Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin

It's amazing what non-woodworkers will do to such fine material!
--
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-=#=-

"Kevin Craig" wrote in message
...
Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin

It's amazing what non-woodworkers will do to such fine material!
--
Kevin
-=#=-

"Kevin Craig" wrote in message
...
Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin

I think there are valid reasons for violence and this comes really close.
Too bad you didn't visit a few days earlier maybe could have traded some
junk firewood for what he had. Even a few of the 18" lengths would have
been good for small boxes etc.

Rick

"Kevin Craig" wrote in message
...
Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin

I think there are valid reasons for violence and this comes really close.
Too bad you didn't visit a few days earlier maybe could have traded some
junk firewood for what he had. Even a few of the 18" lengths would have
been good for small boxes etc.

Rick

"Kevin Craig" wrote in message
...
Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin

There otta be a law!

Remove the 'remove' in my address to e:mail me.

There otta be a law!

Remove the 'remove' in my address to e:mail me.

I kinda like the smell of it burning myself


"Kevin Craig" wrote in message
...
Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin

I kinda like the smell of it burning myself


"Kevin Craig" wrote in message
...
Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin

"Kevin Craig" wrote in message
...
Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin


Maybe you can console yourself by repeating, "it probably had lots of
hidden nails and other metal all through it".

"Kevin Craig" wrote in message
...
Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin


Maybe you can console yourself by repeating, "it probably had lots of
hidden nails and other metal all through it".

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:36:08 GMT, Kevin Craig wrote:

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.

No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:36:08 GMT, Kevin Craig wrote:

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have developed a
tic in my eye.

So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.

No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot. That
makes each of those wedges worth about $5-7. Let's see, you got
20 chunks times 6 splits, that's 180 wedges or so, times 5-7,
that's about $900-1260. Then there's the large branches and the
part after it starts to branch, Yup, you've prolly got $2000 worth
of cherry there. Ya know, a cord of wood goes for about $60,
seasoned, which this isn't. Too bad ya went and wasted all that
expensive wood. At least it'll make the grill cook tastier.
'Less you were just gonna throw it in the fireplace.

The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

Dave in Fairfax
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Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot. That
makes each of those wedges worth about $5-7. Let's see, you got
20 chunks times 6 splits, that's 180 wedges or so, times 5-7,
that's about $900-1260. Then there's the large branches and the
part after it starts to branch, Yup, you've prolly got $2000 worth
of cherry there. Ya know, a cord of wood goes for about $60,
seasoned, which this isn't. Too bad ya went and wasted all that
expensive wood. At least it'll make the grill cook tastier.
'Less you were just gonna throw it in the fireplace.

The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

Dave in Fairfax
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reply-to doesn't work
use:
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:29:38 GMT, dave in Fairfax wrote:
Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot.
(snip)
The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

There you go, that's the way to do it. Might not educate him, but at
least by sharing your pain it'll make yours easier to take.

Dave Hinz

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:29:38 GMT, dave in Fairfax wrote:
Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot.
(snip)
The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

There you go, that's the way to do it. Might not educate him, but at
least by sharing your pain it'll make yours easier to take.

Dave Hinz

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"dave in Fairfax" wrote in message
...
Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot. That
makes each of those wedges worth about $5-7. Let's see, you got
20 chunks times 6 splits, that's 180 wedges or so, times 5-7,
that's about $900-1260. Then there's the large branches and the
part after it starts to branch, Yup, you've prolly got $2000 worth
of cherry there. Ya know, a cord of wood goes for about $60,
seasoned, which this isn't. Too bad ya went and wasted all that
expensive wood. At least it'll make the grill cook tastier.
'Less you were just gonna throw it in the fireplace.

The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

Dave in Fairfax
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reply-to doesn't work
use:
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$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.



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"dave in Fairfax" wrote in message
...
Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot. That
makes each of those wedges worth about $5-7. Let's see, you got
20 chunks times 6 splits, that's 180 wedges or so, times 5-7,
that's about $900-1260. Then there's the large branches and the
part after it starts to branch, Yup, you've prolly got $2000 worth
of cherry there. Ya know, a cord of wood goes for about $60,
seasoned, which this isn't. Too bad ya went and wasted all that
expensive wood. At least it'll make the grill cook tastier.
'Less you were just gonna throw it in the fireplace.

The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

Dave in Fairfax
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reply-to doesn't work
use:
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$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.



--
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jtpr wrote:
$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.

