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Why would I want my water heater in my house? if it blows up or leaks, it will flood everything! :lol:

Likewise in July…for 15 seconds both ways…

Reflect the heat and insulate a lot…shade. Better yet, half under ground… We don’t build like we should here. Just run the AC 24/7 for a few months. Eyeroll.

Rare to get below freezing here. Maybe a couple times a winter?

Farmer was in my shop today. Looks like I might get a shot at the remaining dead ones...when the weather cools off in Nov., ha!

…or just wait for the strong west wind that drops it from 115 to 99f… this chunk had split off the side and I think was a lot of the reason the main base was hollow.

…but also not too shallow or the cutters will not bite, just skate and the saw will over rev. At least in the dry stuff which is mostly what I cut. Green is a pleasure when I get to cut it. .404 square is the best.

Here are some trunks…excellent firewood if one can transport to the mountains where the market is. There are several in a row here, precariously rooted. Farmer wants them gone due to the liability of them falling in the road. One dead one is ~6’DBH. Maybe for a tree/saw get together next winter…

I think @Jomo knows a bit about euc. It’s beautiful wood…unfortunately, it is difficult to dry or cure without cracking and warping. Mesquite on the other hand is very stable.

The story is euc was imported to make pilings and or RR ties because it is so durable. I also have never seen them rot. Never really thought about it, but I always assumed that it was because this is a desert. Nothing rots…it turns into splinters…well, softwoods do. Hardwoods get really...

That’s about typical. I’m surrounded by about 800 square miles of 40 acre fields with a handful of trees here and there. When they fall, the trunk usually stays forever due to lack of $ spent on expertise and equipment to cut them up.

Yes, I don't know what they looked like before the burn. @friedrich if someone was driving down that canal rd when the West wind blew and that burnt thru tree went with it's SE lean, they would have a real bad day...

Stumbled on these guys that got burnt. Gonna try to find the owner. The one is burnt thru the bottom, not much holding it up. Sketchy… It would seem euc wood is not very fire resistant.I see plenty hollowed out by fire. Most other species of trees I see burnt have the foliage and smaller limbs...