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Hi Daryl The bows made so far have been all sapwood, it seems 30 - 40mm sapwood depth is normal for the species - only basing that from the two trees I've harvested. The decrowning makes it safer for the otherwise highly crowned backs made from smaller diamater logs. However the recently cut stuff i...

Hi Daryl, The tree was alive and seemed to be in perfect condition, i would say the termite infestation occurred in the base and slowly spread up the inside. Theres still a 30mm depth of sapwood and a little heartwood to squeeze bows out of, and another couple lengths with no damage, albeit with a l...

Hi all, first post in a while. I've Harvested some nice straight moreton bay ash (carbeen) this afternoon from a wet schlerophyll gully on a open wooded hill. The tree ended up being hollowed out by termites, but still leaves enough wood for bows. Suppose it makes it a bit lighter log to haul up and...