.5 - 2 cords of wood. All hardwood, no pine. Limited supply. Free delivery. Ask for delivery prices elsewhere. Quality assured. References available.
banjobart
ArboristSite Operative
What a Deal!
tree removal (south lansing)
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Date: 2011-03-16, 10:51AM EDT
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
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I have a couple LARGE maple trees in my yard that need to be removed. One is pushing up the driveway a little and the other will probably start doing the same near the garage foundation in a few years. Between the two trees we are looking at at least 25 cords of wood. I would like to know if someone will cut if for free (or really cheap) and take the majority of the wood. (I would like to keep a couple cords for myself.)
If you are interested, you must be insured, and have proof of insurance.
Location: south lansing
tree removal (south lansing)
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Date: 2011-03-16, 10:51AM EDT
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
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I have a couple LARGE maple trees in my yard that need to be removed. One is pushing up the driveway a little and the other will probably start doing the same near the garage foundation in a few years. Between the two trees we are looking at at least 25 cords of wood. I would like to know if someone will cut if for free (or really cheap) and take the majority of the wood. (I would like to keep a couple cords for myself.)
If you are interested, you must be insured, and have proof of insurance.
Location: south lansing
darkbyrd
Forest Hugger
I'd like to see this 13 cord tree. Someone help this guy out just so we can see a picture!
DiscoInferno
ArboristSite Lurker
In MI it's almost universal that "cord" means "face cord". But that would still be a big tree.
Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
Free firewood/kindling (Roseville)
Date: 2011-03-05, 12:09PM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
So I had a big ash tree taken down today and they left everything from 1" in diameter on down. Great for Chimneas, kindling, or the fireplace! Free for the taking. Ash burns great, clean and hot. Wow - what a ton of great fireplace wood! First come, first serve. Have an outdoor fire pit? This stuff is perfect for ya'! I'll delete this when the wood is gone.
1974 Tatum Street
Roseville, 55113
* Location: Roseville
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Date: 2011-03-05, 12:09PM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
So I had a big ash tree taken down today and they left everything from 1" in diameter on down. Great for Chimneas, kindling, or the fireplace! Free for the taking. Ash burns great, clean and hot. Wow - what a ton of great fireplace wood! First come, first serve. Have an outdoor fire pit? This stuff is perfect for ya'! I'll delete this when the wood is gone.
1974 Tatum Street
Roseville, 55113
* Location: Roseville
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
darkbyrd
Forest Hugger
Better keep it clean, and snap to it!
Free firewood (Morganton, NC)
Date: 2011-03-21, 7:44PM EDT
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
In the form of logs. You must take ALL and I dont want any messes left behind! The wood is hardwood such as oak, hickory etc. Email me and let me know how soon you can be here to pick these up. Thanks in advance!!
Location: Morganton, NC
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Free firewood (Morganton, NC)
Date: 2011-03-21, 7:44PM EDT
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
In the form of logs. You must take ALL and I dont want any messes left behind! The wood is hardwood such as oak, hickory etc. Email me and let me know how soon you can be here to pick these up. Thanks in advance!!
Location: Morganton, NC
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
