Drying eucalyptus
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CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Not up here. Went up from 250 00 seasoned delivered to 350 plus.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Prices here are close: $350 oak, madrone and euc, $250 for fir and pine. $175 -200 for redwood and cypress
Redwood is used mostly for kindling stock.
Redwood is used mostly for kindling stock.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
Impressive lacing of the fibers. No wonder that you have an hard time to split it.
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- #57
it's amazing how easily it splits with the rings vs. across (dry anyway). That round split with rings easily on the outside, but towards the core was nearly impossible. Still too green. I had been noodling straight across the whole round- per a suggestion on arboristsite, I'm going to try radially. I think it will work better as all the splits will then be with the rings, and the tough core will be smaller splits.
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- #58
I think I'm going to give all the green stuff to a friend to power split/dry/sell once I buck it. He is closer to the market and he and his brother have more time. I just wanna run saws! Maybe Split the $ 50/50 or something. The dry stuff I'll probably continue to hand split for exercise and selling locally. If I could get someone to sell to the desert offroading folks on weekends....Glamis population goes from 0 to 100,000 on a big weekend.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Is it possible to dry without cracking?
Pretty color wood.
Pretty color wood.
stikine
Treehouser
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preservation-solutions.com
I haven't used this but hear some good things about it.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Seasoning wood so it doesn't warp, check or crack.
It's a whole science all in itself. Very species specific, and Eucalyptus being a particularly cantankerous species, I hear.
It's a whole science all in itself. Very species specific, and Eucalyptus being a particularly cantankerous species, I hear.
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- #63
Very pretty, Very difficult. Most won’t mess with it. Some claim to have success but ain’t sharin’ the secret. Cutting at the end of winter and baking in the summer probably doesn’t help.
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- #64
A guy in the mountains keeps breaking the head off this monster maul. We welded it again and my son and I tested it in some one summer dried Euc. I think it took 10 swings of the maul and then went to the sledge for 20 more. Another piece I managed to split off with 10 swings of the maul.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Brutal.
Kaveman
Treehouser
That looks like a long string of four letter words, there bud. 😳
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Looks like a whole lotta fug that to me.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Pull the hydraulic lever!!
gf beranek
Old Schooler
That round would bend a ram.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
No kidding, huh?
I thought the bypass valve would be the weak link, by design.
I thought the bypass valve would be the weak link, by design.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Two wise gray beards concur. I am listening.
Burnham
Woods walker
It should be as you speculate, Sean.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Yeah, I was only kidding, Sean.
Prodding the humor of the thread.
Prodding the humor of the thread.
Burnham
Woods walker
Grey beard humor...this is us. 
Kaveman
Treehouser
Hey does anyone what that 12 ton splitter, since Burnham turned me down? Maybe the youngster can mount it to his mini x, and split the wood right off the tree or some shit, I don't know...
