Old log rescues in Victoria, Australia

[BobL]

Not my photos but reposted with permission.

These are old redgums that have been down for years but the timber on these are usually pretty spectacular (red fiddleback).
The biggest logs are in the 15 tin range

More to follow

 

[BobL]

More pics.

One of the trees was buried at one end and they brought in an excavator to dig a channel down near the rootball so they could cut it out.

I'll post some more pics when they mill some of the logs.

 

[PhilB]

opcorn:

 

[golddredgergold]

WOW!!!!!

 

[qbilder]

How does a guy like me get some of that fiddleback redgum?

 

[excess650]

How does a guy like me get some of that fiddleback redgum?

That's on the other side of the world. I would be happy to get into some fiddleback cherry and walnut.

 

[BobL]

How does a guy like me get some of that fiddleback redgum?

I can give you the millers contact details if you wish.

I have only ever been able to get hold of small pieces of fiddleback redgum and the pieces I have are not really good examples of the fiddle that it can exhibit.

Here are some tool handles made out of the small pieces.

The Victorian redgum is also much redder than the examples above which are Western Australian Redgum.

 

[Tazfreak]

I cleared,cut redgums in farmer,s paddocks for years,these redgums were ringbarked in the 1940,s .Huge trees that yeilded many tons of first class ,split blood red firewood.In those days they were every where 1980,s and were bringing $30 ton split and delivered.I used to truck 8 ton of stacked, split,redgum on my tray truck and park in Bairnsdale on saturday mornings and take orders .I was usually booked up to 4 weeks in advance for such good firewood.Got my first hydro custom made HD splitter in 1983,made life a lot easier.I got lots of fiddleback trunks,sent a few to be milled,sold some to handcrafted furniture makers.Redgum cuts easier than red,grey box and I cut lot,s of red,grey,yellow boxwood which are premium timbers here.Now days trees like the big ones in this thread if sound are worth lots of $$$s to people who mill for furniture or thousand,s in firewood, EG. $400 ton in major cities.

 

[qbilder]

That's on the other side of the world. I would be happy to get into some fiddleback cherry and walnut.

Me too

 

[brookpederson]

Holy hell, those are some big logs. How are they going to be sawn up? Lucas slabing mill?

 

[cityslicker]

Wow! I would use vacation days to mill one of those logs if I could get a hold of one! Please do make sure to show us some pics during the milling.

 

[TPA]

Ho-Hum, wake me up when you find some real logs... :msp_razz:

 

[wishihadcoils]

update on this timber?????

 

[BobL]

Not further progress as far as I know - why not cut out me as the middle man and go direct to the source.

Big log project continues...

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Not further progress as far as I know - why not cut out me as the middle man and go direct to the source.

Big log project continues...

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Thanks for sharing!

 

[Tazfreak]

Ho-Hum, wake me up when you find some real logs... :msp_razz:

I thought Texas was the home of big hats,oil rigs,longhorn cattle,rednecks and tumbleweeds.do u have forests ?opcorn:

 

[TPA]

I thought Texas was the home of big hats,oil rigs,longhorn cattle,rednecks and tumbleweeds.do u have forests ?opcorn:

We gots lots o' forest on my side of the state. I live near 4 national forests (trees off limits). The rest is private property (trees off limits and Texans have guns).

Not many real big trees left, most of the logging of old growth was done a century ago. There are places you can go and see old growth, but no species here get as big as the tree in this forum.

 

[Stihlman441]

opcorn:

 

[820wards]

More pics.

Those are some biggins......:msp_w00t:

jerry-

 

[Rudolf73]

Man the new 460 has its work cut out for it!

Nice photos, thanks for posting