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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #550 on: March 30, 2016, 07:52:06 PM »
from China? Wont be as good as Aussie grown

From Queensland?  Know a guy who cuts a B double load each week, all year, for a Victorian firewood seller.

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #551 on: March 31, 2016, 08:48:30 PM »
Can't burn Queensland wood till next week. At the moment when you light it it takes an hour to catch on. Can't work out why...

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #552 on: April 01, 2016, 04:15:09 AM »
Can't burn Queensland wood till next week. At the moment when you light it it takes an hour to catch on. Can't work out why...

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« Reply #553 on: April 01, 2016, 07:08:01 AM »
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #554 on: April 03, 2016, 07:44:20 AM »
Another 2 loads away   Yellow box    Good burning  :cup: :cup:      :cheers:
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #555 on: April 03, 2016, 09:08:49 AM »
Got a call Friday from the Son, "you and Mum want to go for a drive Sat morning to Barmah, why not !!
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« Reply #556 on: April 03, 2016, 09:36:56 PM »
Think we might have a look next weekend at Barmah

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #557 on: April 06, 2016, 04:32:17 PM »
Gezzzzzz...You guy's hunt around for fire wood and up here we hunt for cold air....
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #558 on: April 06, 2016, 05:28:08 PM »
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #559 on: April 06, 2016, 07:19:12 PM »
Man i need wood, did a head gasket on the 4by on not so Good Friday that i will be tackling on the weekend.
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« Reply #560 on: April 06, 2016, 08:10:45 PM »
Then I suppose we'll have to import firewood  :'(
Become a chippie and do renos on old houses, all the hardwood you want then. Just removed an old set of timber stairs from the outside of a house this week, all the step treads have been cut in half on removal and come home with me for firewood for home or weekend camping trips. The stringers went in the skip bin though, didn't want to be fishing out all the nails that are in them from my fire place later on.
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« Reply #561 on: April 06, 2016, 08:17:29 PM »
Become a chippie and do renos on old houses, all the hardwood you want then. Just removed an old set of timber stairs from the outside of a house this week, all the step treads have been cut in half on removal and come home with me for firewood for home or weekend camping trips. The stringers went in the skip bin though, didn't want to be fishing out all the nails that are in them from my fire place later on.
agree, love burning old timber. I used to cut up and burn old redgum fence posts, nails and all. We throw all of our ash into the veggie garden so the old rusty burnt nails just help boost the veggie iron content😆

Probably obvious to you with appropriate training, but I'll often pass on old house frame timber as too risky if there may have been asbestos around at the time of building

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« Reply #562 on: April 06, 2016, 08:52:14 PM »
Might end up with some old house timber soon hopefully!

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« Reply #563 on: April 06, 2016, 08:59:53 PM »

Probably obvious to you with appropriate training, but I'll often pass on old house frame timber as too risky if there may have been asbestos around at the time of building
these days when we get asbestos removed from a house, the guys doing it need to get it inspected and signed off on that it has been completly removed and cleaned up properly, so any timber we remove is pretty clean. I used to have a licence to remove asbestos, but i don't deal with that stuff these days, someone else can suit up and sweat their arse off removing it for us instead...lol
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #564 on: April 07, 2016, 01:09:55 PM »
Firewood!!!  Im still running the Aircon on cool!
I was in Adelaide last week helping a mate cut some firewood for the winter, he introduced me to Chisel Chains. Its a slightly different shape tooth on the chain which removes the cut shavings alot faster. They are more expensive though.
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #565 on: April 07, 2016, 01:14:36 PM »
Man i need wood, did a head gasket on the 4by on not so Good Friday that i will be tackling on the weekend.
wood wont make a good replacement gasket though...
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #566 on: April 07, 2016, 07:54:24 PM »
wood wont make a good replacement gasket though...
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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #567 on: April 08, 2016, 06:51:40 AM »
lf you 2 Borers  want to bark on about some truncated branch story , you can leaf      :cheers:
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« Reply #568 on: April 08, 2016, 11:44:56 AM »
Firewood!!!  Im still running the Aircon on cool!

we are still running ceiling fans at our place at night also, but was at Gympie over Easter and noticed how much cooler it was there of a night time compared to Brisbane.
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« Reply #569 on: April 08, 2016, 01:15:59 PM »
wood wont make a good replacement gasket though...

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #570 on: April 10, 2016, 12:52:47 PM »


Quick trip to Barmah this morning. Just having a toasted sandwich and a coffee to make it feel like camping before heading home.

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #571 on: April 10, 2016, 08:10:47 PM »
GeeeeeeeZZZZZ lino                   you call that a load  ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
 


              your a disappointment to say the least , you have pulled bigger loads than that  :cheers:
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« Reply #572 on: April 10, 2016, 08:44:21 PM »
a load of kindling  :cheers:

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #573 on: April 10, 2016, 09:00:45 PM »
Geezzz you blokes are harsh.

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Re: The firewood thread
« Reply #574 on: April 11, 2016, 05:25:50 AM »
I only cut stuff small enough to not have to split, saves Nay-DMAX's back having to swing the axe so much!  ;D
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