View Full Version : Make friends with the Tree man!!!
BBQchef33
10-02-2003, 02:20 PM
When people have asked where they can get wood, I always respond to them to make friends with the neighborhood tree man. These guys are more than happy to sell off the wood they cut as opposed to throwin it in the chipper. I've gotten an unlimited supply of oak this way. Also when available, cherry and maple plus a bunch of others.
Heres why....listen to attached. This was a message on my answering machine this morning.
The "yellow tree" refered to is that cotten candy wood we've used. Still not completely sure what it is. All this stuff will be here within a few days, usually I get a whole pickup truck loaded full. Delivered and stacked for 80 bucks.
Not a bad deal... So i say it again guys!
Make friends with the Treeman!
Phil,
I hate you!
:D :D :D
Actually, they are trimming the oaks around the office this week -- sure wish I'd thought to bring my saw today!!
parrothead
10-02-2003, 03:10 PM
Damn the number cuts off too soon. I was gonna call and offer him an extra 20 bucks on top of phil's. Oh Well. I have my own tree guy that is gonna give me a couple of free loads of hickory for giving him tons of word of mouth business. Plus all my neighbors now know that I will help them cut down their trees in exchange for the wood.
But yes, definately make friends with the tree guy.
Unfortunately about all I can use around here is oak and I've got all the oak I need in my yard or in the neighborhood. Need to talk with my uncle though -- he's got some low chill apples and grapes over at his place -- hmmm!! :D
Anne and I are visiting friends in New Hampshire towards the end of October -- maybe I can scarf some wood from our friends woodpile :D "Excuse me dear, I have to go to the post office -- no need to carry our souveniers home through security." :D Come home to a couple of 30# boxes of firewood!
stlmike
10-03-2003, 07:32 AM
I was recently was asked if I wanted to come over and cut down a dead cherry tree in a friend's back yard. Turned out that the tree's trunk was 18" across. Most of the branches and limbs are cut and stacked behind my house. I cut the trunk into 2' sections and rolled them out of the way.
StL Mike
parrothead
10-03-2003, 08:00 AM
rolled them out of the way? where too? I'll take them.
Somehow I think he means he rolled them "out of sight" so nobody would "walk off" with 'em. :D
cheez
10-04-2003, 12:37 PM
I try to get cherry, apple, etc. from friends when I can, and otherwise look to buy wood when I need it. The wife really likes a fire in the fireplace when it gets colder (she's had one going the last 2 nights), so I go throuhg quite a bit of wood. I called a number I found in the paper the other day, and the lady says "$30 a pickup truck load". I asked, like and 8-foot bed, standard pickup? she said whatever you bring. Told her, ok, I'll call you back when I can get a buddy with a truck. Then she says "or he can deliver it". How much more is that? "$10.... $40 total, delivered and stacked" I said "have him bring it Saturday!"
The guy was here a couple hours ago. I have a rack that holds a bonafide half a cord. Filled that rack, actually overstacked it a bit, and stacked probably another 1/4 cord next to it, so I got nearly a cord of oak, maple and a bit of cherry for $40. Gonna have to call him again!
BBQchef33
10-04-2003, 01:02 PM
thats a deal and a half!! i paid 80 bucks a truck load, but its BIG stuff. Trunks sections are 12-16 inches across. I cut them into 3 and 7 inch wheels and split them for small split logs and chunks. The Yellow wood that we habve been calling "cotten candy" seems to be MullBerry. He said the owner of the trees told him thats what they are. this time, the majority of the load was that stuff.
stlmike
10-06-2003, 07:49 AM
I was recently was asked if I wanted to come over and cut down a dead cherry tree in a friend's back yard. Turned out that the tree's trunk was 18" across. Most of the branches and limbs are cut and stacked behind my house. I cut the trunk into 2' sections and rolled them out of the way.
StL Mike
Your right, I rolled them out of the way, back into the brush, out of sight. I know where they are when I want to go back. The guy's backyard is about an acre, all wooded. Problem is that he is moving. The son bought the house, but I think I get along with him well enough to be able to go back when I want to.
