avalancher
Arboristsite Raconteur
Last year I had some wood going AWOL, I thought for a bit that I had just not topped off a few ricks, but after a week or two I realized that once or twice a week a few armfuls were going missing. I looked at the tracks back behind the shop and realized that they were not from my trailer or truck.
As far I knew, only two of my neighbors burn wood and neither had a small truck or car like the tracks indicated.
Today on the way into our road, there was a neighbor picking up some Mamossa tree limbs and small trunks left behind from the road clearing crew. He was loading it into his small little car. I stopped and talked for a bit. I asked him if he burned wood last year, and he said he did when he could get the wood, but he refused to buy wood from us "highway robbers". He preferred to just "find" his wood where he could.
I looked closely at his tires while talking and realized that they could have indeed been the tires from behind my shop last year. Not going to accuse him, but I have taken precautions this year. A chain across my driveway, and a motion sensor that triggers an alarm in our house along with motion sensing lights.
What do you all do to protect your crop?
As far I knew, only two of my neighbors burn wood and neither had a small truck or car like the tracks indicated.
Today on the way into our road, there was a neighbor picking up some Mamossa tree limbs and small trunks left behind from the road clearing crew. He was loading it into his small little car. I stopped and talked for a bit. I asked him if he burned wood last year, and he said he did when he could get the wood, but he refused to buy wood from us "highway robbers". He preferred to just "find" his wood where he could.
I looked closely at his tires while talking and realized that they could have indeed been the tires from behind my shop last year. Not going to accuse him, but I have taken precautions this year. A chain across my driveway, and a motion sensor that triggers an alarm in our house along with motion sensing lights.
What do you all do to protect your crop?