its funny we used to cut river red gum for fire wood down around Whiton and Darlington Point (dont shoot me I ve since learned that there are more red gum s the river red gums so all red gums are different). The thing is IT s easy to cut easy to split and bloody easy to sell, so I can see any husky liking it. But go cut some wood yellow box or black box and well away from the river the stihl shines