Would there be any value in having some of them slabbed, for a table, for example?Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Would there be any value in having some of them slabbed, for a table, for example?Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Possibly, but they are not very large trees and most of the large ones are hollow. Most of the large ironbarks round here were harvested for sleepers over the last 120+ years.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob10
We're slowly working our way through replacing the fencing on the farm and in the process cutting up a few tons of 100+ year old red box fence posts each year. I'm dubious that we'll refence it all before I don't care about firewood anymore. That is supplimented with windfall box and stringybark, a lot of the stringybark is hollow by the time I get to cutting it up
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Tote
Pity. Reason I asked is I used to belong to the Redcliffe wood working society, they have the capability to travel and slab/ harvest wood for use by their members. [ for a small cost]. They use some for teaching purposes, some for carving, toy making for charities at XMAS, that type of thing. An old log could be turned into something beautiful , a more fitting end than fire wood, it could be argued. Most wood working societies have the same capability.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Worked with a couple of firms that sold firewood and we used to test various timber to see what burnt well or not. For what it's worth my take on firewood timber from around Sydney.
Top of the list Seasoned Grey Box - Eucalyptus mollucana, lights well and throws good heat and retains great coals for ages
Black Wattle - Acacia mearnsii, great burning and throws a lot of heat
Ironbark - Eucalyptus crebra, great when added to an already going fire. Lasts for ages and gives great coals
Although not a tree from around town, my personal favourite from out west is Gidgee Acacia cambagie. Best burning timber I have ever used. For my sins, I once worked on a property out in western NSW in the late 70s where we cleared 100s of acres of Gidgee by simply pushing up some dead sticks lighting them and then with a very long handled shovel we left a shovel of coals on the windward side of the trunk on green growing trees and the next day they had burnt through and fallen over. We then worked our way out repeating the process before getting a machine to push what was left in piles. Even the roots burnt below the ground.
Wish I had a few loads of that now.
Back in the day in WA the humble Mallie root was the best firewood.[thumbsupbig]
It was an absolute bastard to split but it worked amazingly in the old Metters stoves and the rocket heaters for the bathroom[thumbsupbig]
agree there Trout.
What are people paying for a load of firewood?
I bought some from a servo recently , paid $28 for two bags one cut for kindling all up about 30kg of firewood.
Agree as well with Trout.
What does it cost? Couple of litres of chain oil every season, maybe twenty litres of two stroke mix per season, new chain ($75) every couple of years, and a bit of exercise. Chainsaw is over 25 years old, so owes me little at this stage (and costs almost nothing in maintenance), sharpener is nearly as old, stones are cheap and last for ages.
No prices from Aust?
Only ever bought one lot of firewood in the last 20 or so years. Like JDNSW says, chainsaw fuel, oil and sweat equity... and the 110.
Online prices I could find would indicate NZD380-410 for 3.6 m3 or 1 cord of what is called red or blue gum in the cities here in NZ. All vendors pages I looked at had it listed but all sold out. A bigger than usual run on firewood happened in the cities due to the lock down in March. People realised this might go on a long time and the usual amount of firewood wasn't going to be enough so the rush began.
We have all kinds of eucalyptus growing here so I doubt whether the the firewood vendors actually know what gum it is but that is what it is sold as - red or blue.
Between $200 and $250.00 per Tonne, usually plus delivery in Yass, up to $350.00 per tonne in urban areas.Quote:
Originally Posted by windsock
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Tote