there is an ad on columbus craigslist in the farm and garden for sale section where a guy is advertising that he'll cut down trees for free if he can keep the wood. i tried to upload it but it said the file is invalid. so that's where the homeowners get this stuff!
Basically there is a market for ANYTHING. I can see how we could get POed at some of the stuff we see pertaining to our industry but there is someone out there who wants tree stumps right now.
I know a guy who advertises for free tree removal( you think I am dangerous- see this nut) and of course if the logs are good he will pay you. Actually his ad reads " buying standing timber" he went to school for it and all. He did a job for me and saved me tons when he came to take a stack of logs as big as a double wide. He moved them from the back to the street and brought down a log truck, when done he says" give me a week or two and I will send you a check". He also will pick up my firewood if I want.
See, if I could I would respond to those ads that state " free bushes/ shrubs" .. How many of you have removed a nice yew and chipped it because it was more cost effective than digging it? I understand that, I really do because I lay waste to tons of them but always think " that is a lovely bush it would look nice in my yard"; however that is not what we do is it? actually I have saved a lot of shrubs by talking the people into letting me prune it they say" Is that the same bush?".
Pardone' the digression, There is someone out there who fits the bill for a certain odd item and of course there is somone who wants you to remove an old oil tank from a crawlspace; your payment is that you can have it when you are done. We know what is going to happen so laugh if you think it funny and if you need it go get it.
I have dump sites from craigslist all over, some want good wood, chips or even fireplace size pine logs. I sell split wood but the rest I just get payed to get off the property so it works for me.
Some people are cheap, yes that is true, and if they can get what they want then all is fair because whoever agreed to take out that oil tank( if anybody) should know what he is getting into, if not he had better learn. The guy who wants it gone stands a good chance of major problems of course.
I answered an ad for a free shed( always do) so I looked at it and of cousrse there was a good ammount of work involved. I told the guy all this and we agreed that I would snake it. All I had to do was unbolt it from the slab, brace the bottom,and call Prontow (get it?) to put it on his roll back for a buck fifty. I have a few decent sheds that I got on my property for around 200.00/ 300.00 and a some labor. Turns out some idiots destroyed this one by trying to manhandle it into a Lincoln. Oh well, there will be others.
If you see an ad for " yard work 8.50 per hour" an smart man would assume that they are looking for some kid and not a pro. Some men know that a used oil tank is filled with sludge and for scrap it is worth about 18 bucks, some men might love old oil tanks enough to go get it.
It is not nice to see an ad that says" carpenter needed must have all tools and truck 10.00 an hour I agree and that does piss me off. But that is the way it goes. Consider yourself fortunate enough to have the brains not to bite on it or the problem of needing to bite on it.
The idea behind these absurd post is just to see whats out there. Who knows? Ther was a guy who had an ad" clean up yard 1000.00" Anyone of us would look at the job and say its going to take 3. The guy learned his lesson from all the response he got repproaching him but he still tried. Whatever, if the shoe fits wear it, if it don't fit anybody it will stay on the shelf.
I deal with loggers often (and with the landowners who are sometimes dumb enough to fall for their smooth talk). That doesn't surprise me in the least. I could hear it now "Well no mam, these logs aren't really worth anything...but I can cut down those 4 if you let me take just a few from back at the woods so they can pay their way out of here."
