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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #500 on: November 22, 2015, 06:25:19 AM »
Final split of this season's harvest. Can let it sit under cover now for the next 18months til winter 2017
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #501 on: November 22, 2015, 08:06:46 AM »
A good stack of wood scarps, I need to go out and top up our wood pile!!
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #502 on: November 22, 2015, 08:40:08 AM »
Final split of this season's harvest. Can let it sit under cover now for the next 18months til winter 2017

What! I had serviced the trailer, taken up body building and was looking forward to the big trip to come and help. Looks like it will have to wait until 2017 now. ;D

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #503 on: November 22, 2015, 09:39:29 AM »

What! I had serviced the trailer, taken up body building and was looking forward to the big trip to come and help. Looks like it will have to wait until 2017 now. ;D
come down in winter, bring beer and red wine and enjoy the spoils of my labour instead.
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #504 on: November 22, 2015, 06:17:48 PM »
Whadaya gunna do with the calf in the fire  ???
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #505 on: November 23, 2015, 05:16:59 AM »
Whadaya gunna do with the calf in the fire  ???
Guess scarps likes his meat well done
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #506 on: November 30, 2015, 06:26:15 PM »
Turned this...




Into this...


With some help from Nay-DMAX.

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #507 on: November 30, 2015, 06:28:23 PM »
I just saw fuji drive past with his trailer heading your way.
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #508 on: November 30, 2015, 06:30:17 PM »
I just saw fuji drive past with his trailer heading your way.

Not this late at night!! Way past his bed time  ;D
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #509 on: November 30, 2015, 07:56:42 PM »
Not this late at night!! Way past his bed time  ;D
He's gotta case the area first. Strikes at 2am, quieter than a ninja
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #510 on: November 30, 2015, 09:11:15 PM »
He's gotta case the area first. Strikes at 2am, quieter than a ninja
Plus Fuji's gotta train his dog as a lookout some how.
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #511 on: November 30, 2015, 10:20:52 PM »
Shouldn't be too hard to find. Turn left at the 6 foot brown snake and he'll see the pile next to the sunnies he lost  :D
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #512 on: January 30, 2016, 11:18:14 AM »
Fired up the saw bench this morning. Needed to cut up some stuff and also top up the pig wood pile in preparation for a trip or 2.
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #513 on: January 30, 2016, 12:25:01 PM »

Fired up the saw bench this morning. Needed to cut up some stuff and also top up the pig wood pile in preparation for a trip or 2.
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #514 on: February 01, 2016, 03:54:22 PM »
Without scrolling through 21 pages of this thread (I only joined today), I thought peeps may be interested in this list.

The greater the density, the 'harder' the timber. In the context of this forum, that means that the harder timbers give off more heat, which is why the desert timbers are so great to cook on & get warm by.

Botanical name                     Common name                        Density Kg / metre3
   
Acacia aneura                            Mulga                                               1200 kg/m3
Acacia cambagei                       Gidgee                                              1280
Acacia oswaldii                          Oswald's wattle                                 1130
Acacia papyrocarpa                   Western myall                                   1230
Acacia salicina                           Broughton willow, River Coobah       675
Acacia estrophiolata                   Ironwood                                           875
Acacia tetragonophylla              Sandhill wattle, Umbrella bush, Marpoo  1164
Callitris glaucophylla                  Cypress pine, native pine                  857
Casuarina pauper                      Black oak, Belah                               1290
Citrus glauca                              Lime bush, desert lemon                  960
Codonocarpus continifolius        Native poplar, bellfruit                       435
Eremophila longifolia                  Emubush, Long leaved eremophila  820
Eucalyptus camaldulensis          River redgum                                    900
Eucalyptus coolibah ssp arida (now a Corymbia sp) Coolibah.          1155
Eucalyptus gracilis                      White mallee, yorrel                         1067
Eucalyptus oleosa                      Red mallee                                      1230
Eucalyptus youngiana                Ooldea mallee                                   1130
Grevillea striata                          Beefwood                                          970
Hakea lorea                               Corkwood                                          1135
Myoporum platycarpum             Sugarwood, False sandalwood         1023
Santalum lanceolatum               Plumbush                                           930

These and probably others that can be found at www.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas/ which is the National carbon accounting system. 

