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    Junior Member Weanling Jim will become famous soon enough
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    After hickory, Spotted Gum was the best available wood shaft material. But even Spotted Gum was hard to get in sufficient quantities (wood shafted sulkies broke a LOT of shafts) by the early 1970s, which was when R.J. Walsh & Son started hunting around for a substitute. That hunt ended with hard-drawn type 304 stainless steel tube.

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    Super Moderator Stallion Messenger will become famous soon enough Messenger's Avatar
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    A long, long time ago
    I had a spotted gum floor Jim (double thickness - but that is another story) and remember how dense and strong it was - may have been a bit oilier than some woods.
    Are these qualities that made it good for sulkies?
    I believe up North it could be used as house stumps just like red gum.
    The off cuts sure did burn well (no wonder that house burnt to the ground)
    per un PUGNO di DOLLARI

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