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[Mntn Man]

http://omaha.craigslist.org/grd/1449690728.html

"I have about a quarter of a mile of hedge trees near Plattsmouth . Can be used for fence posts or for burning. Please contact me if interested.
Robert
402-298-8155
Please note:
Price is negotiable....craigslist wouldn't let me leave the Price box blank"

Sounds like it could be good if he isn't trying to get rich. A little too far for me to go.

 

[rarefish383]

I'm new to the site and only read a few pages, this cracks me up. When Dad retired back in 86, I let the business go. These are all the same old stories. When I was younger large oaks in the area would go 4' in dia and maybe 100' to 110'. A couple times a year people would call and want to know how much we would give them to take the tree down, over the house! He'd say some thing like, "Well, with out seeing it, I'd say at least $1000." You could just feel the smile on their face. Then he'd add, "But you'll have to pay in Cash." CLICK. I'll leave wood by the street with a free sign on it, and I understand every one doesn't have the source of wood that I do. I only keep straight easy to split oak and give every thing else away. Well, I do keep Locust and Fruit woods, too. But, I wouldn't PAY to cut any thing down. If a friend, or friend of a friend, told me they had a seasoned on the stump, dead oak, on a wooded lot where I didn't have to clean any thing up, just make it safe, I might do it. There's just some thing about the idea of having to PAY to do HARD work that evades me, Joe.

 

[beerman6]

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Free Lumber/Firewood. Large Maple and Large Pine need to be removed. (Flint)

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Date: 2009-11-03, 5:55PM EST
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I have 2 large trees that I need removed. If you remove them the lumber/firewood is yours. One is a VERY large maple tree that has no knots in the wood at all until about 30-40 feet up the tree I would say. Both trees would probably need equipment to be removed as they're both very large. Both are hanging over the house and I will only allow someone to cut them down if they do it right as I don't want to risk any damage to my house or power lines. I maybe willing to pay a small fee, but not too much. Thanks


Location: Flint
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[Iska3]

I may be willing to pay a small fee, but not too much

email this posting to a friend flint craigslist > for sale / wanted > free stuff
I have 2 large trees that I need removed. If you remove them the lumber/firewood is yours. One is a VERY large maple tree that has no knots in the wood at all until about 30-40 feet up the tree I would say. Both trees would probably need equipment to be removed as they're both very large. Both are hanging over the house and I will only allow someone to cut them down if they do it right as I don't want to risk any damage to my house or power lines. I maybe willing to pay a small fee, but not too much. Thanks

Both trees would probably need equipment to be removed as they're both very large. Both are hanging over the house and I will only allow someone to cut them down if they do it right as I don't want to risk any damage to my house or power lines.
I maybe willing to pay a small fee, but not too much. Thanks

The right way to do "It" is hire the professional. If you pay peanuts; You get monkeys.

 

[Iska3]

More Free Firewood

Looking for someone with experience, probable need to top out the tree and then cable it down. If you are willing to bring it down the wood is yours...




FREE OAK FIREWOOD (Rosemount)

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Date: 2009-11-04, 8:43AM CST
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Do you have a firewood business? Do you heat your home with wood? Are you experienced at felling large oak trees? I have two large oaks that need to go, one is white, and one is red. Both are big and need to be felled. Looking for someone with experience, probable need to top out the tree and then cable it down. If you are willing to bring it down the wood is yours... guessing at least a couple of cords...


•Location: Rosemount
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PostingID: 1450881207

 

[coog]

You're insulting vultures.

They just take away carrion -- stuff that's already dead.

This yack off is actively trying to deceive people.

He's back, this time with a new phone number. I love the way he ignores all of the listings from people who actually want to SELL their saws.I encourage one and all to contact our boy regarding the treasure you'd like to give away.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/wan/1460272783.html

 

[kevin j]

Seems like a totally different one, probably legitimate.
Rather than compete with a bunch of buyers he is looking for someone who wasn't thinking of selling or doesn't want to do the effort of an ad. whole different target audience. I've had good results doing that withmotorcycles.

or, he may be aiming at the saw 'finder' who will come up with the model you want but doesn't have to run a sell ad that may attract public attention. those are scum bags.

 

[coog]

Seems like a totally different one, probably legitimate.

Nope,same guy.Google the phone #.Funny, he suddenly thinks Husqvarnas are worthy of getting cheaply.

 

[iamryan]

Here's some free firewood for you guys:

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/zip/1458033292.html

 

[Iska3]

Seems like a totally different one, probably legitimate.



Nope,same guy.Google the phone #.Funny, he suddenly thinks Husqvarnas are worthy of getting cheaply.

This guy is as dumb as a fox...


I need a chainsaw! Nov 11, 2009 ... Call me... Ryan 1-651- 366- 8877. Location: burnsville; it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests ...

minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/wan/1462088241.html - Similar
Mahner Tree Services, Tree Removal, Tree Trimming, Brush Removal CALL RYAN WITH MAHNER TREE SERVICES 651-366-8877. Location: twin cities; it's ok to contact this poster if you are a potential employer or other principal ...
minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/res/1392733885.html

 

[Circle B MN]

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/grd/1463473014.html

All the cured oak firewood you can load on your 1/2 ton pick up - $250 (Becker Mn)

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Date: 2009-11-12, 6:31PM CST
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Nice cured oak firewood. All you can load on your 1/2 ton pick up for 250 dollars. Aprox 16 inch cuts. You load and you split it. No side racks please.


Location: Becker Mn





:monkey:

 

[Iska3]

Looks like some good size trees

I would like to know what his quote was to have them removed.

