UAP | SPOTTED GUM

SPOTTED GUM

COLOUR
Light brown to dark red-brown

GRAIN
Moderately course textured, variable
Gum veins common, occasional wavy grain

SOURCE LOCATION
Corymbia citriodora, coastal areas of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, also western areas of southern Queensland
Corymbia maculata, Bega to mid-north New South Wales coast and a disjunct occurence in eastern Victoria
Corymbia henryi, northern New South Wales and southern Queensland

DURABILITY
Above ground - class 1, life expectancy > 40 years
In ground - class 2, life expectancy 15 to 25 years

DENSITY
1010kg/m3 at 12% moisture content; approximately 1.0m3 of seasoned sawn timber per tonne

STRENGTH GROUPS
S2 unseasoned, SD2 seasoned

STRESS GRADES
F11, F14, F17, F22 (unseasoned), F17, F22, F27, F34 (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
Can be satisfactorily dried using conventional air and kiln seasoning methods

FIXING
Standard fittings and fastenings suitable