VA. The guys run around with F-450s full every Fall and deliver
it. The Korean guy down the street bought a splitter and paid it
off by selling 3'X3' solid stacked piles for $15. Sorry it's so
expensive up wher eyou are, do you own a chainsaw? A maul? A tree
stump? I think we have a solution!

Dave in Fairfax
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jtpr wrote:
$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.

VA. The guys run around with F-450s full every Fall and deliver
it. The Korean guy down the street bought a splitter and paid it
off by selling 3'X3' solid stacked piles for $15. Sorry it's so
expensive up wher eyou are, do you own a chainsaw? A maul? A tree
stump? I think we have a solution!

Dave in Fairfax
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$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.



--
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Where abouts are in in NH. I'm only paying $100 a cord for it and that's if
I get lazy and don't cut my own. Then figuring in labor it's around four
hundred a cord. More if I do something stupid. Emergenicy room is
exspensive:-)

D.Mo

$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.



--
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©¿©¬


Where abouts are in in NH. I'm only paying $100 a cord for it and that's if
I get lazy and don't cut my own. Then figuring in labor it's around four
hundred a cord. More if I do something stupid. Emergenicy room is
exspensive:-)

D.Mo

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"dave in Fairfax" wrote in message
...
Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot. That
makes each of those wedges worth about $5-7. Let's see, you got
20 chunks times 6 splits, that's 180 wedges or so, times 5-7,
that's about $900-1260. Then there's the large branches and the
part after it starts to branch, Yup, you've prolly got $2000 worth
of cherry there. Ya know, a cord of wood goes for about $60,
seasoned, which this isn't. Too bad ya went and wasted all that
expensive wood. At least it'll make the grill cook tastier.
'Less you were just gonna throw it in the fireplace.

The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

Dave in Fairfax
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reply-to doesn't work
use:
daveldr at att dot net
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$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.


Holy crap! I'm sure he had to have meant a face cord, but still... 200
smackers even for a full cord is crazy. In the dead of winter our local
prices are only around $35 for a face cord, delivered. I may just load up a
trailer and take a drive to NH. I've got some really nice soft maple that's
been down for a year now - perfect for splitting up into this year's
firewood.
--

-Mike-

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"dave in Fairfax" wrote in message
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Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot. That
makes each of those wedges worth about $5-7. Let's see, you got
20 chunks times 6 splits, that's 180 wedges or so, times 5-7,
that's about $900-1260. Then there's the large branches and the
part after it starts to branch, Yup, you've prolly got $2000 worth
of cherry there. Ya know, a cord of wood goes for about $60,
seasoned, which this isn't. Too bad ya went and wasted all that
expensive wood. At least it'll make the grill cook tastier.
'Less you were just gonna throw it in the fireplace.

The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

Dave in Fairfax
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$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.


Holy crap! I'm sure he had to have meant a face cord, but still... 200
smackers even for a full cord is crazy. In the dead of winter our local
prices are only around $35 for a face cord, delivered. I may just load up a
trailer and take a drive to NH. I've got some really nice soft maple that's
been down for a year now - perfect for splitting up into this year's
firewood.
--

-Mike-

"Eric Ryder" wrote in message ...
I kinda like the smell of it burning myself

As long as it's burning under chicken and ribs I don't see it as a
waste. Expensive bbq yes, but definitely not going to waste.

"Eric Ryder" wrote in message ...
I kinda like the smell of it burning myself

As long as it's burning under chicken and ribs I don't see it as a
waste. Expensive bbq yes, but definitely not going to waste.

"Mike Marlow" wrote in message link.net...
"jtpr" wrote in message
...



$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.


Holy crap! I'm sure he had to have meant a face cord, but still... 200
smackers even for a full cord is crazy. In the dead of winter our local
prices are only around $35 for a face cord, delivered. I may just load up a
trailer and take a drive to NH. I've got some really nice soft maple that's
been down for a year now - perfect for splitting up into this year's
firewood.

Hell, I gotta live one I'd cut down for that kinda doh--big ol' silver
been droppin' branches for a few years, kinda twisty on accounta
growin' up with a 'talpa crowdin' it.

That 'talpa's seen better days, too. It'll die 'for too long.
Anybody out there made any thing outta 'talpa (Catalpa)?

BTW, Kevin--I feel your pain.
Dan

"Mike Marlow" wrote in message link.net...
"jtpr" wrote in message
...



$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.


Holy crap! I'm sure he had to have meant a face cord, but still... 200
smackers even for a full cord is crazy. In the dead of winter our local
prices are only around $35 for a face cord, delivered. I may just load up a
trailer and take a drive to NH. I've got some really nice soft maple that's
been down for a year now - perfect for splitting up into this year's
firewood.

