Don't you just hate those days...

[blackdoggy]

When you just brought in a load of logs and two people call and say HELP IT'S getting COLD out here and I need a load in the same day.

 

[forestryworks]

When you just brought in a load of logs and two people call and say HELP IT'S getting COLD out here and I need a load in the same day.

i'd tell them they should be better prepared...

 

[blackdoggy]

I just got these logs in after sending out my second to last load in the rain a few days ago. It is still soft outside but it's firm enough for me to get to my private area 51 log site and get a load out, as soon as I get a bit more cash I will get the carb rebuild on my log truck and haul in one load with it and really get ahead of the game, er that's only if the splitter is completed by then lol.

 

[thejdman04]

its been around -4 today as a day time high. Had 5 calls saying they have run out of wood today.

 

[Zodiac45]

its been around -4 today as a day time high. Had 5 calls saying they have run out of wood today.

Sheesh! People really don't plan very well do they? It's only January for gosh sake! I'm just getting into the good stuff as I stacked the junkier wood too be used first. Now and for the rest of the year, it's all 2 yr old rock maple, yellow birch, red oak! Stoves loves it. Yipeee!

 

[avalancher]

The same thing is happening around here.Although we dont have it near as cold as you up north, 9 degrees at night has everyone in a panic.If I had ten guys working for me, i couldnt make all the deliveries.
After one old guy cussed me out for not being able to get there until Saturday, I quoted an age old saying from the old timers.
"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part"

 

[darren_nh]

Sign of the times! Some folks are always looking for a bailout.

I have been through the wood on the left side of the barn and will be starting the right side of the barn tonight.

I have two "reserve" cord in the yard outside that I may need to hit in late April, and 4 cords of rounds waiting for the splitter upgrade to be finished.

Some people never learn to be responsible for themselves.

 

[rx7145]

The same thing is happening around here.Although we dont have it near as cold as you up north, 9 degrees at night has everyone in a panic.If I had ten guys working for me, i couldnt make all the deliveries.
After one old guy cussed me out for not being able to get there until Saturday, I quoted an age old saying from the old timers.
"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part"

I don't get these people. I can see running out at the end of winter if we had a longer/cold winter but the middle of January??

 

[blackdoggy]

I really don't mind especially when one person is willing to pick the wood up or if there is more than one call per week but it's rough runnin two loads out in one day lol.

 

[coog]

"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part"

Great line.Think it will work in Washington,D.C ?

 

[thejdman04]

I agree about the emergency part. I dont have health insurance, and even if I did I dont think its worth risking frost bite. Besides when it gets below 0 even witha 70% blend of #2 and 30% number one diesel and additives, the duramax doesnt run real well in the cold. I have gotton 7 calls now today all saying they want wood today, they are almost out, my response, I hope you got gas backup. Not worth me getting stranded, messing with a fuel filter on the side of the road etc.

 

[Brian VT]

Not worth me getting stranded, messing with a fuel filter on the side of the road etc.

Good thinking.

 

[thenorth]

i have been running my duramax in the cold..... it runs ok, -42C this morning here....started ok, ran ok, ......

john

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

I think I may understand

I don't get these people. I can see running out at the end of winter if we had a longer/cold winter but the middle of January??

I think I may understand these people....we were these people when I was growing up. Holding off trying not to spend the money that we don't have. The money went to the wheel that squeaked the loudest. Sometimes that was for food....for the Dr. ...

My thoughts are that they are just surviving and not really living. Just reacting to their environment instead of planning. Does anyone else think this way or understand?

Then again..it could be just plain laziness! One really doesn't know until they walk in another shoes!

Dan

 

[herrick]

Aren't those the days the price of a cord of wood doubles... kind of like gas?

 

[coog]

Got to obey the law of Supply and Demand.

 

[Scootermsp]

Planners

I think one common trait we all share here is that we are PLANNERS. We plan our wood usage for the upcoming winter and sometimes the next 2 or 3, we plan where we will stack it for seasoning, we plan what will happen when the power goes out (and at some point it will). We plan on back-up heat if our first system goes down. We need to realize that some people (especially city folk) are used to all the creature comforts that urban life provides and when the system somehow breaks down...they panic. We see things differently...we don't depend on a utility company to keep us warm. We prefer not to be at the mercy of others to take care of us. For example when hurricane Katrina hit, had all the folks had the Arboristsite "mentality" there would have been very few problems. It is not the US Government's responsibility to have fresh water and electricity to you in the immediate hours following a storm, no more than it is their responsibility to have a liferaft delivered to a sinking ship. Ships have liferafts because shat happens. Americans need to learn that they need to have "liferafts" at home (wood heat, generators, water, food) sufficient to hold them over until help comes. Myself? I think luck favors those who are prepared....this site helps us to acheive that. cheers.....

 

[coog]

Well said.

 

[spike60]

I think one common trait we all share here is that we are PLANNERS. We plan our wood usage for the upcoming winter and sometimes the next 2 or 3, we plan where we will stack it for seasoning, we plan what will happen when the power goes out (and at some point it will). We plan on back-up heat if our first system goes down. We need to realize that some people (especially city folk) are used to all the creature comforts that urban life provides and when the system somehow breaks down...they panic. We see things differently...we don't depend on a utility company to keep us warm. We prefer not to be at the mercy of others to take care of us. For example when hurricane Katrina hit, had all the folks had the Arboristsite "mentality" there would have been very few problems. It is not the US Government's responsibility to have fresh water and electricity to you in the immediate hours following a storm, no more than it is their responsibility to have a liferaft delivered to a sinking ship. Ships have liferafts because shat happens. Americans need to learn that they need to have "liferafts" at home (wood heat, generators, water, food) sufficient to hold them over until help comes. Myself? I think luck favors those who are prepared....this site helps us to acheive that. cheers.....

A post can't be any more on target than that.

One thing I would add is that a lot of people live their lives doing absolutely everything at "the last minute". Always in a rush. Always late. Always stressed out. And never prepared. In their minds, it's not time to order wood until they run out. Every one of my customers that sells wood can tell dozens of similar stories. They get calls in snow storms, Sunday mornings, 9:00 at night. One guy got a call while he was eating dinner on Christmas Eve.

The operative response to these people is: Start splittin' or start knittin'

 

[Coldfront]

Don't forget the 6 p's
Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance