Steve B wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Jeff Thies wrote:

Rough calculations gives a break even of about $820/4 = $205/chord.

Good deal at $85. It's hard to find cheap wood here, unless you
get it yourself. I've given up on that!


My city has a "yard waste" pickup schedule (it alternates months with
"heavy trash"). Or, the city says, you can take your yard waste to
the collection center.

I haven't checked, but I'll bet the city wouldn't mind if you hauled
off a pickup load of logs...

'Course you'd have to have a home-made splitter like we saw in the
video!

You lose. They won't allow any salvage at all. I go to the dump,
and see bicycles and all sorts of things I would like to bag. They
won't let you take anything, and for insurance purposes, you cannot
load anything that is there.


Hmm. Re-use is better than recycle. I see ads every day on Craigslist for
"free" firewood (somebody cut down a dead tree).

Perhaps I could persuade the city to pile up the "logs" in a separate
section for homeowners to carry away. During the winter, it would seem a
couple of cords a day taken for residential fireplaces would make a dent in
the landfill requirements.