Part 2 Sawlog specifications

1.   Eucalypt  – Category 1 (First-grade mature-timber sawlog):

(a) minimum dimensions –

(i) length – 360cm;

(ii) diameter – 40cm;

(b) permissible defects –

(i) end-defect limit  – as specified in Part 3 of this Schedule;

(ii) limbs and bumps (not including epicormic growth)  – one significant limb or bump per 300cm of length;

(iii) spiral grain  – not exceeding 25cm circumferential displacement per 200cm of length (one in eight);

(iv) scars (open or overgrown)  – a total length of scar or scars not exceeding 200cm per 360cm of log length, provided that the wood adjoining the scar is sound or has surface rot only and is not badly affected by borers;

(v) sweep  – not exceeding 1/7 of mid-diameter under bark (u.b.) in any 240cm length;

(c) specification (split logs)  – log sections 360cm long or greater, split from a log with a small-end diameter exceeding 60cm (minimum cross-sectional area of flitch 40cm by 30cm) and which yield a minimum sawn flitch 15cm by 15cm free of heart, sap and defect;

(d) specification (sawn flitches) –

(i) half and quarter logs sawn from a log meeting the minimum dimension and having permissible defects meeting paragraph (b)(i) , (ii) , (iii) and (v) above;

(ii) sawn flitches with a minimum length of 240cm and minimum section of 15cm by 15cm and meeting paragraph (b)(iii) above.

2.   Eucalypt – Category 2 (Logs):

(a) minimum dimensions –