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You could just take it up to the fire lot in fern forest, the local kids up there seem to burn anything. In the last few monthes i've seen hi-bor wood, painted wood, plastic bottles, and even a large load of stolen phone books burned.
They only seemed to have been concerned by the phone books, which apparently made several people sick! I guess the other stuff will be affecting them later on. Nothing like instant karma. At least they start the fires right next to the local firetruck.
BTW i did in fact try to talk them out of burning any of this stuff.
Hi-Bor does not have arsenic, but i would just dispose of it in the landfill. I think if you were willing to let it sit in the sun and rain long enough it would be fine. But........
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We took all of our leftover wood from the contruction of our new lanai to Keaau. There were about 100 "ends" of the 2x6's that were cut off the end of the lanai. They were probably about 3 ft. long. We pulled up at the recycle hut and asked if we could unload it there. The attendant looked thrilled...and was immediately on his cell phone to a buddy to tell him of this drop-off. I have a feeling that wood was gone in a matter of minutes.
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Aloha Toucano,
You could try stacking all your extra scrap lumber in a neat pile near the road at the front of your house with a big "FREE" sign on it. It would probably save you the effort to cart it away.
A hui hou,
Cathy
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Cathy - sometimes you don't even need a sign for it to disappear...
I'm afraid too much of it is too small to be of much use. A lot is cedar, but most people wouldn't know that by glancing.
But I may use your suggestion if I need to.
Thx
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Question: Is there a problem with burning the wood scraps?
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It's hard to get a burn permit. Here in HPP you have to be 500 feet away from any neighboring structure.
Royall
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I am sooo relieved to have my myth about the arsenic dispelled. Now I can use some of that scrap wood I have under the house to make kindling for my fireplace. Thanks guys. It feels silly to misinformed; I took the word of the guys at Home Depot and never loolkd up the MSDS.
Hazen, call me at home. Cell phone is still not replaced.
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Be careful relying on anything anyone says at HomeDepot. Especially if it is some building code related question!
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I disposed of nearly all my scrap building material at Pahoa Transfer by reducing it down to four foot lengths and taking it in half loads with my household trash.
The most efficient way to double your job costs, timeline, and blood pressure, is to heed advice from a Hilo Home Depot employee.
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Another solution to the left over building supplies would be to give them to the local Habitat for Humanity to help build homes locally.
http://www.habitat.org/script/link.aspx?...abitat.org
Steve & Regina
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