Free wood - come an get it

[olaf Vogel]

Second major wind storm in a month, swept through my neighbourhood.
Sirens were going all night. Occasional power outages.

Lots of green maple available.

(and I'll be doing roof repairs tonight)

 

[John Torchick]

Sorry to hear of the storms. I have weathered some real doozies. One time, I watched a tornado form over my car. Backtracked to town and stayed with some people for a while. Roofs can be repaired, cars can be repaired or replaced. Lost lives can't be replaced. Trust you and your family are OK.

 

[Bill Boehme]

It's painful to see these pictures of damage in your beautiful city. I hope that everybody is OK.

If you you run out of places to store salvaged wood just send some down to Texas. I was in Rockler's yesterday to see if they had any maple turning blanks. The pickings were pretty slim and they wanted something like $20/BF ... and they apparently calculated the BF before trimming off a lot of waste.

 

[olaf Vogel]

A fair bit of damage, but few major issues.
Here in Ontario, we have a ridiculous amount of maple.

My neighbourhood was built 100 years ago. So the trees are very mature.
Often they are bigger than under natural circumstances. Little competition, well protected.

On my street there's one 7 feet in diameter.

A few times a year an inspector goes around to assess the trees.
If they are too old, sick or endangering any infrastructure, then they get marked with a red dot.

So I staple gun a message on: "call me when cutting"
They often do. I pull up with a big trailer, chainsaw and gear.

So I often get a few thousand pounds for free.

 

[Bill Boehme]

Around here it's rare to find a tree that's two feet in diameter. I'm in the post oak belt and post oaks here typically max out at 12 to 18 inches in diameter and about 30 feet tall. Post oak is rarely turned because it is famous for splitting. It is wonderful wood for the fireplace or barbecue pit.

planted a silver leaf maple at a previous address not very far from where I currently live. It's pretty big now compared to typical north Texas trees. The only maple trees here are urban landscape trees.