RED IRONBARK

COLOUR
Reddish-brown to dark red

GRAIN
Close grained, occassionally interlocked

SOURCE LOCATION
Eucalyptus sideroxylon, centvral to eastern New South Wales extending south into northern Victoria and north to 250 of latitude in Queensland
Eucalyptus tricarpa, mid-eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales
Eucalyptus creba, Sydney to Cairns, both sides of and on the Great Dividing Range

DURABILITY
Above ground - class 1, life expectancy > 40 years
In ground - class 1, life expectancy > 25 years

DENSITY
1100kg/m3 at 12% moisture content; approximately 0.9m3 of seasoned sawn timber per tonne

STRENGTH GROUPS
S2 unseasoned, SD3 seasoned

STRESS GRADES
F11, F14, F17, F22 (unseasoned), F14, F17, F22, F27 (seasoned), when visually stress graded in accordance with AS2082-1979, ‘Visually stress-graded hardwoods for structural purposes’

HARDNESS
Very hard (rating 1 on a 6 class scale) in relation to indentation and ease of working with hand tools

USAGE
Heavy engineering, railway sleepers, poles & posts, finer sawn timber products, firewood, furniture

TERMITE RESISTANCE
Resistant to Australian Standards (AS 3660)

SEASONING
Slow to dry, has greater resistance to surface checking than other commercial ironbarks

FIXING
Standard fittings and fastenings suitable

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