Author Topic: Adirondack logging (Read 3274 times)

rockman · « **on:** December 24, 2011, 08:52:44 pm »

Thought you might enjoy this short history from where I will always call home.

Kevin

mad murdock · « **Reply #1 on:** December 24, 2011, 09:49:56 pm »

thanks for posting. interesting vid.

T Welsh · « **Reply #2 on:** December 25, 2011, 05:52:57 am »

rockman, Thanks for posting, I first visited the park as a boy scout on a canoe trip in the early 70,s and my last visit was a couple of years ago on my motorcycle with my best friend just wandering through the park exploring the beauty! Tim

FFLM · « **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2011, 07:18:07 am »

Thanks for posting, a real nice vid and from the college I went to. Lots of great times spent in the ADKS.
Hope everyone have a great christmas

celliott · « **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2011, 07:47:57 am »

Very interesting video, thanks for posting. FFLM, my school too (current).

JDeere · « **Reply #5 on:** December 25, 2011, 08:51:07 am »

Thanks for posting. I have a good friend who is a logger in that area and I will forward the video to him.

Merry Christmas

rockman · « **Reply #6 on:** December 25, 2011, 08:20:55 pm »

MY in-laws made a cd of thier old photo's for us for Christmas, some of them are of my father-in-law with his new Pettibone skidder in the late 50's and some of the sawmill they moved into the woods where they were cutting. If I wasn't such an Idiot I'd post the pic's in this post but until I learn you'll have to view them in my gallery.
Merry Christmas,
Kevin

Ken · « **Reply #7 on:** December 26, 2011, 07:00:33 am »

Thanks for posting. Great video. My grandfather who is now 89 spent many years working in the winter bush camps in the Nashwaak watershed. He has some great stories to tell. I can only imagine the bravery of the river drivers.

Beefie · « **Reply #8 on:** December 26, 2011, 07:30:47 am »

Thanks for posting Rockman, Very interesting video. Going out East is in my bucket list for things to do in the next 5 years. Looking forward to more pics.

Beefie

John Mc · « **Reply #9 on:** December 26, 2011, 08:08:32 am »

I used to live in the Syracuse area, and spent a LOT of time backpacking through the area in all seasons of the year (-20°F in the high peaks was "interesting'. Sleeping wasn't so bad, since we had good tents and sleeping bags rated for the temperature. Cooking dinner was not much fun.) A really beautiful part of the country. One of the areas we parked the vehicles was labeled as "sled harbor" on our trail map... way off the end of a barely passable dirt road. I'm told the area was where they pulled the log sleds out to.

rockman · « **Reply #10 on:** December 26, 2011, 03:35:28 pm »

Let's see if I have this photo thing figured out.

rockman · « **Reply #11 on:** December 26, 2011, 03:36:36 pm »

Hot DanG, I think I got it..

rockman · « **Reply #12 on:** December 26, 2011, 03:40:34 pm »

KBforester · « **Reply #13 on:** December 26, 2011, 09:42:24 pm »

I worked as a forester in the ADK's for two years and miss the beautiful landscape.

But I'll tell you, there's nothing in forestry that bothers me more than thousands of acres of "Forever wild" scotch pine plantations. They may not be officially invasive, but they should be.

John Mc · « **Reply #14 on:** December 27, 2011, 08:46:54 am »

Yeah, those Scots Pine were kind of a bust, weren't they? Our neighbors had a small planting of them on their property when they bought the land. The farmer who owned it was going to sell them as Christmas trees. He never sold a single one. In fact, never harvested any of them for anything. The neighbors took them all down and turned it into pasture for their horses.

rockman · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2011, 11:22:18 am »

It's my opinion that the "Forever wild" concept needs to be re-evaluated. I sure do have fond memories of logging the Adirondacks in the 70's-80's, didn't make much money but had some great times.

Kevin

tapper2 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2011, 07:46:16 pm »

I currently live in Queensbury N.Y. Just on the edge of the Adirondacks, but I'm from the Gore mountain area and still own a woodlot in Wevertown. It's really an awesome area. It's the southern zone. Every weekend I try to just go up and look around, still quite a bit of logging. There are some areas up there owned by the state that are still old growth. Some areas near Speculator still have trees 5&6 foot across. We usually stop to check them out when snowmobiling. Next time we're up there, we'll grab some pics. Really awesome.
My in-laws harvested some oak from their lot this year and some were 30" & really straight.
Forever wild is quite an annoyance for us here. Many camping sites are no longer accessible because the state's giving up on trail maintenance and when asked if we could fix the trails, they claim "FOREVER WILD" means no.

celliott · « **Reply #17 on:** December 27, 2011, 08:14:04 pm »

I was told that the scotch pine that was originally imported and planted was from poor genetic stock, before genetics was really understood I guess. That's why all the scotch pine have the twisted tops and poor form. In Europe it does have good form.

As for the forever wild label, I agree it could be re-evaluated, but likely nothing will come of it. There is a bill being pushed in the NY senate to allow harvesting on one section of land that will be acquired by the ADK park agency. The land in question is former Finch Pruyn timberlands, a forest that's been managed for years. The Nature conservancy bought the land from Finch Pruyn and then NY state bought the land from TNC at 3.7 million more. I am not sure if this bill has passed or not, or if it is still in the works.

In any case, the ADK's are a great place to be, regardless.

rockman · « **Reply #18 on:** December 27, 2011, 08:28:37 pm »

Tapper2, I am from Minera, my wife was the bank manager in North Creek for a few years.

tapper2 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2011, 08:47:20 pm »

Small world, I went to Johnsburg Central. I'm sure you know my family, my grandparents are The Allens from Edwards Hill rd. in Bakers Mills. My grandfather was a teamer/sawyer/tapper/electrician....... he grew up in the time when work was all that....work.
When he was young he worked out in Foxx Lair, on the way to Wells NY. Those guys used steam shovels and water driven mills to build roads and bridges in that area.
He doesn't think much of the money grubbing politicians of the area. He's got a lot on the edge of a huge "forever wild" state lot of over 1000 acres, and they tried to claim eminent domain on his 2 acre lot!!

He's 87 now and still runs his sawmill/tractors/dozer and all quite often.
I'm sure your wife will know him.

He's got some beautiful spruce on his back lot that he wants to get some day, I'll have to get up there and help with the skidder.

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