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  1. 29th September 2012, 10:59 PM #1
    eli szoko
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    Default Lightning struck red gum?

    Have the opertunity to mill a large red gum that has been hit by lightning whitch has split the top half but looks to be about 4-5 M of cleen log.
    I thort i coul get some stuctural or decking from the botem bit and 4x3 posts form the top.
    Has anyone had experience with struck trees as i have been told it is no good and very hard?
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  3. 30th September 2012, 01:27 PM #2
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    the stringybark i did a while ago that was hit seemed a little harder but nothing the mill couldn't cut so i'd say have a crack and see how you go
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  4. 30th September 2012, 02:12 PM #3
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    Plenty of posts around the forums on lightning struck trees, seems to vary greatly, do a search and come to your own conclusions. I'd give it a go and see what happens.
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  5. 30th September 2012, 11:07 PM #4
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    Default Thank you both

    Thanks Eli
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  6. 30th September 2012, 11:33 PM #5
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    I cut up a small (24" diam) spotty that was lightening struck.No problem - no difference to other spotties of that size.
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  7. 1st October 2012, 06:14 PM #6
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    Post Controlled test

    Local lore indicated that lightning struck timber was no good as firewood - I had the opportunity about 8 years back to test that out when a big Grey Gum (e. Punctuata) was struck. I need fence posts at the time, and cut an equivalent size grey gum, took the posts and blocked the rest for fire wood. Felled the lightning strike tree, put the large section to the side and blocked the rest. So then I had two piles of future firewood - brought the Aussie Chopper up and split them, keeping the two piles separate and exposed to the elements. Three years later I started doing a trial burn - one night the lightning strike wood into the wood heater, the next night the "normal" tree. I did not see any differnce in how the wood caught from the kindling, or in the amount of heat the fire put out, or any differnce in the amount of wood to be used to keep hte house at regulation temperature.

    I left about half of each pile and went back to the testing after a further two years - and I also split and used the lightning strike logs for fence post - I couldn't see any difference.


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  8. 2nd October 2012, 11:56 AM #7
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    So i will bring home the fire wood then.
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  10. 3rd October 2012, 10:35 PM #9
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    Default HaHa

    No i made some top Quality decking and 4x3 fence posts.
    It was in worse shape then i thort with a split runing around a groth ring 300mm from center.
    But there was some realy cleen timber in it.
    Would definently go for one again.
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