Nothings safe 🤷‍♂️

[Johnsond]

4 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Of course.

I don’t doubt it, I just think that sneaking in and cutting green oak logs with an admittedly sharp chainsaw, seems like very hard work, for very little reward, and a lot of risk.

 

I mean why not just go into the woods and have a bit of free firewood? It’s laying out there.

In a minimum of 2 years!

There was 3 nice clean Beech logs in amongst the pile, they are totally gone. He’d done one Oak and started in the second. Truth is around Aberdeenshire there is an abundance of trees down and windbown to be had at minute, but I guess the temptation was too much. 

[Mark J]

Did they take much?

Perhaps they didn't know it was to be saved for milling, it could have been a builder who knew no better.

Edited January 28, 2022 by Mark J
Post appeared while writing.

[Mick Dempsey]

Send ‘em round here, this lot will keep them busy.

[trigger_andy]

8 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Of course.

I don’t doubt it, I just think that sneaking in and cutting green oak logs with an admittedly sharp chainsaw, seems like very hard work, for very little reward, and a lot of risk.

 

I mean why not just go into the woods and have a bit of free firewood? It’s laying out there.

In a minimum of 2 years!

Round here it’s £90 a dumpy bag for hardwood, often green. Mental I know. 
 

A bag is what? 300kg? So 1t oak or beech log is 3 bags of £90 of logs. 
 

Im guessing Dave paid around £100 a ton so £600 worth could be 6t. 6t x 3 = £1800 in dumpy bag sales of green logs. 
 

No bad money for an afternoons thieving.  

[Mick Dempsey]

2 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Round here it’s £90 a dumpy bag for hardwood, often green. Mental I know. 
 

A bag is what? 300kg? So 1t oak or beech log is 3 bags of £90 of logs. 
 

Im guessing Dave paid around £100 a ton so £600 worth could be 6t. 6t x 3 = £1800 in dumpy bag sales of green logs. 
 

No bad money for an afternoons thieving.  

 

So they rung up and loaded 6 tonnes by hand in rings in an afternoon, tough day.

They still have to split it, market it and deliver it.

 

Edited January 28, 2022 by Mick Dempsey

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Mick Dempsey said:

 

So they loaded 6 tonnes by hand in rings in an afternoon, tough day.

They still have to split it, market it and deliver it.

 

Fair enough. I don’t know. We’re just surmising get here. Whatever the motive they thought it was worth the effort. They might not even flog them on. Perhaps they’re looking at what buying in dumpy bags of green logs cost and cutting out the middle man? 
 

Two folk would easy shift 6t of logs in an afternoon. Even an old fart like yourself would manage it on your Tod. 

[Mick Dempsey]

It’s not the do as you likeys, that’s for sure.

 

 

[gary112]

1 hour ago, Johnsond said:

Got back home today after a trip away working, went  to start and get some Oak and Beech sorted out ready for milling  😡🤷‍♂️. Some thieving bugger had taken it upon themselves to start ringing it up. It’s in a property with a yard on a local  estate, locked chain across entrance. He took his chance when builders were in repairing damage from storm Arwen, basically drove in and started once  entrance was unlocked. Can’t knock his audacity but by god I wish I’d rocked up as he was part way through ringing up a bloody nice Oak log. 

So did the builders see who took it,or maybe know who did it,or was it them,just thinking about all possibilities

[Johnsond]

18 minutes ago, gary112 said:

So did the builders see who took it,or maybe know who did it,or was it them,just thinking about all possibilities

Yeah but apparently took no notice 🤷‍♂️ Who knows eh. 

[gary112]

1 minute ago, Johnsond said:

Yeah but apparently took no notice 🤷‍♂️ Who knows eh. 

Must be somebody reasonably local i,d have thought,ask around a bit,you never know somebody might know something