Thread: Cut vs split firewood

Originally Posted by No.3

Me mate thinks they might be eucalyptus - I dunno about that as I thought that those gum-type trees were rot-prone. This stuff definately is not haha. It's not ironbark either, I had the fun job of drilling and popping some ironbark piles off underwater to get the sticky-upy bits out of the way for a new single-span bridge. The popping bit was easy, the drilling to set the charges not so much. Using a sharp self-pulling screw auger made your eyeballs vibrate, not a pleasant exercise under water...

There's over 1200 species of gum/eucalyptus. Some rot easily, some are soft, some are ground durable, some are steel hard. Where's @Ben Waimata ? He has forgotten more about Eucs than most of us know about that species

Again, many moons ago I had the job of cutting off at seabed level some square ironbark piles at the Shelly Bay Naval facility. We used a hydraulic chainsaw, and even with its unlimited power it was a half hour job with one chain change to gnaw our way through. Fuck it was tough!