Oaks vs gum trees for cabling, big difference IMHO.
Was just discussing today the longivity of both species and the differences.
In our grand discussions we concluded between the two of us living here a combined 32 years that most gum trees past 100 year old start to crap out anyway. Seldom will you see 200 year old ones.
In our urbanization we decrease that life span, make sure there's no fires and most people plant lawn and mow it.
We are talking here in our place and surrounding districts.
So, oils aint oils Sole the old Castrol ad went, most people live in fear of euc anyway and I ask many many people, arborists in fact, would you like to live underneath a 100' euc? 90%+ answer no, funny that.
Now in some cases the councils have said "you must live under that" coz they protected them, then they failed and if the rate payer didn't sue the councils azz off the insurance company did.
Eucs, well you've seen a whole bunch out at this site getting felled, you've seen the rot, so have the customers and they say it GOES, save the cable for the internet.
