Giving Away Free Fallen Trees?

Judy
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May 18, 20180 found this helpful

Put an ad on Freecycle or Craigslist

cybergrannie
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May 19, 20180 found this helpful

There are probably a lot of people in your area in this same predicament and most will have to pay someone to cut up and remove the trees/wood.

• You can certainly try placing an ad in Freecycle and Craigslist but I would not wait very long for a reply.
• Another place to place an ad is in your local Nextdoor site as this would be in your area so not far to travel.
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• The problems with free wood is almost nobody wants pine and most other limbs, etc will require a very good chain saw or a log cutter (expensive piece of equipment) plus a way to transport their "find".
• If you are in an area that uses a lot of logs in wood stoves and fireplaces you may have better luck but otherwise there are not many uses for wood like this.
• Even if you get someone interested in some of your wood they will not do "clean up" which is a big part of the work you will have to do.
• You may be able to place some of your trees/limbs at your roadside if the city/county is still doing storm clean up but I feel sure they will have size requirements so that still means the wood may have to be cut up.
• You may be able to get a friend that has a chain saw to help you but that is probably the only free help you will find. But this type of work is really hard on a chain saw so even a friend may not be available.
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• Sorry to put a damper on your hopes but I live in Florida and we have storms/hurricanes and most people have to pay a hefty sum to get their yards cleaned up (but it is less money if someone else does the cutting and you do the cleanup).

Hello
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May 19, 20180 found this helpful

if your area is saturated with folks with fallen trees, not much hope of someone wanting them. Ask someone you know who may have a sawmill if they want the trees. I live in the North Carolina backwoods and you'd be surprised how many random people just own their own sawmills for precisely this reason - trees fall or need to be cut down & they choose to do something about it v letting it go to waste woodmizer.com/.../LT10-Portable-Sawmill If you wanted to invest in a sawmill you could process the wood and then sell firewood at a later time, or have your own firewood

an ad on craigslist or free facebook buy sell trade groups is an obvious place to start. As well if you wanted to go out on a limb (no pun intended) you could contact woodworkers and cottage home builders in your area but in general they would want actual lumber, so back to square one: invest in a sawmill.

15mhhm15
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May 19, 20180 found this helpful

I think other people may have fallen trees as well. It's a long shot but you can post an ad on Craigslist.