flooring sample from pratten qld

we have got a block of timber to cut just west of pratten qld, and had to do a smaple of the spotted gum for a reseller in sydney.

2 x 16 hour days (3.5 hours driving each way and 8 hours milling) and 6.6 cube of log to get 2.5 cube of first grade spotted gum. plus a heap of 6x2 rails from the heart that the property owner can use.

flooring feedstock has to be cut oversize to allow for shrinkage so we did 156mm x 27mm and 106mm x 27mm to get 135mm and 85mm decking boards as an end product.

some nice timber can out of these little old spotty trees.

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It sure was a bit of an experience, met some 'different' people, even saw a young fella (about 10-12) skin his first animal on his own - funny thing was another kid was there (about 6-8) and couldn't believe that is where meat came from :D

A few more pics from the two days...

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Mill set up with the first load of logs.

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Carl doing some work :oo:

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The test load all tallied, graded and strapped ready to drop off at the depot for treating.:2tsup:

Nice lot of logs. Love the shorts sigidi:rolleyes:

You two blokes put up a great sequence of pix :2tsup:.

Regards
Paul

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Originally Posted by Tim Creeper

Nice lot of logs. Love the shorts sigidi:rolleyes:

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The worst short award goes to Carl - he is trying a convict era revival.



Thanks Paul:wink: