Cutting down and milling Red Gum Eucalyptus wood

Cutting down a dead standing red gum eucalyptus tree in Arizona. Native to Australia these eucalyptus were brought to Arizona in the mid to late 1800s where they thrive in the desert heat.
I used a modified Makita/Dolmar 7900 79cc saw with a 24" bar and chain to cut it down and a Chinese clone MS660 with a 42" bar and a PantherPros mill to slab it.
Red Gum is extremely dense and hard when dry. Many people might say that my chains are dull but I can assure you that they are sharp.

[@randalllasini8772]

See in country Victoria (Australia) that would be half a load of firewood in a Trailer as part of the weekly pub lotto…

[@dch923ster]

I just subbed , born and raised on the east coast but after I moved to California I got a tandem load of pole logs that was 90% eucalyptus and started telling my friends back east "y'all ain't never cut into anything this hard"

[@KimballCody]

Did you burn it?

[@dch923ster]

@@KimballCody oh yeah cut and split and that burns very hot

[@dch923ster]

@@KimballCody i went out to my wood yard this morning (santa ana winds were awful yesterday) and counted about 5 more eucalyptus pole logs left, not looking forward to cutting those

[@davidwyby]

@@dch923ster in the 20 year dried stuff I have, a bit of a blunt grind (larger file or held higher) and lower rakers seems to work well - bucking - I haven’t tried to mill yet. I have noodled and around 20° bar down cuts real fast…so maybe a long bar (I have a 60”) at that perfect noodling angle would be good for milling.

[@xxxchurch100]

I am very glad your partner is waring chaps .... Safety first !!! Australia has a lot of very hardwoods , I have got red iron bark , it is brutal .

[@rhymeandreasoning]

great video..and awesome boots !!!

[@gd_gnz]

I’m bucking up some now. Same problem, blowing through dry oak and crawling through eucalyptus.

[@jaredm3273]

Man, was that red euc is sweet, I love it!

[@KimballCody]

thanks....when its dry its hard.

[@steveskouson9620]

I need to get a 3 inch diameter limb. It has to be fresh cut, I want to make a tap handle out of it. Turn it while it is green. Finish it, but don't varnish it. When it finally dries, and stops moving, it will feel like an ear of corn. Yes, red gum has made it to Arizona, and does real well here. steve

[@adammcguinness9950]

Beautiful timber.

[@KimballCody]

It sure is!

[@tedjohn441]

That must be some hard wood even when you are felling it the saw doesn't wnat to throw chips. I know that Euc. is hard but i thought red gum was softer.

[@KimballCody]

+Ted John hardest stuff I've ever cut.

[@kurtjohnston8370]

You should get your hands on what we call Red Ironbark, the densest hardwood we have. Red like blood, about 1.3 metric tons to the cubic metre

[@MM54334]

They're a very slow growing tree and many can live for 300+ years. When they grow older they can hollow old in the base making a small 'room' -Australian aborigines used these as 'birthing trees' -women gave birth in them.

[@davidwyby]

@@MM54334 have a bunch here in SoCal (check out my vids for a big hollow 90’ one). I thought they hollowed from fire? But I have seen a lot hollow.

[@penfoldt2662]

And that's just a small one.

[@leo-.-258]

They are good for firewood but as any eucalyptus they dry slow

[@OTAlucard]

Wow I Can tell you've gotten a lot of use out of that ms660 clone !

[@KimballCody]

+OTAlucard its holding its own

[@luisgodoy9315]

I cut alot of mesquite trees here in Mexico we also have alot of that Eco wood stuff is hard ass hell 😂

[@ernstnydegger8623]

I believe ha has never cut a tree before

[@KimballCody]

Not a one

[@Super--Star]

Blunt chain, no clue! One day a log will get him.

[@blackprincegt]

How do you feel murdering that poor tree?

[@KimballCody]

It felt.. ......... Good

[@paulcoffey359]

You need a better milling technique or you'll be at it with that chainsaw for days

[@garryaylward8050]

Learn how to sharpen your chain

[@KimballCody]

You've never cut dead standing Eucalyptus, have you?

[@garryaylward8050]

@@KimballCody live in east Gippsland and have a 500i myseif

[@steveskouson9620]

4:14. Kimball, uh, your "religion" is showing. steve

[@KimballCody]

Thanks Steve. Are you related to Cleon or Joel?

[@steveskouson9620]

@@KimballCody, Cleon was my father's cousin. steve

[@steveskouson9620]

@@KimballCody, you related to Spencer or J Golden?

[@Super--Star]

Funny how you have absolutely no idea what you’re doing!

[@55commodore]

Funny how your just a cunt and can't offer some helpful advise if you know so much. I bet your life is a reflection of the type of person you are.