Dan Dill
ArboristSite Operative
ive notice time an time again all the wood that is wasted locally and on AS!! such as maple, cherry, birch, walnut,oak Even fir, cedar, spruce, alder ext.. on the firewood and heating forum, i always read about how members are using these woods in excess of 30'' diameter bucking and splitting them into firewood!!!!!! or when im just driving around town where im always too late to find these trees felled and bucked laying on the side of the road..now i love fire! who doesn't? but i use the crown of the tree or use smaller logs. now i can see maybe if you heating your house but i still cant see using hardwood logs that are soo large and fit for milling. its too bad there wasn't like some sort of recovery team that could trade or buy these logs an put them to good use! and even trade the owner firewood or money! just my humble opinion! :biggrinbounce2:
I cannot stand this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Recently I saw a Bastogne walnut cut into firewood. It was 5 feet Dbh and had a clear 16 foot log to the crotch............................I admired that tree for years and had mentioned to the owner that I would buy it from him if he ever removed it. He told me his contractor said it was too much trouble so he paid a tree service to fall it and make it into firewood. Piss poor planning.