Dan is more industrial (and industrious) than scrounging these days, but all those minivans of wood granted life long scrounger status!
Seriously though, this thread is a mix from very small time urban scroungers like me, through much bigger scale personal scroungers like Cowboy and Steve, personal and family suppliers like Mike and on to those like farmer Steve, valley woods, cantoo and Dan that try and make a few dollars. Which is good, as there's a whole range of info and experience being shared.
That van came in handy at the right time , I had cut plenty of wood before that but wasn't burning at the time but had just installed a furnace then broke my tib/fib just above the ankle .When I got restrictions lifted 8 months later I can tell you that the first and many loads after were more of a struggle than I'll ever let my wife know , then to have to go back under the knife to restart the whole process all over sure was as much of a mental as it was a physical challenge but through this thread , being able to read about how others do things and working with what they have and trying things to see if it will work for me kept me going , being able to post up some of my stuff in the hopes that someone might enjoy/like or even laugh at me kept me going on that road to recovery and I don't regret anything .If I would have went out with the trailer and realized that I wouldn't been able to fill it in the beginning might have set me up for more stress .
I still can't run , still can't jump on the left leg but I now know I can still efficiently clear a house lot and fill a trailer in a reasonable amount of time which is all I can ask for considering my surgeon figured I'd be in for an ankle fusion and I legitimately qualify for a handicap plate .
I've read every post in this thread and will continue , lots to be learned whether it be how to reweld a 3pt arm(or not) dropbears , how every bug , snake or ant could kill , different types of wood , how some cut and process , bacon and maple syrup , why the porch should be painted a certain color .
Nobody has said my way is the only way and there has been no flaming .
Keep on posting , regulars and newbies, from methods , geography , culture and history knowledge is power .
However it is a shame that some of you Southerners will never know how good spruce is .