And he wants half of the wood.. After it's cut and stacked. Hope he has a good splitter..

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wanted someone to help me cut down trees for half the wood (Hopkins)

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Date: 2009-11-09, 2:09PM CST
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I have trees that need to come down for firewood and I am looking for someone to help me cut down trees and trim trees and I will give
half the firewood as payment, there are large trees and plenty of wood for both of us!


•Location: Hopkins
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PostingID: 1458406782

 

[chucker]

gold!!!

yes sir!! ive always heard "GOLD" heats your home better then wood... what an idiot ??

 

[Iska3]

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/grd/1463473014.html

All the cured oak firewood you can load on your 1/2 ton pick up - $250 (Becker Mn)

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Date: 2009-11-12, 6:31PM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]

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Nice cured oak firewood. All you can load on your 1/2 ton pick up for 250 dollars. Aprox 16 inch cuts. You load and you split it. No side racks please.


Location: Becker Mn





:monkey:

Even if you stacked the wood on ends, it's only 2/3 cord. It's Oak.. Not Split. How cured could it be..

 

[Philbert]

I have trees that need to come down for firewood and I am looking for someone to help me cut down trees and trim trees and I will give half the firewood as payment, there are large trees and plenty of wood for both of us!

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/wan/1458406782.html

 

[iskiatomic]

This is a good one:

RE: FREE FIREWOOD ADS!!! (The Burg)

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Date: 2009-11-05, 9:56PM EST
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I guess it is up to me this year to clear up the "what is firewood" mystery. I will first tell you what firewood, or fire wood, is NOT. If you have a log that is ten feet long and twenty four inches in diameter, that is NOT firewood. No sir, you have got yourself a big damn log there. Now, if you were to cut that 1,000 lb log into lengths of say sixteen to twenty inches, and then split those pices into maybe eight or ten equal smaller pieces, then my friend you have firewood. Maybe. If that log was nineteen years old and laying on the ground all this time, and got all nasty wet and #### full of bugs, then you got a nasty, buggy pile of refuse. NOT firewood. Also, if that log is pine, or some other sappy wood, you still got no firewood. But, on the upside, you will now stick to everything you touch for a little while. That seems easy enough. Now, if you have some dang nice red oak in some nice twenty or thirty foot lengths, you got the MAKINGS for some top notch firewood. BUT, if those lengths are VERTICAL and you run the risk of that "firewood" landing on your house, you still ain't got no firewood! You do however have the makings of an inevitable and certainly nasty and unprofitable lawsuit/insurance claim. If that "firewood" falls on your neighbors house, you are truly f#cked! Also, if that free firewood is in a great big pile of root balls and dirt and sand and monkey ####, you, as you have surely guessed, STILL have no firewood. You are looking to have your yard cleaned up in exchange for some old, piled up debris that has been there since they cleared the land for your house. Why not just say that? In your ad just say, "free wood if you will just clean up my nasty yard. The neighbors are getting pissed". Simply put, firewood is wood that is READY, or damn near ready to be put into a fireplace or woodstove. If it is free, then folks expect to have to cut it up some (PLEASE NOTICE THAT I DID NOT SAY CUT IT DOWN) and more often than not, expect to split it. They do not expect to have to miss your house with it on the way down!!! Look, while the sentiment is awful sweet, and awful nice, you don't save anyone a dime if they go through ten saw chains procuring their "free wood". Just say it like it is. Most folks would rather read a well worded, and well thought out, free yard clean up scam ad, than to have to click on the next ad after feeling like an ass for even hoping for the GENUINE kindness that is really out there. Lots of love, Jim


•Location: The Burg
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[beerman6]

nice...

 

[Philbert]

If You Are Going To Post In This Thread . . .

We have to post this reminder periodically. A bit of 'Craigslist Laughs' etiquette:

If You Are Going To Post In This Thread PLEASE do a couple of things to help out the folks you want to read it:

1) Post the actual address of the CL ad, NOT just the 'reply to' address.

For example,

Date: 2009-11-12, 6:31PM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]

only lets me reply to the CL poster via e-mail, which I am assuming that you are not suggesting, since they are mostly dumb or outrageous ads, right?

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.html

lets me pull up and enjoy the actual CL ad in all its glory.

2) If it is a really good ad with photos, etc., and you want it to be enjoyed for a while, copy and paste the whole CL ad and photos in your AS post.
--- a) This lets us enjoy it without searching for it.
--- b) Since CL posts get pulled fairly quickly, lets us enjoy it for a longer period of time.

Thank you.

Philbert

 

[osujake]

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/zip/1448988616.html
20+ feet long. Will need chainsaw apx 30in or larger. Would make great firewood. Several people have told us it may be black oak. Call for questions and address 937-xxx-xxxx.

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/zip/1466135120.html
Fell during windstorm last year

It looks half rotten to me!

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/grd/1466682546.html
Free Firewood - but you must cut down the trees. I have two trees in my back yard. One stays but needs trimmed and the other one can be cut down. In my front yard I have two trees, one can go but the other stays. If interested reply back to: @hotmail.com

 

[coog]

This guy is as dumb as a fox...


I need a chainsaw! Nov 11, 2009 ... Call me... Ryan 1-651- 366- 8877. Location: burnsville; it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests ...

minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/wan/1462088241.html - Similar
Mahner Tree Services, Tree Removal, Tree Trimming, Brush Removal CALL RYAN WITH MAHNER TREE SERVICES 651-366-8877. Location: twin cities; it's ok to contact this poster if you are a potential employer or other principal ...
minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/res/1392733885.html

Pathetic.It's not like chainsaws are rare, unless you like the free variety.