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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston
I drove by the downed tree yesterday afternoon and about 1/3 more of it was gone! Seems i'm not the only one who likes free firewood.  |
Someone probably saw you out there with your saw, and decided they wanted some too.
I'm pleased that you have helped yourself to this waste tree. I've helped myself to wood before too. After hurricane Isabel, there was a small walnut tree that came down across a bike path in my neighborhood. The county cut it up and dragged the logs over to the side of the trail to rot. So I came back with my bow saw and cut off a 3 or 4 foot length of the thickest part of the trunk. Cut planks from the log and let them air dry. One Christmas a few years later I carved those planks into salad tongs for presents for a few people. It was an experiment to see if I could do it. I probably wouldn't do it again, because it was a lot of work, but it was fun. Talk about a home made present.