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Previously on "Firewood / logs........."

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  • NLUKbot
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    no agree its not but its cheaper than £5 for a handful that you will pay in most stores.

    If the OP is willing to freeze because they are too tight to pay £10 or so for a trailer load at the tip then they can discount it as an option.
    The NLUKbot suggests this post from 2009 as a source of information for *CHEAP LOGS*

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  • aceboy
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    Backhanders are fine

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
    Any chance you could post a high resolution picture of the fire? The 6.1MB file doesn't quite provide a good enough view of it.
    Is that what it is? The 35 M/bit per second connection did not even blink when it was uploaded.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
    That's not free.
    no agree its not but its cheaper than £5 for a handful that you will pay in most stores.

    If the OP is willing to freeze because they are too tight to pay £10 or so for a trailer load at the tip then they can discount it as an option.

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  • Joeman
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    Amazed to think that none of you 'big-shot' contractors have open log fires in your stately homes?? must just be me and the OP then

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  • TheFaQQer
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    chat to the guys at the tip offer them a few quid.
    That's not free.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally Posted by d000hg
    One man's crap is another man's candy. Many people PAY to have stuff removed... you never know some CUKkers might have trees blown down from the gales.
    Originally posted by aceboy View Post
    I like the concept

    Spot on!
    Gypsies will be on your case if you start that marlarky!

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    So, let me get this straight.


    Perhaps my missus could slip on a racy number and stand by the back door whilst you load your van?
    She only does that when you are 'away'(or maybe you are just in the closet with a video camera?)

    Have you tried local warehouses ask if you can dispose of their broken pallets?
    Find a local tree surgeon / professional gardener slip them a few pints.
    local sawmill / carpenter
    chat to the guys at the tip offer them a few quid.

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  • aceboy
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    Originally posted by Troll View Post
    If you take a drive around Surrey (try the road to Dorking) you will see a huge amount of wood that's been cut up and left on the pavements to clear the roads after the last storm
    Get yourself a reflective waistcoat and amber flashing light for your vehicle & I doubt anyone would challenge you
    HTH

    I like the concept

    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    One man's crap is another man's candy. Many people PAY to have stuff removed... you never know some CUKkers might have trees blown down from the gales.
    Spot on!

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  • northernladuk
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    Do people not make and burn those paper log things anymore???

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    So, let me get this straight.

    You can't take it from a forest but you can buy (pay) for it, and CUK folks will give you this wood you can't find you can only buy for free?

    Do you want some free beer whilst you are here collecting it?

    Perhaps my missus could slip on a racy number and stand by the back door whilst you load your van?
    One man's crap is another man's candy. Many people PAY to have stuff removed... you never know some CUKkers might have trees blown down from the gales.

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  • Troll
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    Originally posted by aceboy View Post
    No but the are usually owned either by the council, or private owners and thus you are stealing if you take logs...
    If you take a drive around Surrey (try the road to Dorking) you will see a huge amount of wood that's been cut up and left on the pavements to clear the roads after the last storm
    Get yourself a reflective waistcoat and amber flashing light for your vehicle & I doubt anyone would challenge you
    HTH

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by aceboy View Post
    Now you're getting the idea...

    There is just one thing you're missing, quite often people have trees in the back gardens - you know those green areas outside your house? Sometimes branches come off.... Hope you're keeping up with the lateral thinging... Now here is the leap of faith, sometime people give this wood away!!

    As for your mrs, feel free to post the pick up here
    I'd rather burn it than give it away for free.

    Besides, if everyone burns wood, all the carbon the tree has kindly locked up from the atmosphere will be released, causing the Earth to warm and sea levels to rise and the Maldives will be gone and I'm planning on visiting there in the near future.

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by aceboy View Post
    Now you're getting the idea...

    There is just one thing you're missing, quite often people have trees in the back gardens - you know those green areas outside your house? Sometimes branches come off.... Hope you're keeping up with the lateral thinging... Now here is the leap of faith, sometime people give this wood away!!

    As for your mrs, feel free to post the pick up here
    Lateral thinging? Is that one of those sideways wotsits?

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by aceboy View Post
    I have just started looking on there... thanks for the tip though
    Maybe gumtree? It's not an actual tree btw.

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