• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    44
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    10 months ago

    Reminds me of those craigslist posts in the Free section:

    FREE WOOD

    I need a tree cut down on my property and for whatever reason I can’t or won’t afford a professional so I need someone to come do it for free.

    The bonus is you get to keep all the wood, after you’ve done all the backbreaking work of removing this tree from my property that I obviously want or need gone but not enough to actually invest anything in it myself. Nope, I’m hoping that you’re such a poor sack that just the wood will be enough to satiate you instead of any pay for the labor to get the job done.

    • FlightyPenguin@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      10 months ago

      Yeah, my dad and I would actually take them up on these offers. Win-win. I imagine you haven’t looked at wood prices in a while. Even firewood is expensive. We’d turn some of them into boards (walnut, in particular), and get plenty of winter fuel with the rest.

      • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        10 months ago

        It’s the only reason I have a chain saw… There’s not an abundance of hardwood where I live, so anytime there’s a bad freeze I’ll look through posts on Craigslist or the neighborhood app.