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1st November 2014, 10:02 PM #1
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Hoop Pine Log of 40 cubic metres.
At the moment I am building a large shed to house my sawmill. Yesterday I had delivered the roofing iron for at least part of the shed. I had a bit of a talk to the truck driver and he told me that he used to be a timber cutter and in fact, worked where I worked as well all those years ago and knew some of the people I worked with. He used to cut, hardwood, rainforest, and Hoop Pine. He said that the largest HP he ever cut was an incredible 40 cubic metres! It makes the 3 cubic metre HP I had cut here a couple of weeks ago seem small but at least I planted mine. Yes, as a tree, they can get very big and I intend to grow them quite large as well!! He also said that he had cut a Bunya Pine at 33 cubic metres.
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3rd November 2014, 11:15 PM #2
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My great great grandparents were amoung the original white settlers of the Atherton Tablelands. In the 1880's the sawmills would not accept logs with a mid point girth under 8' - - but there were no shortage of logs with a mid point diameter of that. The mills would only take a few species - red cedar, kauri, maple, black walnut... cairns hickory, black penda and JRH for bridge timbers etc. Oak came into fashion in the 20's and they started taking that too - The rest was just felled by axe and burnt. Most prized were the Red Cedars, but the biggest were the Bull Kauri's. They used to quarter then with wedges and dynamite to break them down small enough to go through the railway tunnels on the Kuranda range, from memory they had to get them under a height (including carriage ) of 22 foot (6.7m).
As a kid I remember seeing one come into the mill down the road with log hanging out past the jinker bolsters either side - they'd cut slots into the timber to make him fit. Probably a 12 footer (diameter) and they used to come down the range at 100' long (truck, jinker and log total). Seriously big logs!!!
NOT all gone now, despite popular misconception. The real big fellah's aren't in publicly accessible places, but if you know where to look...
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