Mega wood gloat

Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
J

jclark58

Member
Joined
Oct 1, 2006
Messages
206
Location
Mesa, AZ, USA.
They're clearing land about 2 miles from my house for a new retail development. Out running errands this morning I saw a front end loader knocking over several trees, even from a distance I could tell they were Desert Ironwood.

I headed back over after work and after less than 2 hours of cutting and hauling here's my haul:
woodhaul.jpg


Most are in the 7-9" range and 18-36" long, 26 pieces in total I think.

There's at least 1 more DI tree out there they didn't take out yet, I may be headed back tomorrow evening as well. :D
Jason
 
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
Congrats on the wood. I used to love doing finding these prizes.

I am a highway designer and when I used to be more involved in construction projects I would get alot of trees that were destined to be burnt. I have probably cut 60 trees into lumber. One thing I regret is not taking some of the walnut stumps that I left laying.

Chris
 
Rob, I plan to have some sections in the individual classifieds in the next week or so. Half logs, whole logs, slabs, etc.

Jason
 
I'm with you, Andrew, on protecting trees. It sounds like these were being knocked over in a development so maybe it's better to use the wood than have it go in the landfill. I don't know. Maybe the use of inappropriately harvested wood promotes other people not following the rules.

I just wish it were easier to know who is following the rules so we can buy ethically.

No slam intended, Jason - I'd have probably wanted to rescue the wood from the landfill too. Just thinking about long term - sometimes I don't know what the right thing to do actually is.
 
Originally posted by Aderhammer

Originally posted by negid

Originally posted by Aderhammer

I thought live trees were protected?
Click to expand...

Forgiveness is easier to get than permission?
Click to expand...
I guess that's what everyone says when they don't recycle and litter all over the place, every tree not logically harvested affects the enviroment.
Click to expand...

Easy there big guy, next thing you'll be blaming us for global warming. Not using a resource like this is as much a sin in my eyes as cutting the fin off a shark then throwing the rest away. If a tree is felled for some other reason and the wood is burned or thrown in a landfill that's just wrong. There are to many uses for wood products to throw any of it away. Jason did what most of us would do in the same circumstances and by harvesting this scrap wood he is reducing the demand however slightly for additional harvesting elsewhere.
 
DI in most areas is protected, with the exception of private land. It's a shame that these excavation companies are not more wood friendly and find uses for the trees they plow down. But they are always in a hurry and don't want to take the time to find a outlet to salvage the timber. luckily we have people like Victor (Landfill Lumber) to save at least part of the waste generated by construction companies.
 
Just a little clarification, while the logs are still green they were only harvested, off of private land, after the trees had been ripped from the ground by heavy equipment and pushed into large brush piles. What I wasn't able to salvage will be either headed to the landfill, chipped, or burned. I would NEVER harvest any portion of an Ironwood tree that was still standing, dead or alive, nor would I encourage anyone else to do so.

Some of you may not agree with my assessment, and that's fine, we'll simply have to agree to disagree.

Jason
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom