Stihlman441
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Yar porky its a resale thing got to keep it nice looking may need to sell it latter on.:msp_rolleyes:
The Ozzy Redgum tree from hell......
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Yar porky its a resale thing got to keep it nice looking may need to sell it latter on.:msp_rolleyes:
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I found another vid i didnt know i had,it was done with an iphone so not the best anyway it was raining which brings out the colour of the redgum when wet.
[video=youtube;TQ8ZSYWGcTY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8ZSYWGcTY[/video]
[video=youtube;TQ8ZSYWGcTY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8ZSYWGcTY[/video]
I'll say it's red. That 880 really throws the chips!
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A couple of pics from today cutting up the second redgum.
Is the redgum a good firewood? How hard is it to split? The only gum I cut is sweetgum which is only fair as a firewood and a real pain to split.
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Those are some great pic's, it sure is beautiful wood. I know nothing about redgum, is it a hard wood or soft. It looks like it would make beautiful furniture, is it often used for that? I assume that by the way your cutting these trees that they are going to be used for firewood. Is Redgum good firewood, or just plentiful. As I said I know nothing about it other than it is beautiful. JR
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Redgum is one of the best firewoods in Ozz,when its dry it is very very hard to cut and split.:msp_rolleyes:
Not good on saws aswell very fine dust gets everywhere and goes through filters.
Not good on saws aswell very fine dust gets everywhere and goes through filters.
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River Red Gum is a Eucalypt, eucalyptus carmaldulensis
To give you some idea compared to a North American hardwood, it's somewhere between Black Locust and Osage Orange on the Janka scale of timber hardness.
It burns beautifully, very clean and is a lot easier on the saw and operator than some of the other Eucs we routinely use as firewood such as White, Yellow or Grey Box, Blakely's Red Gum, Red Box, etc.
Contrary to what a few in the US think, Eucalyptus isn't one species, there are over 700 of them.
Hanging on trying to get the wedge in the back of the tree.
I admire the work you guys do just to get firewood. As I've stated here before our eucs which some people call Blue Gum are generally very soft and easy to cut when green though they are heavy as heck. Dry is a different story. Same thing when I move south and inland the wood is much harder. What I don't get is why you guys wear slip-on ballet shoes. Are there no boots (ya know, manly footwear) in Oz? We wear slip on Romeos on the way to the woods and then back home (and cowboy boots of course). Just curious.
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The boots thing,for me and many others these boots have steel caps in them and are work issue safety boots, in most cases are free from work,easy on and off.:msp_smile:
jra1100
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River Red Gum is a Eucalypt, eucalyptus carmaldulensis
To give you some idea compared to a North American hardwood, it's somewhere between Black Locust and Osage Orange on the Janka scale of timber hardness.
It burns beautifully, very clean and is a lot easier on the saw and operator than some of the other Eucs we routinely use as firewood such as White, Yellow or Grey Box, Blakely's Red Gum, Red Box, etc.
Contrary to what a few in the US think, Eucalyptus isn't one species, there are over 700 of them.
Somewhere between Locust and Osage Orange!!! Wow that is some hard wood. Another misconception I'm sure, but I thought that it was always warm down there and that there wouldn't be much need for firewood, obviously that is incorrect, but where in Ozz are you located, and what is the average winter and summer temp? I have been fortunate enough to see a good part of the world, but haven't seen Au. or NZ, sure would like to though. Thanks for the education. JR
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That is our manly foorwear 
Almost all of us wear elastic sided work boots, or elastic sided riding boots when doing stock work, although roper style boots are popular for cattle work too.
As Andrew said, easy on, easy off so why use bloody laces ?
yes, we are all lazy
BTW 2dogs, found out the only Oregon CLX/CJX we can get here is 058 and 063, so 058 is available in square
Almost all of us wear elastic sided work boots, or elastic sided riding boots when doing stock work, although roper style boots are popular for cattle work too.
As Andrew said, easy on, easy off so why use bloody laces ?
yes, we are all lazy
BTW 2dogs, found out the only Oregon CLX/CJX we can get here is 058 and 063, so 058 is available in square
That is our manly foorwear
Almost all of us wear elastic sided work boots, or elastic sided riding boots when doing stock work, although roper style boots are popular for cattle work too.
As Andrew said, easy on, easy off so why use bloody laces ?
yes, we are all lazy
BTW 2dogs, found out the only Oregon CLX/CJX we can get here is 058 and 063, so 058 is available in square
Got it. Thanks.
Do your slip-ons work on steep ground or do you wear something else?
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Well, I'm about 1100km north of Stihlman441 so getting closer to the equator (so it should be getting warmer) and it snows in winter where I am (sometimes)
Oz has some pretty big ski fields, they just aren't that high so we have to dodge trees.
It's a big place, only a touch smaller than the continental US.
NZ is stunning, totally different geology/geography to here (much much younger land mass) and don't let them know I said this but the Kiwi's are bloody good people too.
You see, when it becomes competitive the Kiwis like nothing more than beating Aussies, sort of like the little brother syndrome
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Mostly they have pretty aggressive soles, I'll take a pic of mine later.
Having said that, my hiking boots are Danner, best damned boots I've ever worn
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Well, I'm about 1100km north of Stihlman441 so getting closer to the equator (so it should be getting warmer) and it snows in winter where I am (sometimes)
Oz has some pretty big ski fields, they just aren't that high so we have to dodge trees.
It's a big place, only a touch smaller than the continental US.
NZ is stunning, totally different geology/geography to here (much much younger land mass) and don't let them know I said this but the Kiwi's are bloody good people too.
You see, when it becomes competitive the Kiwis like nothing more than beating Aussies, sort of like the little brother syndrome
I'm just guessing, somewhere around Moree? Thanks for the information. JR
Red gum is good firewood alright, takes damn near two years to dry out properly though. Solid as steel, any knotted red gum is murder to split even when green. When dry you may as well just flail at the stuff with a blunt rubber stick for all the actual splitting that gets done. Dry, it's easier to just block it up to size with your chainsaw. Splits easy enough when straight-grained and green, but it's still like swinging and pounding your splitter into a rock. The Aussie Blundstone "slip-on" boots are OK on the flat or easy country but get down into wet steep slippery gullies and they're not the best (putting it mildly hehe)
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FWIW I gave up on Blundies nearly twenty years ago.
Soles splitting, elastic dying, etc.
Went through quite a few local brands and have settled on 'Mongrels'.
Cushioned sole, wear well and very comfy.
Our Bushfire fighting boots are 8" tall Taipan's but I find they get my achilles really badly, just the wrong shape for me.
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Naa, couple of hundred km south east of there.
Moree is big sky country out there, dead flat for as far as the eye can see and bloody hot in summer, I'm back in the hills.
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