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21st February 2012, 01:36 AM #1
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Worth Slabbing this Marri?
Hi Guys
This log has been in the paddock since I bought the property about 4 years ago.
It was heaaped up with a bunch of other trees and rabits made a home underneath.
After trying to burn it a couple of times (assuming it was rotten as most of the fallen Marri logs are. I burnt everything around, over and under it but it remained ... well I thought, must be good enough for firewood. Cut a couple of rings (see pic) ... it's still green
So is it worth slabbing, or cutting for anythin else?
Opinions plsRamps
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21st February 2012, 10:28 PM #2
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Four years and a fire wouldn't have done it any favours. By the look of the pics tis fire wood.
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21st February 2012, 11:27 PM #3
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Cutting yourself Ramps or getting someone in to mill for you?
If you have a mill/chainsaw setup of your own then yeh cut it up. I think you will get little recovery out of it as by the photos it appears to have quiet deep splits in it. Cutting burnt logs blunts you chain a lot faster as well. Spending a bit of time and cutting around the cracks you could get some timber out of it but if you need to get some one in to cut for you I would sugest dont waste your money. Time spent on it and recovery would not be viable.When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep---not screeming, like the passengers in his car.
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21st February 2012, 11:48 PM #4
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Thanks guys
the fire did little to it except char the bark off the outside as it was still too green.Ramps
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22nd February 2012, 03:54 PM #5
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You may be surprised what it has done to the tension in the log.
Originally Posted by Ramps
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22nd February 2012, 08:43 PM #6
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Firewood!
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23rd February 2012, 04:29 PM #7
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Apart from the big water shake half way in looks good and clean and would have been good stuff in its day however too far gone now. As mentioned, beinb burned will have put alot of tension into the outer half of the log.
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24th February 2012, 10:18 PM #8
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Thanks Again
Thanks Nifty
Will keep an eye out in the future and rescue before they get burnt.Ramps
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