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  1. rbtree

    Green Redwood is Heeeaaaaaaavvvvyyyy!!!!

    Here ya go: http://chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm Not listed is live oak...or arbutus (madrone), which weighs 4200 pounds per cord, ranking it about even with shagbark hickory. And another link that covers the hardness scale, and includes exotic woods. The hardest ones are simply amazing...
  2. rbtree

    Green Redwood is Heeeaaaaaaavvvvyyyy!!!!

    Yup, locust is extremely rot resistant wood!
  3. rbtree

    Green Redwood is Heeeaaaaaaavvvvyyyy!!!!

    Obviously, there's tons of variables that determine the weight of a piece of wood...how high in the tree, what time of year, how young, how dense the growth rings..... Live oak is the heavist listed wood at 76 lb/cu foot. Hedge is heavier, more than likely. I'm cutting a young euc soon, will...
  4. rbtree

    Green Redwood is Heeeaaaaaaavvvvyyyy!!!!

    I cut a cubic foot from those large lombardy poplars, from a chunk that was 50 feet up. It weighed 57 pounds, now down to 46 2weeks later...the chart says 35 pounds....hah, very wrong! The butt round of a western red cedar that we felled today felt really heavy, and was quite full of water.
  5. rbtree

    Green Redwood is Heeeaaaaaaavvvvyyyy!!!!

    Any of you who rig or crane out redwood, read this surprising data. Years ago, I removed some young sequoia, another time a young redwood. I noticed how heavy the wood was....once ot twice I cut an appx cubic foot piece and weighed it. I did it again yesterday. I'd just cut down a 21 yr old...
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