When the builders cleared the land for my house they carved a hole in the woods in the back of the property and shoved all the cleared timber into a huge pile :
When I visited the property a few days before closing the pile still existed despite the contract clause calling for removal :wmad: I expressed my extreme displeasure at this oversight:realmad: and several other unaddressed issues so the sellers "solved" the problem by having the local fire department come in the night before closing and torch the pile as a drill. :rollredictably all they did was create a huge pile of semi-charcoal :slap: money was held in escrow and the pile was hauled away.
Now my question...............around the perimeter of this debacle several trees were killed from the heat and the bark is still intact. Can this wood be salvaged for small project use? There is some oak amongst them and I would hate to see the wood wasted. The trees have been standing dead for less than a year. In the good news department, the property owner next door has given me free rein to "treasure hunt" in his similar pile (unburned) :wsmile:
When I visited the property a few days before closing the pile still existed despite the contract clause calling for removal :wmad: I expressed my extreme displeasure at this oversight:realmad: and several other unaddressed issues so the sellers "solved" the problem by having the local fire department come in the night before closing and torch the pile as a drill. :rollredictably all they did was create a huge pile of semi-charcoal :slap: money was held in escrow and the pile was hauled away.
Now my question...............around the perimeter of this debacle several trees were killed from the heat and the bark is still intact. Can this wood be salvaged for small project use? There is some oak amongst them and I would hate to see the wood wasted. The trees have been standing dead for less than a year. In the good news department, the property owner next door has given me free rein to "treasure hunt" in his similar pile (unburned) :wsmile: