Craigslist - Has it's purpose, works out for many or it would have long since failed. I use it to hire entry level workers with very good results. I have used it to find "free" fill dirt, that has worked out only 2 or 3 times. People think just about anything can be used as "fill" dirt. What they want to "give" away, usually is waste construction materiel that they can't afford to pay to have properly disposed of or recycled. There is no "free lunch", free dirt or anything else! I have seen many CL adds giving something away for free, free dirt, free firewood, free trees, free bricks, free shrubs and even free sex. I read a lot of the adds with lots of laughter, CL is the "funny Papers" of these times. I still keep looking, calling and driving to take a look at the "freebies". We all want something for free, myself included, it almost never works out, but we keep trying!
I think free firewood is almost the most "Can you believe, that guy wanted it done for free'?, really living in a "dream world" as I have owned a full service landscape and construction company. My tree crews are some of my best "money makers", so they get paid by skill level. All most all of our tree waste is processed into firewood, mulch, or blended into custom top soils, a byproduct that is sold and is just one of many variables that makeup a "bid quote" to remove or trim a tree!
Every once in awhile we get a call to remove a tree or palm. On a very rare occasion, we are able to pay them for that "specimen" tree or palm. On those occasions we have a "buy" order for a commercial property desiring mature, will maintained and healthy plant. You could build a nice house for what a developer will pay for a specimen tree or palm. This is why I keep looking at CL adds for "free firewood".
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