A friend of mine out in West Texas bought a chipper at auction and then did some welding and sanding and painted it and it looks good as new. It was sold as surplus by the county, and was quite large. Too bad he's an 8 hour drive away--the round trip time and gas-wise wouldn't make sense to ask to borrow that one.

Many of the nails pulled out, many will come out easily from rotten boards. I have a bored 16-year-old, and this wouldn't be thrilling, but maybe I could give him this job. I figure if I'm going to rent a chipper then I should have enough to make it worth the trouble. I can bounce the idea off of several neighbors--if 3 or 4 of us work together we can clear up several of our outstanding piles of limbs in a day. And $10 or $15 each into the pot will help my pocketbook.

Off to do some research. . . Thanks, Bobert!

SRS