My ebay purchase

[Stihlben]

Was just browsing ebay the other week and came across this fallen blue cedar, normally laugh to myself ad ads like that thinking the sellers trying it on to get expensive work done for free or get paid for the "valuable" firewood they have strewn across their lawn..

For some odd reason I thought I may aswell have a go on it anyway for milling as it looked ok and wasn't too far.

Got it for £1.20

[Stihlben]

Went to mill it Wednesday and was an ok bit of timber.

[Joy Yeomans]

nice bit of colouring

good find

 

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[Steve Bullman]

Did you have to clean up the brash too? I hope you made a point of thanking them for the hundreds of pounds worth of wood you were able to salvage

[Stihlben]

All the brash is scattered all over the lawn, the house owner said only bother with the bits that are any good to me and that their gardeners will clear up what's left next week. Endless supply of tea and biscuits throughout the day aswell.

[Stihlben]

Ended up with 15 decent boards, all cut to 2 inch thick and just over 8foot long

[agg221]

That one always struck me as genuine, and I'm glad it worked out to be. Not everything on ebay is a scam and value is a matter of perception. They're happy, you're happy, everyone is happy (well, not me, as the only things to fall over in the recent winds round my way were a load of willow and a large turkey oak - maybe I'll be lucky next time!)

 

Alec

[Stihlben]

When I was done the homeowner asked me to quote on taking down 760foot leylandii from the back garden so I went back on Friday to do that then when that was done she asked if I could remove 2 lawson cypress from the front garden so going back on Monday for that and I have also bee asked by the neighbours on both sides of the property for tree work.

So for my £1.20 ebay purchase its ended me up with 3 reasonably lucrative jobs....

(I never actually paid the £1.20 either )

[Bob Slade]

Nice bit of milling. Just a quick thought though, when i mill i some ones garden that has a nice lawn, i tend to put tarps either under the tree or around it to catch the saw dust. they don't cost much and it keeps things tidier.

[Stihlben]

I had tarps with me but the homeowner said not to bother as all the brash is going to be burned by the gardeners there anyway... The lawn is nearly all moss and they're renovating it in the spring aswel.