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  1. 25th November 2015, 09:17 AM #1
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    Default Gotta love a Lucas

    Been getting smashed at the mill recently...breakdowns and temperamental old gear has been dogging me. So it was nice to get some production yesterday.

    Had a local farmer getting rid of a bluegum on the end of his dam expansion, so sent out a mate Richard to pick them up for me.

    First log...
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    2.4 ton of sweet solid bluegum.

    Second log
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    2.7 ton of sweet solid bluegum.

    He loads these himself, with no tractors, loaders, forks, just him and his ute, plus a nice bit of ingenuity.

    The first log I milled at that length, the second one I cut down to 2.1 for the order I had. We started after lunch and had milled 3 cubic metres from the two logs before the afternoon was done....
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    best thing was I ended up with 25 3m 100x100 spare by the end of it. The bloke in the picture came in at the end, but all the 3m stuff was tailed by the missus.

    Just love the reliability and confidence I get from my Lucas
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  3. 25th November 2015, 11:08 AM #2
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    Nice log that
    Lucas are certainly a great mill allan...MM
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  4. 25th November 2015, 01:21 PM #3
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  5. 25th November 2015, 04:32 PM #4
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    Why just 4x4's from a solid clean log like that?
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    It would be interesting to know how your mate moves/loads those logs by himself...
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    Nice clean FRG's mate. Always puts a smile on your dial when they cut like that huh.


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    Quote Originally Posted by John.G View Post
    Nice clean FRG's mate. Always puts a smile on your dial when they cut like that huh.




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  9. 26th November 2015, 09:36 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by rustynail View Post
    Why just 4x4's from a solid clean log like that?
    That was the order I had mate - the spares total $1500 on their own.

    What would you be slicing from these?
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  10. 26th November 2015, 09:37 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Evanism View Post
    It would be interesting to know how your mate moves/loads those logs by himself...
    He has to go back get a bit more, I'll see if he can get a video of it.
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  11. 27th November 2015, 12:08 PM #10
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    Wides with a boxed out heart. But orders must be filled. Just a shame when a good log has to go to small sections.
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