StL Mike
BBQchef33
01-09-2006, 11:14 AM
Had to resurrect this old thread to enforce it once again... its an FAQ we get often and my old friend showed up today.. Listen to the wav file in the first post..
MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE TREE MAN!!
Domingo showed up about an hour ago out of the blue with a pickup full of wood. .. dumped a load of apple and hickory in the driveway. 40 bucks delivered.. he offered to stack it, but no room yet, and i need to get out an get some air anyway. beautiful day here today.. feels like 50 degrees.
Gotta love these guys.
Sawdustguy
01-09-2006, 11:29 AM
Gotta hand it to ya Phil. Is there anyone you don't know?
Jeff_in_KC
01-09-2006, 11:38 AM
Wait a minute... this is SCRAP wood from stuff they cut down and would just chip anyway to haul to the dump and they're CHARGING you to take it and not have to do the labor to chip and get rid of it? Am I missing something here because to me, $40 doesn't seem like such a good deal. Compared to buying it commercially, yeah, but seems you're doing them a favor by just taking it in the first place.
parrothead
01-09-2006, 11:44 AM
Delivery charge basically
Sawdustguy
01-09-2006, 11:51 AM
Absolutely. They are just charging him for delivery. I bet if Phil went over and picked it up it would be free.
BBQchef33
01-09-2006, 12:04 PM
geezzz.. I guess you would take the approach of asking him for 40 bucks to take it off his hands?
Its 40 bucks.. he could have just chipped it, but instead he keeps me in mind, remembers I ask for fruit wood and delivers it.... He also carted away some old wood i wasnt going to use. Sounds like a favor to me.
The guy on occasion, shows up, with a loads of wood, usually stacks it and keeps me stocked in stuff thats hard to get... he brings mullberry, apple, peach, pear.. all the stuff i cant get from my regular supplier, and when I can, I pay top dollar, AND I have to go pick it up, load it, unload it and stack it.
The 40 bucks for gas money is well worth it to me.
The_Kapn
01-09-2006, 12:05 PM
Delivery charge basically
If ya work it just right--delivery can be free :wink:
Just need to find the right source.
Nice haul there Phil.
TIM
rbsnwngs
01-09-2006, 12:07 PM
i just stacked a cord and 1/2 and had to pay top dollar ( $256.00)
next time send your wood guy down here
racer_81
01-09-2006, 12:34 PM
Wow. Did the $40 include spray painting your lawn green?
willkat98
01-09-2006, 12:41 PM
Wow. Did the $40 include spray painting your lawn green?
I was going to say something, but hesitated. Our lawns been hibernating for months.
BBQchef33
01-09-2006, 12:50 PM
Scotts Winterizer. :) makes it only look alive.. and alot of rain the past few weeks.
I've got a farmer friend who also splits and sell cord wood. He sells it for about $40 a face cord last time I checked. In the process of splitting logs the right length, he generates much scrap that is well suited for fueling my smoker. I can get this scrap for free but I drop him off a chicken or something now and then just because it's the right thing to do.
PS: My smoker has never seen any purchased wood let alone "lump" or a charcoal briquette.
Wait a minute... this is SCRAP wood from stuff they cut down and would just chip anyway to haul to the dump and they're CHARGING you to take it and not have to do the labor to chip and get rid of it? Am I missing something here because to me, $40 doesn't seem like such a good deal. Compared to buying it commercially, yeah, but seems you're doing them a favor by just taking it in the first place.
I guess you've never had to pay for fill dirt either.....after all, It's just dirt some guy dug out of the ground......
Sometimes you get lucky(free), sometimes you pay a VERY fair price(40 bucks).
backyardchef
01-09-2006, 01:36 PM
I guess you've never had to pay for fill dirt either.....after all, It's just dirt some guy dug out of the ground......
Sometimes you get lucky(free), sometimes you pay a VERY fair price(40 bucks).
I've tried to explain that to my wife....
