Timber Commodities
The company represents smaller mills in the marketing of their kiln dried and wet of saw timber. Both Eucalyptus and Pine is used to produce sawn timber for various applications.
| Commodity | Commodity Detail | Description | Genus | Length (meter) | Diameter (mm) | |||
| From | To | Min | Max | |||||
| Pulp | Logs |
A lower quality log normally utilised in the manufacture of paper pulp: Dissolving wood pulp (DWP) Particle board Medium density fibre board Wood chips |
Pine, Eucalyptus, Wattle |
1.8 | 2,4 | 75 | 450 | |
| Sawdust | By-product from saw milling operations |
Pine Eucalyptus |
Free from foreign material | |||||
| Wood Chips |
By-product from mining and saw milling operations (Can be screened for size) |
Pine, Eucalyptus, Wattle | 10mm | 50mm | 5mm min | |||
| Off-cuts | By-product from harvesting operations, sawmills and merchandising depots. | Pine, Eucalyptus, Wattle |
150mm 0,15 |
1.0m 1,0m |
75 | 400mm | ||
| Agricultural Poles | Banana Poles |
Poles recovered from thinning operations and coppice reduction. Utilised as props for banana trees. |
Eucalyptus |
4.5 | 4.7 | 30 | 70 | |
| Fruit Trellising & Vineyard Poles | Poles in various sizes and lengths from mainstream harvesting operations and used in game, livestock, agricultural, domestic security fencing and vineyard and citrus trellising. |
Eucalyptus |
1.8 | 7.2 | 50 | 175 | ||
| Mining Timber Logs |
Milling Timber Specialised Poles |
Logs from mainstream harvesting operations. Utilised by mining timber mills for the production of mining support structures for mining operations. |
Eucalyptus |
2.35 | 2.4 | 100 | 160 | |
| 1.4 | 3 | 160 | 240 | |||||
| Dunnage | Pulp logs cut on two sides to square it. Used to secure and protect cargo from moisture, contamination and mechanical damage during transportation. |
Eucalyptus |
|
2.4 |
50 |
80 |
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| Poles | Building & Fencing Poles | Poles in various sizes and lengths from mainstream harvesting operations. Various applications and can be CCA treated according to application. |
Eucalyptus |
1.8 |
7.2 |
50 |
175 |
|
| Transmission Poles | Poles in various sizes and lengths from mainstream harvesting operations. Supplied to treating plants for CCA or creosote treatment for powerline or telecommunication line installation. |
Eucalyptus |
7 | 13 | 120 | 180 | ||
| Laths | Product of coppice reduction. Various applications like screening, roof & wall covers, garden edging, thatched roofing. |
Eucalyptus |
3,6
3,0
4,5 |
4.5 | 25 | 32 | ||
| Droppers | Product of coppice reduction, thinning operations and young trees. Various applications like fencing, thatched roofing construction. |
Eucalyptus |
1.2 | 2.4 | 32 | 50 | ||
| Saw Logs | Gum | Logs from mainstream harvesting operations. Utilised by sawmills for the production of sawn timber. |
Gum, Eucalyptus |
2.5 | 2,7 | 150 | 480 | |
| Pine | Box Wood | Logs from thinning operations and mainstream harvesting operations. Utilised by sawmills for the production of sawn timber. |
Pine Patula Elliotii Taeda |
2.4 | 2.4 | 190 | 320 | |
| A Class | Logs from mainstream harvesting operations. Utilised by sawmills for the production of sawn timber. |
Pine |
3.6 | 6 | 130 | 170 | ||
| B Class | 3.6 | 6 | 190 | 250 | ||||
| C Class | 3.6 | 6 | 270 | 330 | ||||
| D Class | 3.6 | 6 | 35> | |||||
Grade and sizing
| Pine | ||||
| GRADE |
Thickness (mm) |
Width (mm) |
Length(m) (300 mm inc) |
Recommended Applications |
| Furniture | 25 |
76 114 |
0.9 to 3.9 | Furniture manufacturing |
| Structural | 38 |
76 114 152 228 |
0.9 to 6.6 |
Wall plates & webbing in trusses Truss manufacturing Decking Shuttering |
| 50 |
76 152 228 |
0.9 to 6.6 |
Roof purlins Truss manufacturing |
|
| Structural Mill Run |
38 50 |
76 114 152 228 |
0.9 to 6.6 |
Furniture Raw material for finger jointing |
| Brandering and battens | 38 |
38 50 |
2.7 to 6.6 |
Ceilings Tiled roofing |
| Industrial | 25 |
76 114 152 228 |
0.9 to 6.6 |
Pallets Upholstered furniture Furniture components Crates Cable tolls |
| 19 | 76 | 0.9 to 1.2 |
Pallets Upholstered furniture Furniture components |
|
| Crating | 25 |
76 114 |
0.9 to 6.6 | Crates |
| Eucalyptus Grandis | ||||
| GRADE |
Thickness (mm) |
Width (mm) |
Length(m) (300 mm inc) |
Recommended Applications |
| Select | 25 |
76 102 127 152 178 190 |
1.8 to 4.5 (300 mm inc) |
Furniture manufacturing Doors Mouldings Laminated products Decking Flooring |
| Clear | 25 |
50 76 102 152 |
0.45 to 1.5m (150 mm inc) |
|
| Standard Grade | 25 |
76 102 127 152 178 190 |
0.9 to 4.5 (300 mm inc) |
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