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[Squaredy]

8 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

What will it be used for?

Well the short answer is whatever my customers wish to use it for.  Often it is shelving, or other indoor items, but I don’t usually get to find out.

[dumper]

5 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Well the short answer is whatever my customers wish to use it for.  Often it is shelving, or other indoor items, but I don’t usually get to find out.

We used it for trailer floors and truck bodies resists impact really well 

[trigger_andy]

We used it for trailer floors and truck bodies resists impact really well 

I thought it had poor rot resistance?

[waterbuoy]

Maybe, but as Dumper syas it has traditionally been used to floor HGVs - as well as bing used to make matchsticks I think

Edited June 9, 2022 by waterbuoy
poor grammar!

[openspaceman]

42 minutes ago, waterbuoy said:

Maybe, but as Dumper syas it has traditionally been used to floor HGVs - as well as bing used to make matchsticks I think

Both those uses because it resists splintering amongst other things. It does "bruise" easily.

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, trigger_andy said:

 

I thought it had poor rot resistance?

 

You certainly would not use it for fence posts, but I can see that as a trailer floor it would be good for probably at least five or six years even if neglected and probably much longer if looked after.  And of course a big advantage is it would be really light, so more scope for greater load.

[AJStrees]

20 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Just thought I would show some of the results of milling a few of these Pop logs that I bought from ArbTalk member GM Valet a few weeks ago.  Nice to know they will dry quickly, and then be ready for sale.  So far they all have the dark centre.

Very nice. I've got a black poplar hybrid down its a biggy. Haven't decided on milling it up yet, but if its got nice colouring like that, it might be worth it. 

[Squaredy]

2 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Very nice. I've got a black poplar hybrid down its a biggy. Haven't decided on milling it up yet, but if its got nice colouring like that, it might be worth it. 

I believe Black Poplar is regarded as a superior timber, so may well be worth milling.  If it has burr or pippy knots it is worth milling whatever it is I would say!

[MattyF]

I thought it had poor rot resistance?

Lot of very old timber frames done in black poplar .. I would say there would be potentially a big difference in hybrid black pop and the traditional black poplar that's nearly extinct in this country.

[MattyF]

I believe Black Poplar is regarded as a superior timber, so may well be worth milling.  If it has burr or pippy knots it is worth milling whatever it is I would say!

Rob D put some pictures up years back of some poplar that had some stunning rippling in he had milled, I'd never seen owt like it any way! Seemed to stand out a lot more than sycamore , I suppose the only down side is it will have dented easily.