Cut & Split

[Wood Doctor]

Beautiful pile of split logs but I hope nobody steals them. Around here with gasoline at $4.10/gal and heating oil at $3/gal, everyone's afraid to split their firewood billets. Once the big billets are split, the firewood theft rate doubles instantly.

Be on the lookout.

 

[danrclem]

Beautiful pile of split logs but I hope nobody steals them. Around here with gasoline at $4.10/gal and heating oil at $3/gal, everyone's afraid to split their firewood billets. Once the big billets are split, the firewood theft rate doubles instantly.

Be on the lookout.

Thanks. I never thought about wood theives but it's not likely that anyone would steal it. My woodpile can't be seen from the road. If they try I'm gonna get real real real mad. My vicious Black Lab would be all over them (if they don't throw a stick for him to play with). If my dog whimps out I've got a decent collection of firearms.

There's usually someone home most of the time and my neighbors and I usually keep a close watch on each others property.

Danny

 

[Wood Doctor]

Danny, I speak from experience. Back in 1973 when energy prices went through the roof, good firewood like yours was being stolen all the time, especially if it's all split. Most thieves will not steal the big billets because that takes work to split up.

Regardless, think of it this way. They are selling 2-cubic foot packs of split hardwood logs at the supermarkets for around $10 apiece in my neck of the woods. Figure out how many of those sacks you could fill with your stash (say six good logs) and multiply by $10. That's what your wood is worth on the retail market. A BUNCH!

p.s. My flat-coated retriever would guard that wood with her life. God bless our best friends.

 

[abohac]

OK, here's what's growin' over by my woodpile.

I think tanker's right. I think I've heard it called horseweed before.

Danny

Don't some people smoke that?

 

[Jkebxjunke]

Thanks. I never thought about wood theives but it's not likely that anyone would steal it. My woodpile can't be seen from the road. If they try I'm gonna get real real real mad. My vicious Black Lab would be all over them (if they don't throw a stick for him to play with). If my dog whimps out I've got a decent collection of firearms.

There's usually someone home most of the time and my neighbors and I usually keep a close watch on each others property.

Danny

Or get an attack beaver...

 

[danrclem]

Danny, I speak from experience. Back in 1973 when energy prices went through the roof, good firewood like yours was being stolen all the time, especially if it's all split. Most thieves will not steal the big billets because that takes work to split up.

Regardless, think of it this way. They are selling 2-cubic foot packs of split hardwood logs at the supermarkets for around $10 apiece in my neck of the woods. Figure out how many of those sacks you could fill with your stash (say six good logs) and multiply by $10. That's what your wood is worth on the retail market. A BUNCH!

p.s. My flat-coated retriever would guard that wood with her life. God bless our best friends.

Doc,
I'm sure that it has happened around my neck of the woods but since it doesn't get as cold here as it does in Nebraska I'd think that it would happen less often. Since fuel prices are rising so much I'm sure that the thieves will start it again.

Dogs are mans best friend. I think a lot of mine



Don't some people smoke that?

LOL. Some people will smoke or inject anything. I've heard of people smoking thistle seeds and banana peels and shooting mayonaise.


Or get an attack beaver...

That's a good one. I'll instruct him to bit their nipple off.

Danny

 

[Wood Doctor]

Danny, I lived in Connecticut when the thefts I mentioned took place. I moved to Nebraska in 1980.

I think wood theft is much higher in the northeast where heating energy is more scarce and expensive. Many of the New England folks are heating with fuel oil because they still often can't buy natural gas or propane. Electricity is the other commercial option and that costs an arm and a leg. Coal is out because they tore up all the railroad tracks. So what's left after that? WOOD!

 

[kyle1!]

Weed

That weed produces cockleburs. Time to get out the sprayer. We end up cutting them out of the hairy dog. The mary jane wanabe's will have to keep looking

Brian