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<blockquote data-quote="KiwiBro" data-source="post: 6162414" data-attributes="member: 33374"><p>There's a Vitex here called Puriri, that I thought was a similar density to Ironbark. Certainly is a nightmare to cut when dry. There is no way you would load up your firebox with it, for it would result in no grill, warped door, etc. Many people learned the hard way that too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing. The last dead standing one I dropped was only about 25" DBH but took three sharp chains just to make the felling cuts. It lays where I dropped it and one day I might get back there to pull it out but I'm in no hurry.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't really rot, and being so hard, it was used as bearings in water pumps. There are still a few old, working pumps running these Puriri bearings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KiwiBro, post: 6162414, member: 33374"] There's a Vitex here called Puriri, that I thought was a similar density to Ironbark. Certainly is a nightmare to cut when dry. There is no way you would load up your firebox with it, for it would result in no grill, warped door, etc. Many people learned the hard way that too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing. The last dead standing one I dropped was only about 25" DBH but took three sharp chains just to make the felling cuts. It lays where I dropped it and one day I might get back there to pull it out but I'm in no hurry. It doesn't really rot, and being so hard, it was used as bearings in water pumps. There are still a few old, working pumps running these Puriri bearings. [/QUOTE]
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