thombat4
ArboristSite Guru
Over the past couple years I've scored some very nice oak and maple from a park near to my home. The fellas contracted to bring down the huge trees that could pose a danger on the pathways used to haul them to a designated parking lot so that scroungers like myself could cut 'em up and haul 'em out. It was a very good deal. The downside was you didn't know when there'd be a score to get. They didn't seem to have a time frame as to when they did their felling. Anyway, as I was walking through the park I couldn't help but notice the incredible amount of felled giants that were just left there to rot. Massive oaks, maples, ash etc. And as I'm a true woodbuggah it made the sap in my veins begin to boil seeing all that heat laying there going to waste. Well a bulb went on in my head! The park is owned by 2 separate municipalities and one of them is in dire straits when it comes to funds. The short of it is I composed a very detailed proposal just yesterday as a matter of fact asking if the city would partner with me by allowing me to cut up and haul away over time the massive logs that they aren't financially equipped to have removed. I told them who I am and where I live and how much I loved that particular park...which I do. I've been exploring that park ever since I was a kid and it's always been a favorite of mine to this day. I made it clear to them that I would be the only one doing any cutting if they allowed it and that my pickup truck would be the only vehicle onsite. I also attached two YouTube video links of me actually cutting and splitting some big rounds in their designated cutting area a couple years ago. I did that mainly to show that I am a responsible person capable of operating a big chainsaw along with various other non-power logging implements. I also made it clear to them in my proposal that I was not seeking to profit from this undertaking other than by using the wood for my own personal use.
So I fired off the email and immediately got this generic reply: "Thank you for sending your message. If it requires a reply, we will contact you shortly." So I finished up my day at work and figured I hear something more in a few weeks or so. Boy was I surprised!! Got to work today and checked my email and found this: Mr. Thomas,
Thank you for your proposal. I will speak with Mayor N____ and our law
department to obtain approval. We appreciate neighbors like you.
So maybe there is something to that passage "You have not because you ask not"....I'll do a followup to this as soon as I hear from them. Moral of the story...sometimes ya just gotta ask. Take care guys. I'll post a link to one of the videos I sent to 'em.
So I fired off the email and immediately got this generic reply: "Thank you for sending your message. If it requires a reply, we will contact you shortly." So I finished up my day at work and figured I hear something more in a few weeks or so. Boy was I surprised!! Got to work today and checked my email and found this: Mr. Thomas,
Thank you for your proposal. I will speak with Mayor N____ and our law
department to obtain approval. We appreciate neighbors like you.
So maybe there is something to that passage "You have not because you ask not"....I'll do a followup to this as soon as I hear from them. Moral of the story...sometimes ya just gotta ask. Take care guys. I'll post a link to one of the videos I sent to 'em.
