Somehow i don't think i qualify either. I just tossed a bag of 'recycle' material into the 'trash' bin as i ran out of room.
Ya, sleeping in a fiero sux.. i had to do that on the way back from the 25th for a couple of hours at a gas station ( next time ill stay an extra night and come home during the next morning.. i guess i'm not 25 anymore..)
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Wichita Member
Posts: 20658 From: Wichita, Kansas Registered: Jun 2002
Sawing up one of 4 big oak trees the hurricane blew down. I nearly filled my 20' ft trailer with 24" long firewood just from the branches of this one tree.
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MidEngineManiac Member
Posts: 29566 From: Some unacceptable view Registered: Feb 2007
Sawing up one of 4 big oak trees the hurricane blew down. I nearly filled my 20' ft trailer with 24" long firewood just from the branches of this one tree.
Wait, you are recycling trees damaged in a natural disaster, you really are green!!!
And i 2nd that note bout wishing i had your land.. hell any land... My little suburban plot wont provide my family with food and fuel when the collapse happens.
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For my part I have some old bales of hay that have been "burning" for the better part of a week now. We coulda spread them out over the ground, but this was much more interesting. I started with some old brush, saw the bales and went ahead and put some burning wood on em. Brad
Nice playground ya got there, Don. Any good hunting?
It rained hard one week ago today. Since then, that part of my property is laced with both deer and hog tracks. I personally do not hunt, but may have to start back doing so if the economy doesn't improve soon.
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Why did you burn it? Seems like a waste of firewood? (then again, you probably have tons of it, right?)
Wrong kind of wood. The piles were all pine limbs and tops left over from logging the place, with a few sweet gums in the mix. Pine burns well in a fireplace, but produces a LOT of resin called creosote, which can easily cause a home to burn down.
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Congratulations. Your Fiero didn't catch fire! Way to buck a stereotype. Nice looking pups. Are they TBD's? (Texas Black Dogs)
Dunno what breed they are--some kind of lab mix, that someone tossed out at our front gate as puppies 2 yrs ago. Absolutely devoted dogs, and friendly as heck--too friendly for good watchdogs, but they never stray far from me and Jane while we wander around the property. They love the water, which is a good thing, as they also love chasing skunks.
Most people either do not know or do not want to admit that burning wood does not produce anymore gasses than if you were to let it rot on the ground. Happens faster but no extra.
Source that I read about this in was country living magazine many many years ago. As a log home builder and heating exclusively with wood at the time this was of particular interest to me at the time.
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dennis_6 Member
Posts: 7196 From: between here and there Registered: Aug 2001
Wrong kind of wood. The piles were all pine limbs and tops left over from logging the place, with a few sweet gums in the mix. Pine burns well in a fireplace, but produces a LOT of resin called creosote, which can easily cause a home to burn down.
Down with the trees! I don't know why but I've never been able to sleep in my Fiero, I'd have to be REALLY tired. Great seats for driving, horrible for sleeping.
What???!!! How dare you not reduce your carbon footprint by roasting hot dogs and marshmellows!!!
We didn't have anything long enough to reach the fire without burning our faces off. Those piles were 8 ft high and burned extremely hot. We did consider it though. We don't care about our carbon footprint! BAH!
Jane
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For my part I have some old bales of hay that have been "burning" for the better part of a week now. We coulda spread them out over the ground, but this was much more interesting. I started with some old brush, saw the bales and went ahead and put some burning wood on em. Brad
Are old bales of hay no longer useful?
Jane
------------------ Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality
These are probably 10 years old, or older in some cases, dumped on our property and forgotten as the vines and weeds took over.
I have 16 acres of "Family Dump" that has been used for at least the last 20 years to store unneeded farm equipment, it seems to have started out with good intentions, but at some point someone used the property to "store" rocks, and metal for the family blacksmith operation. I don't know how many lawn mower blades I have broken this year due to pieces of metal popping up out of the ground where I have had everything cleared for a year or so.
Anyway the hay, Old hay will cause major problems in horses (I am not sure about cattle). I could have spread them out over the grass, and helped the grass grow stronger, but really that would just mean even more mowing next year. Not to mention after sitting for that long their vitamin content is probably 0. Probably less healthy than eating cardboard. After sitting for that long I couldn't have gave them away around here.
Brad
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jimbolaya Member
Posts: 10652 From: Virginia Beach, Virginia Registered: Feb 2007
We didn't have anything long enough to reach the fire without burning our faces off. Those piles were 8 ft high and burned extremely hot. We did consider it though. We don't care about our carbon footprint! BAH!
Jane
Too bad you didn't have a teenager handy. They know everything, you know.
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carnut122 Member
Posts: 9122 From: Waleska, GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
These are probably 10 years old, or older in some cases, dumped on our property and forgotten as the vines and weeds took over. Anyway the hay, Old hay will cause major problems in horses (I am not sure about cattle). I could have spread them out over the grass, and helped the grass grow stronger, but really that would just mean even more mowing next year. Not to mention after sitting for that long their vitamin content is probably 0. Probably less healthy than eating cardboard. After sitting for that long I couldn't have gave them away around here. Brad
Could have been sold and shredded as ground cover around new housing / building construction? Hard to find a buyer, that would work a 1 time purchase, most contractors 'need it now' and haven't the time to find a good deal? Then again they'd have to be able to pick up, and transport on a 'Questionable' product?
Here In Newton, we have a small outfit that use to chip up pallets ' from Maytag' add some coloring and sell 'Designer Mulch'? Whirlpool shut down "Maytag" in Maytag's home town, but by then they were getting pallets from a lot of folks. Local tree services don't have to pay landfill charges anymore!
I have to tip my hat to them, they were in the right place, with a good Idea!
Maybe I should look into a gigahougeous transportable chipper, get feed stock for next to nothing cost , sell to Cellulosic Ethanol Plants.
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