Craig's list Texas style

[Robert McGowen]

free firewood green mesquite, you cut


Date: 2008-04-23, 11:33PM CDT


many full mesquite trees have been cut down, but need to be cut into firewood and hauled off my property. tree trunks are up to 12" in diameter. bring your chain saw and haul off as much as you can cut.

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Uhhhhhh......Hmmmmm......Well, Okay..........backed the trailer right up to the wood and started cutting this afternoon. That is an 18" chainsaw for reference. I even found something to do with the smaller pieces this evening! Bowls to follow.......

[Bill Wyko]

NICE SCORE!!!! Robert you may want to tune up your sharpening system. Mesquite is hard as steel but it sure is beautiful. Good job saving it from doom.

[Allen Neighbors]

Where is it located, Robert? I'm up near the corner of the Panhandle.

[Brian Brown]

I hate you! Well, Actually I don't. I wish something like that would happen to me, but I won't hold my breath. The best I can hope for here is sagebrush, and they are making that a protected species. Apparantly somebody forgot to open their eyes and look around. It is not exactly rare around here. Looking forward to seeing what you make from it. Good luck!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Congrats on a great haul. Gotta love mesquite.

[Scott Hubl]

COOL

[curtis rosche]

speaking of lots of wood, and burning some.... there was a "rare" (thats what the paper said) copper beech tree over 150 years old, in a cemetery near me. they cut it down because of the rotting on some of it, they thought it would fall, but instead of giving it to a lumber company or something, they chipped most of it, and they sent the really big peices to a greenhouse to use as fire wood

[Judy Kingery]

Robert, Mesquite is really great to turn and looks like you've got a lot of great blanks from which to choose! Enjoy! Shavings can always go in the barbie! Jude

[Dick Strauss]

Wait a minute...I think there is a catch here! Maybe Robert needs some target practice and he knows we'll be moving very slowly trying to carry off that heavy mesquite . There are better targets out there you know !

Seriously though, this is really nice of you. Hopefully some local folks can take advantage of your generosity. I wish I lioved closer because I really enjoyed turning the green mesquite with Rich S while I was in Houston.


Take care,
Dick

[Tony De Masi]

Great score Robert. Jealous in the east.

Tony

p.s. - how is the rehab going?

[Glenn Hodges]

Yep, that mesquite is hard, but makes some kind of beautiful pieces.

[charlie knighton]

great gloat, i am envious

[Richard Madison]

PM sent. Have chainsaw, will travel.