My last batch of oak came from my neighbor's tree trimming. I happened to stop by the house in the middle of the day and saw them out there...the neighbor came out and rounded up the supervisor...they left me a stack of nice 4-6" oak limbs and when I asked about the stuff they were chipping...they neatly stacked a load of mulch on a tarp in my front yard.
Sometimes all you have to do is ask...I turned down a load of oak a few months ago because I just don't have a place to put any more wood right now.
tommykendall
01-09-2006, 02:32 PM
He dumped that farking wood on BRD's pee spot. :razz:
brdbbq
01-09-2006, 02:54 PM
He dumped that farking wood on BRD's pee spot. :razz:
Our pee spot. :wink:
brdbbq
01-09-2006, 03:33 PM
Wait a minute... this is SCRAP wood from stuff they cut down and would just chip anyway to haul to the dump and they're CHARGING you to take it and not have to do the labor to chip and get rid of it? Am I missing something here because to me, $40 doesn't seem like such a good deal. Compared to buying it commercially, yeah, but seems you're doing them a favor by just taking it in the first place.
Sometimes you a Dillweed.
BrooklynQ
01-09-2006, 03:37 PM
Sometimes you a Dillweed.
LMAO.
Jeff- you just didn't get the post. The tree guy went out of his way to bring fruit wood to Phil. It would have easier for him to chip it and chuck it, but he kept it seperate and delivered it. Sounds to me like the $40 is money well spent.
spicewine
01-09-2006, 05:37 PM
Buy some fruit wood from me sometime and see what I charge you!! You will be happy to pay the $40.00 next time. Don't forget, it has a Spicewine Sticker on it:twisted:
But Spice why no PEACH???????????:confused:
Solidkick
01-09-2006, 07:13 PM
Wait a minute... this is SCRAP wood from stuff they cut down and would just chip anyway to haul to the dump and they're CHARGING you to take it and not have to do the labor to chip and get rid of it? Am I missing something here because to me, $40 doesn't seem like such a good deal. Compared to buying it commercially, yeah, but seems you're doing them a favor by just taking it in the first place.
One man's scrap is another man's treasure.....40.00 is for the gas and time, not the wood.......you bought any gas lately? 2.25 a gallon here.....
Geez Jeff, sdometiwmes yeou juest abmaze me.
Wildcat
01-09-2006, 07:24 PM
I found my wood man because he had a sign saying firewood for sale. I live near Kentucky Lake and go there a lot. This guy was selling firewood for people that camped and I stoped by to talk to him, he now sells me all the hickory and oak I need at $30 a rick. That's a full pick up full of wood. I go there and fill my truck up and bring it home.
Another way I've found to pick up other wood is to help older women in their lawn work. This woman lives down the road from me and I've helped her out with some of her harder lawn work. Last fall she asked me if I would cut down 5 fully mature apple trees and haul them off. She paid me $250 and I hauled them right into my back yard.:cool:
The top of those trees were about 25 feet high, she never trimed them.
There's a couple other women I know who has several different furit trees and you can bet I'm going to try to trim or cut them down soon.
Kevin
01-09-2006, 07:31 PM
I found my wood man because he had a sign saying firewood for sale.
Thank you captain obvious. Your whole post is too true. At least where I live, all it takes is a real interest in helping your neighbor and having a truck and a saw. Except hickory and pecan don't grow here. Got a lot of fruitwood though.
MilitantSquatter
01-09-2006, 08:31 PM
I think I'm gonna pull out the phone book and call a tree trimming service and see what type of response I get..Hopefully not Phil's though...don't want to cut off his supply. I'm still glad he told me about Prianti Farms. I still wish I knew how to fully identify each wood.. They just loaded up my car... I have no idea what I'm burning but it's tastes the same as what I was getting online when I was specifically ordering oak, hickory and apple woods.
Jeff_in_KC
01-09-2006, 10:18 PM
LMAO.
Jeff- you just didn't get the post. The tree guy went out of his way to bring fruit wood to Phil. It would have easier for him to chip it and chuck it, but he kept it seperate and delivered it. Sounds to me like the $40 is money well spent.
OK I read it at work today when I was probably too busy to be online. I get it now. Yes, that was worth $40.
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