We took advantage of a bad situation. Usually when a truck overturns the spill is cleaned up quickly. There have been logging trucks and lumber trucks that have overturned and the company doesn't leave much for the locals to scrounge. We noticed that the chips were still piled high by the side of the road a few days after the accident so we made our move. Took the trailer and two pitchforks and filled the trailer up. We kept our eye on the highway in case another truck made the same mistake the first one had - we were right in the path. But, nothing bad happened. We got enough for my garden next spring and for the path between Stacey and Andrew's cottage and our place. Hard work but worth it in the end.
We passed the site this morning and someone with a tractor and a truck and trailer were filling up their trailer with the chips and then this afternoon the piles were gone and it had been levelled out. Just a few chips to mark the spot of the accident.
All in a days work up here in the North...
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