Whole lotta logs

[PA. Woodsman]

This situation is enough to drive you crazy or at the very least drive off the road or into a pole while looking at it while driving lol! I agree that the way the logs are stacked up it is going to be hauled to a mill, maybe some of it will be cut up for fuelwood by a worker who has permission, but if you say there is a chipper there that would be enough to make a grown man cry to see that beautiful wood chipped up!

When I see stuff like that, I call the local assessments office and give them the location and they always put me in touch with the landowners, then I go from there, and I'd say 8 out of 10 times by doing that legwork and asking nicely I get the okay to take it. If I see someone working there I'll stop and ask, and I always get their name in case someone comes along with a "what the bleep do you think you are doing?" attitude, I just say "I checked into it, made phone calls, and so and so said it was okay to take some"; if you just show up and start cutting then you leave yourself wide open for a whole lot of bad issues including getting hurt.

Call around, find out the landowners name and number, or call the utility company and ask or ask a worker there and GET A NAME! Now go do that and hopefully you'll get some, I'd hate to see you drive off the road into a ditch driving by that pile lol !

Good luck !

 

[Beer Belly]

Well, I asked a worker early on, and he told me he connot give permission and if they are not here to see....they know nothing. My first contact with the utility company (thier contractor, on thier land), I was told do not touch. After seeing it sit for two weeks, contacted the utility company again, and someone different said to "go for it if nobody is around, put it to good use, and if someone shows, claim ignorance, but we never had this conversation". I've got a bad feeling about this, so it stays until someone on site sez "yes"

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Well, I asked a worker early on, and he told me he connot give permission and if they are not here to see....they know nothing. My first contact with the utility company (thier contractor, on thier land), I was told do not touch. After seeing it sit for two weeks, contacted the utility company again, and someone different said to "go for it if nobody is around, put it to good use, and if someone shows, claim ignorance, but we never had this conversation". I've got a bad feeling about this, so it stays until someone on site sez "yes"

Probably a good choice, I'd say trust your gut, but mine is unreliable!

In a different time, years ago, I'd have said go for it. Now, things have gotten overly complicated and riskier.

I saw a pile about three times as large sit and rot for years right next to the road in a national park near me. I hated seeing it and felt like, as a national park, funded by my hard earned tax dollars, if no one else wanted it, I should be able to take it. I didn't even ask, because I already knew the answer.

I bet some other stash will become available to you, and this one wont even matter anymore.

 

[Marshy]

You may look and see if your county has GIS mapping. It is normally on the county website and shows property lines, who the owner is, etc.

I use this all the time to find the property owner and go asking I can have it.

 

[Beer Belly]

I FREAKIN' BLEW IT !......I was on the way home from Physical Therapy, and rounded the corner and there is the truck full of logs coming. I was able to flag down the driver and asked if I could have a few logs, he said "a few"....I said "okay, maybe 8 or 10"......he asked "Where do you live"....I told him "just around the corner".....then his boss pulls up behind him.....two cars are stopped behind me....I told him "your boss is behind you".....he said "meet me back at the site for my next run" and we parted ways. I went back on and off for the next 2 days.....nothing.....on the night of the second day, I passed on my way home from work, and it was all gone. Guess it was just never meant to be.

 

[HItz]

Absolutely right...I started collecting wood just under a year ago, and was worried that I'd have to resort to buying it.

Through a combination of knocking on doors and word-of-mouth, I was able to get 10+ cords of a nice range of firewood (including 2+ cords of Shagbark Hickory) CSS before I even had my wood stove installation done!

Here's my latest score of over 2 cords of Ash that resulted from knocking on a door:

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That is one hell of a pile in your truck. I'm impressed.