Thread: Carl and Al on the road again.

Ian

SGs not too bad when green, with a good nail gun of course, but dry, pre-drilling is the order of the day.

I hope the statement is not a reflection on the bros..

Regards
Paul

Just a thought on 20M3 of green spotted gum: That would weigh by my calculations 23 tonnes assuming it was cut exactly (allowing 1150Kg for green spotty).

Too much "extra" timber would test the maximum allowable weight of a 20' shipping container I think.

Regards
Paul

(When I thought again, the container has already gone. Too late.)

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Just a thought on 20M3 of green spotted gum: That would weigh by my calculations 23 tonnes assuming it was cut exactly (allowing 1150Kg for green spotty).

Too much "extra" timber would test the maximum allowable weight of a 20' shipping container I think.

Regards
Paul

(When I thought again, the container has already gone. Too late.)

well you loaded the box, but there must be a fair amount of air in it to allow for the stickering.

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Ian

SGs not too bad when green, with a good nail gun of course, but dry, pre-drilling is the order of the day.

I hope the statement is not a reflection on the bros..

Regards
Paul

I was thinking more along the lines that they would be more used to working with something like Radiata or Douglas Fir or that other plantation softwood whose name escapes me

Yer, we gonna be having some fun I reckon, only thing tho, almost no phone service:eek: Next week we'll have both mills there goin flat knacker to fill this container

Kiwis nailing spotted gum? No way - they'll weld it!

is this right guys building in NZ but shipping timber from QLD & sth america.

so are you packing the drugs in the logs or is he doing it?

No, it aint right!! he works in Argentina, owns a block of land in QLD which Carl and I are cutting timber from, then that timber is being sent to NZ

Got back for the weekend late last night.

So far we've got most the logs we need, snigged out the bush and at our cleared mill site. I came home for the weekend, Carl stayed out there and we're getting both mills slicing like crazy next week.

I've got pics on the phone, but its a new one so bit too much involved to get the pics onto the lappy, will have the new lot of pics all setup end of next weeks cutting

Originally Posted by Sigidi

will have the new lot of pics all setup end of next weeks cutting

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Regards
Paul

Got an external antenna for the phone and software installed on the lappy, will see how easy/hard it is to download piccys soon.

Hope old mate Carl is ok out there on his lonesome, his phone would have died by now as he could only charge it in my ute...will find out in the mornin soon enough

so pics....

first is Carl and I at Gympie on our way out to 'the Dub'...


second is Bo on my ute and Carl's mill on his trailer at Gayndah


third is Carl trying to camo the tractor at the jobsite


fourth is Carl sniggin some logs out of the bush to our log dump


fifth is the log dump and Carl loading docked logs onto the trailer


sixth is a pic of the track - immediately behind the trailer at one particular spot....


seventh is Carl at the 'particular spot' of the track...


eighth is a close up of that 'particular spot'


last pic is Carl driving the ute (and apparently takin pics at the time too lmao) with me joggin the track in front of the ute clearing some of the stuff which needed to be trimmed back for the ute and trailer to drive easier.

So far we've got just about all the logs we need to our log dump and over half of them to our mill site. The new Hi-lift Jack I got for a steel in a shop at 'the Dub' has come in handy 5 times already in its first 4 days I've had it. Also had to buy my first ever beanie!!

Still a little bit on the soft side once off the conrete?

Keep 'em coming.

Regards
Paul

there are a few sink holes arround overall its good thow.

i cant get the pics off my new phone for some reason.

once i do ill post them.