if you've got a hardwood that has fallen recently or a standing hardwood (on the smaller side) that you want gone, i'll come cut it up for free and haul off the trunk and any limbs that are big enough for firewood. all i'd ask of you is to take care of the small limbs and brush.

not really interested in pine or other soft stuff.

9/6/2011 12:47:51 AM

damn, where were you before Irene?

9/6/2011 9:46:19 AM

you lose a tree?

9/6/2011 5:07:11 PM

kinda wish you'd posted this after those tornadoes...though i had one big oak and a bunch of poplars, so not sure how much you'd have wanted them

but they're all cut up and stacked now, so i'm keeping them

9/6/2011 5:55:44 PM

oak is great but poplar isn't really worth the effort

9/6/2011 10:09:46 PM

so what you are saying is, it's not that poplar
HAAAAAAAAAAH

9/6/2011 10:18:14 PM

exactly

9/6/2011 10:19:08 PM

just out of curiosity, what's wrong with pine as firewood?

9/6/2011 11:49:21 PM

^Pine has a very high sap content and when it burns it pretty much sounds like there's a bunch of popcorn in the fire because the sap keeps popping. It's potentially dangerous because when the sap pops it can shoot hot embers out onto your carpet and burn down your house.

9/7/2011 3:00:54 AM

popping doesn't matter. my wood stove has doors that i shut. if i do leave the doors open so i can enjoy the ambiance, then i use a fire screen, just as anyone with a fireplace should.

what does suck about pine is that it burns very fast, has low BTU value, and can coat your flue with creosote which may cause a chimney fire. pine's ok if you just like having a quick love fire in an outdoor fire pit, but if your primary source of home heat is wood, then pine just isn't worth the trouble.

9/7/2011 4:36:13 AM

Quote :

"fire in an outdoor fire pit"

this is me because i don't have a fireplace or a wood stove

i burn pretty much anything, though

9/7/2011 8:37:38 AM

Obligatory: Sorry, my standing hardwood is on the larger side.

9/7/2011 10:54:01 AM

if you want to come and clean up the small branches that have fallen in my yard (kindling size) recently i'll let you cut down a tree for firewood. too bad you didn't post this a couple weeks ago before i paid to have 4 oaks removed....

9/7/2011 1:51:32 PM