Good ol' redgum, favoured by many city folk, does not rate highly, you'll notice.

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #515 on: February 01, 2016, 04:15:45 PM »

Without scrolling through 21 pages of this thread (I only joined today), I thought peeps may be interested in this list.

The greater the density, the 'harder' the timber. In the context of this forum, that means that the harder timbers give off more heat, which is why the desert timbers are so great to cook on & get warm by.

Botanical name                     Common name                        Density Kg / metre3
   
Acacia aneura                            Mulga                                               1200 kg/m3
Acacia cambagei                       Gidgee                                              1280
Acacia oswaldii                          Oswald's wattle                                 1130
Acacia papyrocarpa                   Western myall                                   1230
Acacia salicina                           Broughton willow, River Coobah       675
Acacia estrophiolata                   Ironwood                                           875
Acacia tetragonophylla              Sandhill wattle, Umbrella bush, Marpoo  1164
Callitris glaucophylla                  Cypress pine, native pine                  857
Casuarina pauper                      Black oak, Belah                               1290
Citrus glauca                              Lime bush, desert lemon                  960
Codonocarpus continifolius        Native poplar, bellfruit                       435
Eremophila longifolia                  Emubush, Long leaved eremophila  820
Eucalyptus camaldulensis          River redgum                                    900
Eucalyptus coolibah ssp arida (now a Corymbia sp) Coolibah.          1155
Eucalyptus gracilis                      White mallee, yorrel                         1067
Eucalyptus oleosa                      Red mallee                                      1230
Eucalyptus youngiana                Ooldea mallee                                   1130
Grevillea striata                          Beefwood                                          970
Hakea lorea                               Corkwood                                          1135
Myoporum platycarpum             Sugarwood, False sandalwood         1023
Santalum lanceolatum               Plumbush                                           930

These and probably others that can be found at www.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas/ which is the National carbon accounting system. 

Good ol' redgum, favoured by many city folk, does not rate highly, you'll notice.
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #516 on: February 01, 2016, 05:25:55 PM »
I like the red gum because it leaves next to no ash. But in the colder months the box wood burns warmest and is easier for me to get!

Got my hands on a swing saw this year I'm looking forward to trying out (just don't tell the OHS bloke  :D ). I just need some big stuff to try it on.
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« Reply #517 on: February 10, 2016, 06:09:32 AM »
lt wont be long till the usual suspects ( & very Sus )  start sending the begging  message appealing to my better nature . Gezzzzz lm such a " Great Bloke "        :cheers:
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« Reply #518 on: February 10, 2016, 08:12:03 AM »

lt wont be long till the usual suspects ( & very Sus )  start sending the begging  message appealing to my better nature . Gezzzzz lm such a " Great Bloke "        :cheers:
does this mean you're open for business again?
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #519 on: February 10, 2016, 09:19:12 AM »
Fuji san, how are your wood piles going?

Time to call into the uncle's and see about this swing saw I think.
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« Reply #520 on: February 10, 2016, 05:30:27 PM »
Fuji san, how are your wood piles going?

Time to call into the uncle's and see about this swing saw I think.
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« Reply #521 on: February 10, 2016, 05:31:29 PM »
does this mean you're open for business again?
l am always corruptible  >:D >:D you of all people should understand this  :cheers:
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« Reply #522 on: February 10, 2016, 06:28:45 PM »
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #523 on: February 10, 2016, 06:38:31 PM »
Final split of this season's harvest. Can let it sit under cover now for the next 18months til winter 2017

    Hmmmmm.....i buy my fire wood in 15 kg bags.....only need a few bags for camping.....lucky i live in Nth. QLD.... It must be a Victorian thing .......Just saying..... >:D >:D.......I'll check it out this weekend....might need to find some gidgee to pack into baggage to bring home.
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« Reply #524 on: February 10, 2016, 07:40:29 PM »
   Don't Bother OH&S have sold it for scrap metal  >:D >:D                           :cheers:

Nah it was made compliant with a sticker. It reads "don't operate this if you are stupid, incapable, or speewa". Was nice to see you get your own category   >:D
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