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OK, looking at the photo name its a giant heap of red gum. Eucalyptus camaldulensis is listed here by Sweeps (notorious for being incorrect) as weighing 3k lb./cord (376 kilo/cu. meter) and only 18.4 million BTU per cord. Is that stuff that light a firewood? The euc I burned in California was way more dense and hotter than that.
 
OK, looking at the photo name its a giant heap of red gum. Eucalyptus camaldulensis is listed here by Sweeps (notorious for being incorrect) as weighing 3k lb./cord (376 kilo/cu. meter) and only 18.4 million BTU per cord. Is that stuff that light a firewood? The euc I burned in California was way more dense and hotter than that.

Those figures are wrong mate. Dry Redgum is around 850kg/m3. Some of the Box species are up around 1100kg/m3 and we have White Mallee stumps here that can go 1250kg/m3. I've shot White Mallee stumps with my .25/06 and only left a 10mm deep pock mark. .22LR rounds bounce straight off.

On a side note Andrew Box is notoriously tough and rumored to be near bulletproof.
 
Yah, that is what I thought. I get a typical value of 850-900kg/cu m. searching the web for red gum. The euc I cut in California was all like a rock when it was dry. Like native Madrone, if we did not cut it when it was green, it did not get cut.
 
Yah, that is what I thought. I get a typical value of 850-900kg/cu m. searching the web for red gum. The euc I cut in California was all like a rock when it was dry. Like native Madrone, if we did not cut it when it was green, it did not get cut.

I love it when guys in NA get to cut some of our wood. They then realise why we use a lot of semi chisel :)
 

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