nice score - coupla free logs

[weisyboy]

bloke rang me up on Tuesday last week, said he was clearing 7 Hectares, if i wanted the logs i could have them, he'd load them.

all we had to do was to cut them off and organise a truck.

so far we have spent 2 days with 2 of us going hell for leather docking logs.

were not done yet, he still has to knock down some more trees.

we have docked up over 5 semi loads of logs so far and about another 2 still standing.

60% red ironbark - 30% grey ironbark - and a few spottys, gum toped box and bluegums.

i am estimating over 150 cubic meters of log, witch would normaly cost me about 23 000 dollars

some times things just work out.










may have started a small fire there :D

[weisyboy]

logs are between 10" and 38" diamiter.

[mwigant]

You might want to think about a pair of chaps. Cut my knee to the bone a couple of weeks ago.

[Burlkraft]

I was just gonna say....No wonder your injury list looks like it does!

Somebody needs to give you chaps, gloves, safety glasses and a helmet for your next birthday, that is if you make it!

[Magicman]

Welcome, mwigant, to the Forestry Forum.  Well, you have been here a while, but your first post.  Safety is always a good reminder.  I should know.    :-\

[WH_Conley]

Every time I see these boys down under using a saw in shorts I wonder how many of the old boys at the bar, that used to work the bush go by the name "Stubby".

[BCtimber]

Nice score-  that should set you up quite well!

[sandhills]

Sure helps to get lucky every once in a while .  What is the land being cleared for?

[weisyboy]

i have chaps etc - i dont know how you people can work in all that gear.

it was 42 deg c on the pub veranda at lunch time, it was hard enough to work with what i had on on, i lost the shirt at lunch time and just had a jakie how on.

iv cut my knee to the bone B4 but that was because i wasusing a small saw with a long bar and it was unbalanced.

these logs are a good score i was just about out of ironbark, and was gunna have to buy soem in, with all the wet weatehr log prices have gone threw the roof.

i just gota wait till it drys out enough to get a truck in to pick them up.

[bill m]

Can't blame the saw for your injury.

[Doc Hickory]

Go Weisy, go Weisy!    8) 8) 8) 8)

[WDH]

I could tell that those logs were sneaky big!

[Woodbuzzer]

Nice find Dude 8) 8).What is ironbark used for.We have ironwood which is in the beech  family,and is as hard as the name.Its mostly cut up for firewood.Oh bythe way-nice attire guys : ::)if you are going to the beach :D :Dand what are you wearin on your feet    Buzz

[sgschwend]

We need to average our temperatures it was 0 C most of the morning got up to 6C.  Oh and we could split the logs too.   :D

[WildDog]

Mate whats Grey Ironbark, does it have any other names?, I'm only across the border we've got a couple I know as narrow leaf and mugga ironbark, mugga o.k but shells, becomes a problem in fence posts when your boreing....nice score

[weisyboy]

Bill - i can and will blame the chaisnaw, was probly the silly bugger that didnt take the 25" bar off to trim 4" brnaches fault thow.

WDH - when i arrived i thought oh there ok, not great but plenty of split posts, once we started cutting and i had to put the longer bas on, and even they weren't big enough. i was pleased.

Woodbuzzer - ironbark is a hardwood tree - it is really hard, we have red ironbark poles in our house you cant even drive a nail into then, its ok to work wile its green but once it drys it a predrill joby. used for structural timber and posts, fence posts, shed poles, just abot anything. i has always been used for fence posts, it dosent rot an is to hard for termites to chew, there are posts on our property my grandfather and great uncle put in that are holding up the barb wire after over 100 years.

sgschwend - i like it around 30 degc, hate it when it drops under about 20, dotn work if its under 10.

wilddog - grey ironbark (http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/26_5385.htm) is not as hard as red ironbark not as good for posts but is mutch stronger, grow straighter and bigger. it grades higher than any other species green off saw. it grows more down in the gullys/flats where the red grows up on the ridges.

there are only officialy 3 types of ironbark

red ironbark - good alround timber but hard as steel

narrow leaved red ironbark - (http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/26_5447.htm) witch is the best for posts but the worst to mill as it has a lot of tention and the board spring badly.

broad leaved red ironbark witch has a broad green leaf, it mills well and is softer than the narrow leaved.

grey ironbark - (http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/26_5385.htm) jsut about the best mill log one could hope for.

tehre are a lot of cross breeds i think there have been sompthing like 1000 identafied. we get one called putty ironbark witch is soft and verry pretty timber.

[sigidi]

Good onya Carl!! what a great score hey? if ya needed an extra pair of hands you know where i am  ;D :D ;)

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Nice looking job you did well Mate  ;) ;D ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) I cut about 6 cube (2550bft) off Red Ironbark last week narrow and broad leaf for a bloke last week and only put 4.5hrs on the mill while doing it  ;) ;D ;D 8) 8) 8) we dont see grey round here often its more common on the coastal side of the great divide  ;)

We'll where whatever we bloody well like most of the time Down Here  ;)  you use to catch me in a Bluey and jeans in summer but now the OH&S officer Aka Mum has got us wearn fluros and thats about the only change she got  ;)  :D Dad n I have always worn the helmets with full gear but we never wear chaps anymore they are just a pita to wear down here I have two near new pairs that are 18yo hanging in the shed  ;) we do have a couple of pair ea of the Husky cut proof trousers which are good in winter but still to bulky n hot during summer when your trapsing around working your butt off in 95 to 115 deg   ;)

Buzz those shoes hes wearn would prob be pull on elastic sided steel cap boots with a pair of Sock savers over the top std issue Mate  ;)  ;D 8)

And Nah not too many blokes at the pub named stumpy the ones who made the big mistakes with either the swing or chainsaws rarely made it out of the bush My grandfather found a couple I think back in the swing saw days though  ;)

Regards Chris

[weisyboy]

boots i wera size 10 1/2 blundstone elastic sides, not steel ps i cant wwear em my feet are to wide.

aways have a pair of holy socks and sock savers.

[BOBWOOD]

Dang...42 degrees, eh?...well I guess your summer is our winter here in Canada...a couple weeks back it was -42 !...that's my kinda place...I swear if I ever make it down there that's the last anyone will see of me!...BOB

[WDH]

We have ironwood which is in the beech  family,and is as hard as the name.

Buzz,

Actually what most call ironwood is in the Birch family.  American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) and hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) are both commonly called ironwood.  However, you might be talking about a different "ironwood". 

Every place on earth has an "ironwood" :D.

[weisyboy]

not in australia that i know of.

[WildDog]

Thanks for that, last year a mate wanted me to mill some semi seasoned narrow leaf ironbark, had been sitting on the ground for about 5yrs, they were good size logs @ 600mm, it was for his boss, so to keep him happy I agreed, it was hard going, he wanted as many 4x4 and 6x2's as possible. It was hard going :( and to keep his boss happy only charged a token amount. :( :(

Boots....The same as you 10 1/2 blundstones, wide feet from not wearing shoes. The only ones I found to fit wide feet was Steelblue lace ups, expensive but real comfortable.

[weisyboy]

i hate laceup boots, the young ella that works for me wears the pair that didnt fit me.

[sawchain]

Carl, the real reason you don't like lace up boots is you haven't learned how to tie ur shoelaces. :D

Cheers .... Laurie