Hurricane Rita supplys wood

[thillin]

Stepdad called, and let me know that he cut us up a Hickory tree in E. TX. He was doing clean up at his work, and one of the trees that were down was hickory. I'll get it this week when I go down to trim and cut pecan branches that were blown down or half broken off. Back should be close to 100% by then.

Ty

 

[icemn62]

Nice thing about BBQ'er we don't waste what nature wants us to have. Meat, wood, coal, meat, beer, cold beer.

 

[ggeilman]

I still have to find a good source of wood. Getting too expensive buying bags of wood at HEB and academy.

 

[FLfishR]

I have mine devided into stacks by which hurricane they came from, Ivan, Charlie, Katrina etc. I am cooking with Ivan now.

 

[icemn62]

:shock: Living here I can not imagine how much wood you get from hurricanes.

 

[dapittboss]

:shock: Living here I can not imagine how much wood you get from hurricanes.

Don't you get jealous of all the guys who have orchards in thier backyards with seemingly endless supplies of wood? Must be nice.

 

[FLfishR]

After Ivan, it was piled along every road 10 to 15 feet high. Like driving down an alley for miles. I got enough from each to do a years cooking.

 

[thillin]

Don't you get jealous of all the guys who have orchards in thier backyards with seemingly endless supplies of wood? Must be nice.

It's not my backyard, it's my moms. But it's a 5 acre pecan orchard. Whole sub-division is 3 & 5 acre lots. I cut and loaded up half of my truck bed from 1 broken branch. I left a 10 ft piece about a foot thick behind. My back couldn't take any more since I hurt it last week. I'll go get more in the next couple of weeks when my back feels a little better.

Ty

 

[icemn62]

I live too much in the city. I have to drive a long time to find an orchard of trees. even the parks only have a few of them

 

[thillin]

Here's what I could cut and load, before the ol' back was too sore to continue. The big log on the left is Hickory, the rest is pecan.

Brian I got you a small stack to chunk up.

Ty