Legality of taking bits of abandoned tree?

[BananaFama]

I saw a local tree being attended to today ,when I came past on the way home ,all the large logs have been left behind .
I do not have to enter anyone's property to take them ,they are just on the verge on no one's land .

It's not even for me ,it's for my sister's open fire .

Thanks for any help

I have to log off now but will look in later .
Pun intended.

[Boosted LS1]

Somebody owns that tree.

[Scrump]

I had a pile of logs stolen from the edge of my property on the evening they were cut. Was due to move them the next morning.

[McGee_22]

Stop and ask whomever is hacking it down - they’ll invariable give you a firm yes or no as to whether you can take some wood or not.

[Dan_The_Man]

McGee_22 said:

Stop and ask whomever is hacking it down - they’ll invariable give you a firm yes or no as to whether you can take some wood or not.

This is the right answer.

If it's council they usually say that they leave them overnight in the hope that there will be less to clear up the next day, i.e. no worries helping yourself, but you should ask. Anyone with a woodburner has this down to a fine art when they see the chainsaws out after a storm etc.

[Sebring440]

McGee_22 said:

Stop and ask whomever is hacking it down -

"whomever"?

[Mr Pointy]

Sebring440 said:

McGee_22 said:

Stop and ask whomever is hacking it down -

"whomever"?

Whomsoever?

[Silvanus]

Boosted LS1 said:

Somebody owns that tree.

Someone also owns the verge. Taking the logs is effectively stealing. Will anyone care? probably not!

[BananaFama]

McGee_22 said:

Stop and ask whomever is hacking it down - they’ll invariable give you a firm yes or no as to whether you can take some wood or not.

Thank you for all the replies ,quoted this one as I have a relevant answer to it .

I think it was a private company doing the lopping ,but they have finished and no idea who they were ,
so not able to ask .

[NDA]

Mr Pointy said:

Sebring440 said:

McGee_22 said:

Stop and ask whomever is hacking it down -

"whomever"?

Whomsoever?

Whatever.

[Pit Pony]

That's not a pile of logs it's a bug house, designed to increase insect diversity in the area.

That's what I tried to tell my wife about the 3 cut up Christmas trees, I had in the corner of the front garden. She wasn't having any of that, subscribing to the "if it's not a plant chosen by me in the garden centre, it shouldnt be there"

[xstian]

Dan_The_Man said:

If it's council they usually say that they leave them overnight in the hope that there will be less to clear up the next day, i.e. no worries helping yourself, but you should ask. Anyone with a woodburner has this down to a fine art when they see the chainsaws out after a storm etc.

That doesn't sound right to me. Yes if they're re felled in parks and playing fields they will clear them away. Anywhere else they are mostly left to help create new habitats.

I once saw a guy parked up on the outside lane of a dual carriageway loading freshly cut logs into the back of his estate car. What is it with some people and wood burners?

As said above, ask whoever is felling them, otherwise I can't really see how you would have a claim to them.

[anonymous-user]

I was told by an estate owner that logs / trees between the road and fence of a field / estate belong to the highway agency and as such I can take them.

[edthefed]

OP How do you know they are abandoned _ they have been left for a few hours.

If you left your car at the side of the road for a few hours and somebody helped themselves to it claiming "i thought it was abandoned" would you be happy ?

[Chris Type R]

Don't underestimate how heavy some 'logs' can be.

[gazza285]

Chris Type R said:

Don't underestimate how heavy some 'logs' can be.

I’ve dropped a few heavy logs in my time.

[Chris Type R]

gazza285 said:

Chris Type R said:

Don't underestimate how heavy some 'logs' can be.

I’ve dropped a few heavy logs in my time.

Truth be told, I dropped some off earlier.

[SteveStrange]

If it's on the highway/highway verge, then just take them.

(I'm a highway engineer who spec's trees to be cut down. If they are "highway" trees then the tree surgeon should be chipping them - or pinching them for himself - and if they are left there by a homeowner then they are, essentially, littering.)

[SteveStrange]

edthefed said:

OP How do you know they are abandoned _ they have been left for a few hours.

If you left your car at the side of the road for a few hours and somebody helped themselves to it claiming "i thought it was abandoned" would you be happy ?

Not in any way comparable.

[BananaFama]

edthefed said:

OP How do you know they are abandoned _ they have been left for a few hours.

If you left your car at the side of the road for a few hours and somebody helped themselves to it claiming "i thought it was abandoned" would you be happy ?

LOL , peak PH .

Over reaction much !