March 16, 2013 - Give her some wood!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

The wood is not even that great to burn because of the eucalyptus causing it to explode more than other wood.

Jesus, fish that eat boats, crocs that can swallow a car, spiders that eat sheep, venomous everything, drop bears, road trains, and exploding firewood.

[SPUCK]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Jesus, fish that eat boats, crocs that can swallow a car, spiders that eat sheep, venomous everything, drop bears, road trains, and exploding firewood.

You forgot Dingos that steal babies.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Oh shit, that's right.

[Aliantha]

They do explode. lol In bushfires a whole tree can be blown to smithereens if there's a large build up of oil. Not sure why some trees explode and others don't, but I assume they must sometimes get pockets in the wood and then blow up in extreme heat. Not an expert. I just know it happens.

[sandypossum]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Luckily for our gum trees, they're not much good for anything except feeding koalas and providing shade and keeping soil together, so they get left in peace mostly. The wood is not even that great to burn because of the eucalyptus causing it to explode more than other wood.

I'm with Zen on this. we live in the sticks and in our area about half the homes are heated by wood stove, and the best (and most expensive, if you buy it in) is red gum. Yellow box (another local eucalypt) is the second best around here. Haven't heard of any of it exploding.

Also, there are loads of eucalyptus plantations in Victoria.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Probably depends on how dry it is, and how small it's split. I've seen other types of wood explode, especially conifers.

[Nirvana]

Thank goodness the gumtrees are safe! Where would Kookaburra sit?

[footfootfoot]

cigarette loads?

[ZenGum]

In bushfire conditions, trees can explode, I think from the liquids inside boiling catastrophically. The volatiles then get released as a flammable gas, which as soon as it gets enough oxygen, will also explode.

These trees explode twice.

Last winter I went to a camping mini-festival (about 40 people) in a state forest in Victoria. About the third thing we did was to get two tonnes of Redgum and Yellow box firewood delivered. We were only there three nights! Three toasty warm, well lit nights!