Silky Oak Log

[Jezupatree]

Hi im a tree contractor in the blue mountains, we are soon removing a large (25m +) silky oak (grevilliea robusta) with a decent barrel on it, vague dimensions would be approx 600mm-800mm x 4-6m. Would be a DAMN shame to chip it!! Please Discuss.

[Jezupatree]

Wow, a tree is falling in this forest but no one can hear it...

[BobL]

I heard it from here but what can I do?

[Jezupatree]

Send a really big self addressed cardboard tube...

[Acco]

You say "please discuss" but what are you wanting us to discuss?

How to mill it?

Who wants it?

How much can I get for it?

Could keep on going but I won't!!

[Big Shed]

Hi im a tree contractor in the blue mountains, we are soon removing a large (25m +) silky oak (grevilliea robusta) with a decent barrel on it, vague dimensions would be approx 600mm-800mm x 4-6m. Would be a DAMN shame to chip it!! Please Discuss.

Discuss what?

then this, 20 mins later

Wow, a tree is falling in this forest but no one can hear it...

The secret of patience is doing something else in the meanwhile

[Jezupatree]

Ok sorry, just to clarify- tree is in a clients backyard, unless milled onsite or effort/time/money offered to salvage it we will have to cut it into liftable sized pieces and turn it to mulch. I dont really know its true value but seems to me a bit of a waste so i am just putting it out there. I could pay to get it milled but have little/no storage space, and am looking for advise as to weather it might be worth it or what...

[Jezupatree]

Anyone want it? Free to good home.

[Acco]

Bit too far for me!!!

[rustynail]

Anyone want it? Free to good home.

I would be quite happy to take it off your hands. Rather than milling on site, I would prefer to remove in 4mtr lengths, and then saw later. Can you give me some idea on access, time frame and location. Will there be any lifting equipment on site and if not, can I get my truck and hyab to the log?

[Jezupatree]

Hi rustynail, thanks for the interest, sorry to say a local guy has already leapt on it and i will give him a hand to mill it this saturday for a slab or two.

Access isnt that great- I could have chainsaw-winched it down a hill into a hi-ab'able position but onsite milling is probably the easiest option. Might send a pic if the results are as good as we're hoping.

Afterward we will mill up an english oak log about 900mm x 1.6m that i saved from being chipped and wrestled back to my backyard about 2 years ago, cant wait to see whats inside it!

Like unwraping pressies at christmas!

[rustynail]

Thanks for letting me know. In regard to the English oak, it's a difficult timber to dry. Sawing at this time of year is going to generate a lot of down grade. I never saw oak until late autumn. That way it has winter and spring to stabalize before summer.