Hell, I gotta live one I'd cut down for that kinda doh--big ol' silver
been droppin' branches for a few years, kinda twisty on accounta
growin' up with a 'talpa crowdin' it.

That 'talpa's seen better days, too. It'll die 'for too long.
Anybody out there made any thing outta 'talpa (Catalpa)?

BTW, Kevin--I feel your pain.
Dan

"Dan Cullimore" wrote in message
om...
"Mike Marlow" wrote in message
link.net...
"jtpr" wrote in message
...



$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent
uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.


Holy crap! I'm sure he had to have meant a face cord, but still... 200
smackers even for a full cord is crazy. In the dead of winter our local
prices are only around $35 for a face cord, delivered. I may just load
up a
trailer and take a drive to NH. I've got some really nice soft maple
that's
been down for a year now - perfect for splitting up into this year's
firewood.

Hell, I gotta live one I'd cut down for that kinda doh--big ol' silver
been droppin' branches for a few years, kinda twisty on accounta
growin' up with a 'talpa crowdin' it.

That 'talpa's seen better days, too. It'll die 'for too long.
Anybody out there made any thing outta 'talpa (Catalpa)?

BTW, Kevin--I feel your pain.
Dan

At Bauhaus Chicago Academy, they have a bed on display that was made from
catalpa.

todd

"Dan Cullimore" wrote in message
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"Mike Marlow" wrote in message
link.net...
"jtpr" wrote in message
...



$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent
uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.


Holy crap! I'm sure he had to have meant a face cord, but still... 200
smackers even for a full cord is crazy. In the dead of winter our local
prices are only around $35 for a face cord, delivered. I may just load
up a
trailer and take a drive to NH. I've got some really nice soft maple
that's
been down for a year now - perfect for splitting up into this year's
firewood.

Hell, I gotta live one I'd cut down for that kinda doh--big ol' silver
been droppin' branches for a few years, kinda twisty on accounta
growin' up with a 'talpa crowdin' it.

That 'talpa's seen better days, too. It'll die 'for too long.
Anybody out there made any thing outta 'talpa (Catalpa)?

BTW, Kevin--I feel your pain.
Dan

At Bauhaus Chicago Academy, they have a bed on display that was made from
catalpa.

todd

Nah, I did that one year as I'm surrounded by woods. Most of a weekend,
rent a splitter for $50 and maybe get killed by a tree or chainsaw. Not
worth the $150.00 savings. I can go spend a couple of hours fixing
somebody's computer and get that. It was one of those things that was
fun... once.

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jtpr wrote:
$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.

VA. The guys run around with F-450s full every Fall and deliver
it. The Korean guy down the street bought a splitter and paid it
off by selling 3'X3' solid stacked piles for $15. Sorry it's so
expensive up wher eyou are, do you own a chainsaw? A maul? A tree
stump? I think we have a solution!

Dave in Fairfax
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Nah, I did that one year as I'm surrounded by woods. Most of a weekend,
rent a splitter for $50 and maybe get killed by a tree or chainsaw. Not
worth the $150.00 savings. I can go spend a couple of hours fixing
somebody's computer and get that. It was one of those things that was
fun... once.

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jtpr wrote:
$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.

VA. The guys run around with F-450s full every Fall and deliver
it. The Korean guy down the street bought a splitter and paid it
off by selling 3'X3' solid stacked piles for $15. Sorry it's so
expensive up wher eyou are, do you own a chainsaw? A maul? A tree
stump? I think we have a solution!

Dave in Fairfax
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I'm in Milford. Best price I ever got was $160, $200 'cause I need 12" logs
for my itty bitty wood stove. I'm looking to upgrade that. Where are you?

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$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
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fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.



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Where abouts are in in NH. I'm only paying $100 a cord for it and that's
if
I get lazy and don't cut my own. Then figuring in labor it's around four
hundred a cord. More if I do something stupid. Emergenicy room is
exspensive:-)

D.Mo

I'm in Milford. Best price I ever got was $160, $200 'cause I need 12" logs
for my itty bitty wood stove. I'm looking to upgrade that. Where are you?

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$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
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fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.



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Where abouts are in in NH. I'm only paying $100 a cord for it and that's
if
I get lazy and don't cut my own. Then figuring in labor it's around four
hundred a cord. More if I do something stupid. Emergenicy room is
exspensive:-)

D.Mo

Yep, I haven't seen it go below $150 for a lot of years...

