Hauling wood on rear hitch

dodge guy wrote:
My post was aimed at the fact that the OP only got about 60-70% answers on how to safely load firewood. The rest were for reasons not to with out even knowing where and how far feom home he would be traveling with fire wood! I'm seeing that alot more here lately, answers to a question that was never asked!

As far as not being concerned about trees and what can happen. Well we just lost 15 trees between 6 houses in our town, 30 or so on our block alone! And a few thousand throughout the entire town due to the EAB!!!!! Am i using that as firewood?.......heck no hopefully they disposed of it properly!!!! These trees died not because some transported firewood, but because that is how nature works! Anyone that believes we (rv'ers) alone contribute to the death of trees is just finding an easy target for blame!

What you're not understanding is that the bans and quarantines are in place to slow or retard the spread of tree diseases, not eliminate them. In my area EAB is spreading Westward at a rate of 12 mi./yr. If I take infected wood to go camping at a point 50 mi. West, I may increase the speed at which it spreads.

I know you have a few posts on here about transporting firewood and the price of firewood at campgrounds is your main beef so you continue to do so. I'm hoping you can get beyond this and choose an alternative. Transporting untreated firewood, even in sealed containers or shrink-wrapped, can still be a vector for spread of tree disease.

I think discussion about the intricacies of transporting firewood is germane to the OP's thread. No sense building something if it can't be used.