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Thread: Mountain Ash - worth salvaging?
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7th August 2012, 02:14 PM #16
Geese people get told nonsense on this forum!!
Its bloody junk, I'll take it off ya hands for a 6 pack of jim beamsI love my Lucas!! ...just ask me!
Allan.
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7th August 2012, 03:02 PM #17New Member
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Yeah I think there's a few bonfires to schedule...
I took a look at nearmap aerial photography and spotted another couple of fallen trees that I'll have to find and check out. One looks big. Going by the scale on the photo, it looks around 30+ meters long.
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7th August 2012, 06:42 PM #18anne-maria.
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22nd August 2012, 11:38 PM #19New Member
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So I went looking for logs on the weekend. Found a few in various conditions. Found another big mountain ash (I think) about 35m long but only about 22 that might be ok. Big log 6ft in diameter at the butt but a bit odd shaped. It knocked another three trees over that are all of reasonable size.
I found lots of wattles that have fallen over all around the place. Not sure what they're good for, if anything. At least 10 of them that are all in good condition.
I also found a few bigger logs. One about 10m long by about 3.4m circumference. I don't know what it is though.
I measured one tree at 7m circumference. Spotted another few about the same size. Impressive beasts.
Having fun finding them. It's not so easy to get them out though.
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23rd August 2012, 06:09 PM #20
Boy! That makes my wood collection look like pen blanks.
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24th August 2012, 05:51 PM #21SENIOR MEMBER
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You could offer the helicopter pilot a slab or two of jb's if he can get a chopper big enough to lift them out.
You've got to give it to Sigidi, he must be worth a fortune by now.
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13th November 2012, 11:35 AM #22
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11th March 2013, 06:17 PM #23New Member
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Hi Neale,
I haven't done anything with them so far. Access is pretty tough. Better now that things are drier but they're off the beaten track by a fair way. I don't have any heavy machinery to get them out at the moment and other things have taken priority.
Still keen to do something with them but it's going to take some dedicated effort to get them out.
Cheers,
Luke
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14th March 2013, 05:51 PM #24
still interested in helping you out
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17th March 2013, 09:15 PM #25Senior Member
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might be able to help??
Hi there
Nice looking logs. Not my normal area or species of salvage, but definitely in my size range. I only really tackle the big nasty ones that other people think are impossible to get, as you may have seen in my "Big log project continues" post. How steep is the country, as in, could a 20 ton excavator get reasonable access to the logs? I have a bit of gear and experience that could be useful for a project like yours. PM me if you would like some details.
Cheers
James
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23rd January 2016, 09:13 AM #26Senior Member
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I know this thread is very old, but just wondering if the logs ever got milled? It'd be great to see some pictures