Rob Keeble
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Something i will never ever get used to in my neck of the woods is the pure waste i see.
Naturally this is a hangover of where i come from.
So Sat morning i am downtown Toronto and pull into this parking lot at rear of some stores.
I spot next to the dumpster some maple table legs.
Ask the person i was with if they minded if we picked up a few and put them in their trunk.
Here us what i got from those legs
8 nice 1.5 x2.5 x27 " worth of nice Maple hardwood.
Plus 8 inserts and also a brand new length of threaded rod not shown.
Calculated 5.6 bf of maple that had to be 8/4 before starting.
Their loss my gain. I guess because we burn hardwood nobody here sees the value.
But with 15% yield on tree for decent lumber one has to think about this.
Now my only regret is i left some behind.
I calculate at least $40 in my pocket. Not bad for couple of minutes pickup and clean up.
Oh also scored the inserts. They were in the top of the legs. Cut that bit off.
Naturally this is a hangover of where i come from.
So Sat morning i am downtown Toronto and pull into this parking lot at rear of some stores.
I spot next to the dumpster some maple table legs.
Ask the person i was with if they minded if we picked up a few and put them in their trunk.
Here us what i got from those legs
8 nice 1.5 x2.5 x27 " worth of nice Maple hardwood.
Plus 8 inserts and also a brand new length of threaded rod not shown.
Calculated 5.6 bf of maple that had to be 8/4 before starting.
Their loss my gain. I guess because we burn hardwood nobody here sees the value.
But with 15% yield on tree for decent lumber one has to think about this.
Now my only regret is i left some behind.
I calculate at least $40 in my pocket. Not bad for couple of minutes pickup and clean up.
Oh also scored the inserts. They were in the top of the legs. Cut that bit off.