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  1 0 I'll tell you how I get my firewood for backyard campfires, it's a mix of strategies: 1) Palates are a good source, but don't go ripping them off in the dark of night. Some companies reuse them. Just find any kind of industrial operation near where you live, and ask the manager or owner nicely. I have a buddy who used to work at a lumber yard, and I bring him along with me in my pickup truck and we load up on palates with the permission of his former boss, the company owner, at the lumber yard. 2) Ask for free scraps at a local lumber yard. Dunn Lumber usually has a scrap box out front or back of the store where they put non-treated scrap wood for people to burn on a first-come, first-serve basis, just ask. 3) Go to craigslist and run a search for the word "firewood." A quick search of the Seattle page shows ample opportunities to buy a truckload of wood at very reasonable prices. To get the best price, look for mill ends you can cut down to size yourself with a chainsaw or rounds that you can split yourself (if you have a chainsaw and ax). If you don't have an ax or a chainsaw, or you don't want to do the work, you may want to go ahead and buy a cord of cured split firewood. As a rule of thumb, quality split cured firewood usually sells for about $250 per cord, delivered. You should be able to get it for less if you're picking it up. 4) Get a free woodcutter's permit from the State Department of Natural Resources and go cut some scraps yourself. The state no longer allows citizens to cut down trees for firewood, but we are allowed to go into an area where the state has recently harvested trees for a managed timber sale, and glean scraps, roots, branches and left-behind bits. This year I think the only area available is up in Skagit County, so it's not "near" Seattle, but it's fun! Just make sure you carry a fire extinguisher and your chainsaw is properly equipped with a spark arrestor. The free permit can be obtained here: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/BusinessPermits/HowTo/TimberSales/Pages/psl_ts_firewood_permit.aspx 5) Let it be known around your neighborhood, office, social circle that you are always looking for firewood. Whenever one of my friends or neighbors cuts down a tree, they know that I'll take it off their hands. In fact, I have to go pick up some rounds from a buddy this week, he just cut down a maple, and knew I'd want to burn it. Hope this helps soundslikepuget answered in Other - House & Home 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 What about contacting some of the tree services to see about acquiring some of the trimmings. The DOT might be another option, I just saw them doing some trimming on 19th Ave E the other day. Otherwise it looks like there are some delivery service in the area... agness answered in Other - House & Home 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Check the Little Nickel classifieds. elm answered in Other - House & Home 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 4 If you don't mind a little work you can find discarded wooden pallets and break them down. Just be careful of the nails. Places that have alot don't really care if the more broken down ones go missing in my experience. Troll the alleys if sodo/Georgetown and you should find alot. If you wanna be kosher you can ask if they're willing to part with them alot of the places I've worked at before havebeen fine with some leaving as long as there is at least one sturdy one to offload to. But if you're otherwise sneakily inclined just make sure to not snag the one that is in the best condition sublevelthree answered in Other - House & Home 9 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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