Eucalyptus job/maintenance questions.

[davidwyby]

Helped my buddy at his moms place with my borrowed lift. Took down the dead ones on each side. The one in the middle seems to have the bark going bad from the bottom up. Some kind of root problem? Fungus? Flood irrigated- too much?



back side : found out later they think it might just be from his dads big fires back in the day....? You can see the burn pile in first pic.


Couple bug holes. But I kinda think those are an after the fact thing.

This is another relatively healthy tree. Two long main limbs had these large bark scabs at the base. Looks like stress cracks to me...? - so I thinned them out to lighten them up.

@AlfA01

 

[davidwyby]

Hopefully get a slab or two out of it. Euc makes gorgeous furniture. I hope to have some pics to share from another guy later.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Hopefully get a slab or two out of it. Euc makes gorgeous furniture. I hope to have some pics to share from another guy later.

If your milling logs and need that extra foot on the base log cut them lower.
Nice job.

Idk chit about triming those eucs.
Might be similar to American sycamore or plain trees from the EU. Aka: school house trees around here.

 

[davidwyby]

If your milling logs and need that extra foot on the base log cut them lower.
Nice job.

Idk chit about triming those eucs.
Might be similar to American sycamore or plain trees from the EU. Aka: school house trees around here.

I wanted to cut it where it was easy to cut...and they wanted high stumps for party bench table
Thingys

 

[jacob j.]

Most species of Eucalyptus don't like freezing temperatures and wet conditions where the roots stay moist a lot. I know you don't have naturally wet conditions down there but the irrigation
may be a factor. Does it get down to freezing or below at night in the winter there?

Eucalyptus is usually quite fire tolerant or fire resistant so I doubt the burn pile is causing mortality unless it's real close.

 

[davidwyby]

I’m putting money on wet soil.
It rarely freezes. Interesting on the fire, thanks. Makes sense, that huge one we have that’s 8-10’ DBH is somewhat hollow from fire. Doesn’t seem to mind.

 

[davidwyby]

Here’s another; we think some of these horizontal willow limbs are too heavy and straining...?

 

[AlfA01]

Hopefully get a slab or two out of it. Euc makes gorgeous furniture. I hope to have some pics to share from another guy later.

Season it a bit and then slab it. The eucs I've cut have a tendency to split and warp if slabbed too quickly.

I'd paint the cut ends to help protect against splitting also since you probably have a rather dry climate.

 

[davidwyby]

Dropped straight on the trailer and off we go

my buddy might turn some of it