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Old 08-25-2008, 10:45 AM
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Invasive beetle threatening hardwoods! Public asked to help.

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Old 08-25-2008, 10:51 AM
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yup and in order to be safe, please send all your cut / split hardwood via ups right now to

Bass
123 Loverslane
Norfolk MA

i'll be sure to eradicate any and all of these killer beetles by properly burning said wood in the winter of course while the bugs are domant

heard about this before and what it will do is create a quarantine so that firewood cannot cross state lines
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Originally Posted by Bass,Aug 25 2008, 02:51 PM
heard about this before and what it will do is create a quarantine so that firewood cannot cross state lines
We've been importing hardwood from VT all summer long
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is it cheap?
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Free when you take it from your own land.
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ohhh i see
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Worcester Infestation Information
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Hey Steve, I just got the weekly harbor freight email and they have an electric chainsaw sharpener for $29.99

Figured you might be interested.
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seen them before BUT everyone says this one is the BEST

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/sto...27449_200327449
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Looks like the same thing, just different colors.



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