One of the benefits of being known to have big saws is that even in a wood burning town, people come to you to deal with big stuff that their little saws struggle with. An old client of mine popped in to work late last week with that problem. Sure, I said, I'll take care of it.
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Unfortunately, it is my least favourite eucalypt in our area, e. ovata or swamp gum. Not that dense but a bit more ashy and not that easy to split either. This particular one had a termite pipe up through it as well. Still...
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It was about 25 inches at the base.
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At least the hollowness made it a bit easier to split.
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The owner pointed out a few other reasonably solid smaller logs so they came home too.
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A bit over 1.5 cubes all up and the difference between pulling a load of green wood with the Subaru vs the Ranger was dramatic. Very pleased with it so far. There were a few stray bits of peppermint (below left) there as well which will go in the heater when the next cold front comes through tomorrow.
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Once this has dried a bit I'll prolly take it down to my brother in Melbourne. As far as he is concerned, free wood is good wood and he can't tell the difference anyway.