Anyone want a bit of firewood?

[Tomahawk]

Brightlingsea Harbour are replacing the old wooden piles on the North pontoon with new steel ones.

Seems the old ones are free to a home... good or bad.
The only downside is they are greenarl ...

 

[stuey_two]

What is "Greenarl"?

 

[sailorman]

What is "Greenarl"?

Similar to Greenheart, but doesnt wear as well

 

[matthewriches]

Would be interested to know if they have any good ones approx 25ft as would like to beef my staging up a bit as one side is a tad loose.

 

[Tomahawk]

Contact the harbour master..

The contractors are starting work this week so they should be ashore in the near future.

 

[Tomahawk]

Similar to Greenheart, but doesnt wear as well

smartarse

 

[Spuddy]

I got a lump once. Tried to chop off a bit and it took the edge off my saw very, very quick.
Not certain but faint recollection (so many of them are dim nowadays) that the dust is harmful - irritates lungs praps. But then so much hardwood we used to use is classified that way and to most it only applies for prolonged exposure

 

[Seashoreman]

I got a lump once. Tried to chop off a bit and it took the edge off my saw very, very quick.
Not certain but faint recollection (so many of them are dim nowadays) that the dust is harmful - irritates lungs praps. But then so much hardwood we used to use is classified that way and to most it only applies for prolonged exposure

I had a few slabs of what was called Greenheart which came from the old Aldeburgh Lifeboat slip. I was warned that a splinter in the skin would go septic very quickly. Gave it away to boatyard eventually who were very grateful to use as standing for bilge keelers.

 

[Spuddy]

That's it - the septic reaction. I must have then speculated about what it would do to lungs

 

[PetiteFleur]

Hmm - Greenheart - when I worked for a sawmill company I tried to saw a greenheart log - managed about 6" into the log and then it just stopped with the teeth totally B******* - in the forest they are cut to size with an adze with the man standing on the log and swinging the adze between his legs barefoot of course...

 

[Daydream believer]

Wonder how many fishing rods one could get from just one piece?

 

[Hydrozoan]

Wonder how many fishing rods one could get from just one piece?

Indeed, that old use was in my mind too. https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/history-video-making-a-greenheart-fly-rod-in-1939