Thread: Tallowwood and Blue Gum

Originally Posted by giddleberry

I'm in chatswood (sydney). Nice and central.

Still waiting on the council though as per my first post so just getting an idea if its worth looking at still.

Yeah I can see the tree from here. Let's do business.

Looking at the photos I imagine the blue gum is dropping branches? The tree looks like it will have a pipe. Thats not a problem so long as the pipe is not too big. In fact, a small pipe helps take the tension out of the timber when sawing. Also the sock around the bottom can be a sign of bug attack.
Travel down your way every two weeks, happy to have a look if you wish.

Excuse my ignorance but what's a pipe?

A pipe is a tube eaten out up the centre of the log, usually by white ants or sometimes rot or both.

A little off the general thrust of the other replies, but can you tell your neighbor to get stuffed and spend the money buying your w/bench timber direct from one of our millers?

I'm not against milling your own trees if you want to but being made to cut down two huge trees because of a few branches is BS. An arborist could tidy them up for sure.

I had a tree hater living near me in Brissie, he had council onto everyone in the street because their trees were dropping leaves, shading his pool, would block access to the cul-de-sac if they blew down in a storm etc. He illegally cut down and chipped a HUGE heritage listed hoop pine, made one neighbour cut down their Jacaranda and another a beautiful big Cheese-wood.

He got as far as taking one neighbor to court for her tree but he lost. He was so incensed he immediately sold up. Probably moved to Innamincka

I have told him to get stuffed. Hence the council now being involved.

Out backyard and house will have near all day sun baking it with both of these trees gone which I'd rather not have

Good luck. Hope it all goes your way.

The joys of Suburbia.

Those will be expensive at Sydney prices to drop. Paying someone to mill them will further increase the cost, however, if you sell on the slabs at Sydney prices, you'll get a good return. I'm rural south coast nsw, and slabs can be found very cheap compared to Sydney., Still a slab of blue gum that your talking about would look killer. I'm slabing and lucas milling some blue gum, turpentine and some woolibutt to build a shed,turkey pen and a butchery bay. All from my own trees which'll save heaps of $.

Originally Posted by giddleberry

I have told him to get stuffed. Hence the council now being involved.

Out backyard and house will have near all day sun baking it with both of these trees gone which I'd rather not have