The flyer from town hall read:
For town residents only. One cubic meter of wood for 20 Euros, limit 5 cubic meters per household.
The town treats its residents well, the blogster thought. If you find a local firewood dealer, the lowest price will be 65 Euros/cubic meter. If you purchase at the co-op during the summer months, budget 100. And it is up from there.
Borrow a tractor and a trailer from a friend, and off we go, the blogster figured. Until it* saw the notes under the order section.
Oh, right, there are the conditions listed in the old post German chainsaw massacre, the equipment required and the chainsaw permit.
Well, if I buy the equipment and take the course, we'll see a return on investment in two years. Not bad.
Bio-oil for the chainsaw seems not unreasonable as a requirement.
Wait, for the vehicle, too?
Any tractor entering a forest must use bio-oil only.
In most countries, the forest service person who supervises the pickup of your lot would not ask the oily question when you show up. If he or she did, you'd be safe simply claiming that, of course, your vehicle uses only bio-oil and grease.
In Germany, you cannot assume a wink and a nod will get you the wood, even though you pay the town before pickup.
The blogster has lived here long enough to know that 10 or 20 Euros can earn a small favor from the trash collectors or take someone by surprise, making him or her forget to write a receipt, or things like that.
But this is for locals, for folks who often have known each other since before kindergarten.
So, the blogster will figure out just how badly it wants the cheap firewood.
* Gender neutral.
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