Heading out to collect firewood for the winter?

Fall was always a good time to watch for pickup trucks with pyramids of firewood in the back on our highways. When checked they were often illegal, and unsafe, in three ways—unsecured load, overweight and a danger to vehicle occupants if the pickup was involved in a collision.

There is a lot of sweat invested in harvesting a pickup load of split firewood. Why would you hazard the loss of some of that hard work by not thoroughly tying or tarping it down?........

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