the all aussie dribble thread!

[Red Amor]

It varies lots depending on type of timber and moisture levels.

Vinces dry redgum came in at 2.4cu mtr per ton. Typically your looking around 2 to 2.5 Cu mtrs per ton for Australian hardwoods when under 20% moisture content which is where you need to be for firewood.

12% moisture content is the best you can get air drying it. It dries out at about the same rate whether you keep it under cover or outside....tests have shown that if it is left outdoors to dry it can dry marginally faster as the rain is thought to help keep the capillaries open to assist with drying but the difference is only marginal......same with splitting, only a marginal difference.

If keeping the timber for firewood I cut it to lengths of 300 to 450mm long. ...my rule of thumb is to allow 1 day for every mm of log length divided by 2...so a 300mm log will need 150 days drying time to get below 20%

My trailer holds just over 5cu mtrs. When full with dry stuff tightly stacked it's just under or just over 3 ton gross and the trailer weighs 660kg. When wet well over 4 ton gross

Gday and thankyou for taking time in your very informative reply good o mate :O)
cheers The Red fella

 

[Red Amor]

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That's outside....

It's a cozy 24 inside in the kitchen

It goes all night during winter

Im in Tassie we have two similar heaters going full time all winter , dont like the cold no more , fact is never did
why the dickens did I move to Tassie ????????:O( hahah:O)

 

[KiwiBro]

Gday and thankyou for taking time in your very informative reply good o mate :O)
cheers The Red fella

Well worth a read:
http://www.aebiom.org/IMG/pdf/WOOD_FUELS_HANDBOOK_BTC_EN.pdf

 

[peter92]

Im in Tassie we have two similar heaters going full time all winter , dont like the cold no more , fact is never did
why the dickens did I move to Tassie ????????:O( hahah:O)

Would love to go to Tassie for holiday, but i feel the cold badly

 

[2strokenut]

come in summer 20 to 25°c unless we get a heat wave then its over 30°c

 

[chippy]

Im in Tassie we have two similar heaters going full time all winter , dont like the cold no more , fact is never did
why the dickens did I move to Tassie ????????:O( hahah:O)

They're good heaters those....I've had mine for about 10 years now and never had a problem with it. It's got a 3 speed fan built into it and I run it 24/7 three months of the year and most of the time for another 3 months.

It burns all through the night when i shut the flu off before bed and just needs a log or 2 in the morning and open the flu and it fires right back up.

My place is 280 sq. Mtrs. And it heats it fine....only got down to minus 7 one night here but would have maybe 2 dozen nights here below zero a year.

 

[peter92]

come in summer 20 to 25°c unless we get a heat wave then its over 30°c

so whens the best time to go down there and how much is the ferry

 

[chippy]

I've always flown for somewhere around 40 bucks each way.....car hire is cheap

 

[2strokenut]

so whens the best time to go down there and how much is the ferry

the best time in summer is January & February the ferry can be $$ at times
https://www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/fares

 

[2strokenut]

I've always flown for somewhere around 40 bucks each way.....car hire is cheap

if you can do with out your car what chippy dose may be cheeper for you.

 

[peter92]

Yeah like Chippy,s idea but we will have the camper trailer and the cruiser and was looking at spending maybe a week or so over there

 

[2strokenut]

more fun with your own stuff tho we have lots of free camping spots to there is a good little book with a heap in it there are more thats not in the book tho

 

[peter92]

more fun with your own stuff tho we have lots of free camping spots to there is a good little book with a heap in it there are more thats not in the book tho
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Ill definitely well be getting that book, now where do i buy that up here in QLD haha
love the free camping that goes with it to, would make our trip better

 

[peter92]

more fun with your own stuff tho we have lots of free camping spots to there is a good little book with a heap in it there are more thats not in the book tho
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found the book online $21.25 at book topia

 

[2strokenut]

Ill definitely well be getting that book, now where do i buy that up here in QLD haha
love the free camping that goes with it to, would make our trip better

we use to live in Gladstone and my mum and dad got a one be for they even moved to Tas so maybe from a camping or hiking shop my wife got ours from a book shop down here.

 

[derwoodii]

fathers day soon i just busted my super cheap digital caliper glass so what the next best make im liken this as can get the daughter bunnings discount http://www.bunnings.com.au/kincrome-150mm-digital-vernier-calipers_p5660320


or are these hergestellt deutschland that bit better

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BGS-Germ...IC-0-150-mm-/120723644264?hash=item1c1bb09f68

 

[peter92]

fathers day soon i just busted my super cheap digital caliper glass so what the next best make im liken this as can get the daughter bunnings discount http://www.bunnings.com.au/kincrome-150mm-digital-vernier-calipers_p5660320


or are these hergestellt deutschland that bit better

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BGS-Germ...IC-0-150-mm-/120723644264?hash=item1c1bb09f68

nothing wrong with that, king

 

[peter92]

fathers day soon i just busted my super cheap digital caliper glass so what the next best make im liken this as can get the daughter bunnings discount http://www.bunnings.com.au/kincrome-150mm-digital-vernier-calipers_p5660320


or are these hergestellt deutschland that bit better

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BGS-Germ...IC-0-150-mm-/120723644264?hash=item1c1bb09f68

the German 1 is better

 

[peter92]

Ive got the 30cm Sydchrome set

 

[derwoodii]

copy paste 308 is easy 2208 45.3 gr 155 pill winny case n primers

same length and near nuff same weight as match rounds new vs reload



mine 361.6


mr new Winchesters 361.8