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Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot. That
makes each of those wedges worth about $5-7. Let's see, you got
20 chunks times 6 splits, that's 180 wedges or so, times 5-7,
that's about $900-1260. Then there's the large branches and the
part after it starts to branch, Yup, you've prolly got $2000 worth
of cherry there. Ya know, a cord of wood goes for about $60,
seasoned, which this isn't. Too bad ya went and wasted all that
expensive wood. At least it'll make the grill cook tastier.
'Less you were just gonna throw it in the fireplace.

The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

Dave in Fairfax
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$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.


Holy crap! I'm sure he had to have meant a face cord, but still... 200
smackers even for a full cord is crazy. In the dead of winter our local
prices are only around $35 for a face cord, delivered. I may just load up
a
trailer and take a drive to NH. I've got some really nice soft maple
that's
been down for a year now - perfect for splitting up into this year's
firewood.
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Yep, I haven't seen it go below $150 for a lot of years...

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Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot. That
makes each of those wedges worth about $5-7. Let's see, you got
20 chunks times 6 splits, that's 180 wedges or so, times 5-7,
that's about $900-1260. Then there's the large branches and the
part after it starts to branch, Yup, you've prolly got $2000 worth
of cherry there. Ya know, a cord of wood goes for about $60,
seasoned, which this isn't. Too bad ya went and wasted all that
expensive wood. At least it'll make the grill cook tastier.
'Less you were just gonna throw it in the fireplace.

The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

Dave in Fairfax
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http://www.capwoodturners.org/

$60 bucks for a cord of wood! Where is Fairfax? I'm gonna rent uHaul
and
fill it up! We pay $200 in NH.


Holy crap! I'm sure he had to have meant a face cord, but still... 200
smackers even for a full cord is crazy. In the dead of winter our local
prices are only around $35 for a face cord, delivered. I may just load up
a
trailer and take a drive to NH. I've got some really nice soft maple
that's
been down for a year now - perfect for splitting up into this year's
firewood.
--

-Mike-

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:36:08 GMT, Kevin Craig
wrote:

Visiting my mother today, I saw that her neighbor across the street
had
felled a large black cherry tree. The trunk was clear, straight, and
limb-free for 15 feet. The largest diameter was probably 32", and
perhaps 26-28 inches at the upper end. No evidence of rot or damage.

It had been down a couple of days, so the ends were a beautiful deep
russet color. Not just "both" ends, but all 20 of them.

Yep, 20 ends -- several hundred dollars' worth of fine lumber had
been
cut into neat 18" firewood lengths. As we sat in my mother's living
room for a visit, I heard the clank of a maul repeatedly hitting a
splitting wedge. I cringed at each blow, and I think I have
developed a
tic in my eye.

*sigh*

Kevin

Cherry can be hard to split. Burning it puts off a lot more chemicals
than many other woods. Trees in suburbs often have concrete, steel and
other embedded items. I'm sure that that particular tree was riddled
with termites, fungi and mold.... HTH, /ts

In article , Unnh
wrote:

Cherry can be hard to split. Burning it puts off a lot more chemicals
than many other woods. Trees in suburbs often have concrete, steel and
other embedded items. I'm sure that that particular tree was riddled
with termites, fungi and mold.... HTH, /ts

Thanks for trying, but this is a town of 400, more than a hundred miles
from anything that can even remotely be called a "suburb".

Being a tree on a 120 year old homeplace, it probably had seen a nail,
bullet, or BB on occasion.

The chemicals it might put out will be vented out the flue, and (given
the prevailing winds), right towards my mother's house. Thanks again!
:-/

Kevin

Go get the pieces and make turnings, or gift/trade your turner friends.

The pieces with the wildest figure can be saved, even in short lengths, for
resawing into boxmaking veneer.

I watched a guy in Missouri feeding chunks of walnut of enviable size into
his boiler, and I burn cherry when I have too much on the deck, so perhaps
it's that location,location, location bit.

"Kevin Craig" wrote in message
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In article , Unnh
wrote:

Cherry can be hard to split. Burning it puts off a lot more chemicals
than many other woods. Trees in suburbs often have concrete, steel and
other embedded items. I'm sure that that particular tree was riddled
with termites, fungi and mold.... HTH, /ts

Thanks for trying, but this is a town of 400, more than a hundred miles
from anything that can even remotely be called a "suburb".

Being a tree on a 120 year old homeplace, it probably had seen a nail,
bullet, or BB on occasion.

The chemicals it might put out will be vented out the flue, and (given
the prevailing winds), right towards my mother's house. Thanks again!
:-/

Kevin