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POSTON WIDEHEAD

April 30, 2012, 07:18:42 PM
 
Before Chain Saws...




A little history...........

Check this one out.  Imagine any of this generations young men attempting this!

When the Northwest logging industry was still young...



Just look at the length of the hand saw they needed...



 

...and look at the size of the heavy duty axes...



 

The work required very strong and courageous men...



 

After a tree was felled the real work began - a week or more to cut it up...



 

Maneuvering the logs down the mountain to the train was a complex job...



 

Some of the logs were larger than the train engine...



 



 

A hollowed out log became the company's mobile office...



 

Hollowed out logs were also used to house and feed the crews...
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

tyb525

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April 30, 2012, 07:24:32 PM
It's amazing how they handled those logs with so little equipment. Nowadays it seems it would be just as tough to handle them.
LT10G10, Stihl 038 Magnum, many woodworking tools. Currently a farm service applicator, trying to find time to saw!

POSTON WIDEHEAD

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April 30, 2012, 07:31:48 PM
Quote from: tyb525 on April 30, 2012, 07:24:32 PM
It's amazing how they handled those logs with so little equipment. Nowadays it seems it would be just as tough to handle them.

You're right....but the new WOODMIZER LT 300,000,000,000 SUPER DOOPER HD G 1900HP will quarter saw them in no time.  :)
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

ArborJake

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April 30, 2012, 10:31:32 PM
 If work still had to be done the way it was back then there certainly certainly would be no shortage of jobs. Even just back to when two man chainsaw's were used. Men were men.
thick and thin lumber company. qaulity manufacturer of saw dust and slab wood.

Lambee10

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May 01, 2012, 05:42:59 PM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on April 30, 2012, 07:31:48 PM
Quote from: tyb525 on April 30, 2012, 07:24:32 PM
It's amazing how they handled those logs with so little equipment. Nowadays it seems it would be just as tough to handle them.

You're right....but the new WOODMIZER LT 300,000,000,000 SUPER DOOPER HD G 1900HP will quarter saw them in no time.  :)

Ok that cracked me up. 

I saw a Redwood trailer that was used as an office at the fairgrounds once.  look similar to the truck interior.  Scary how old those trees are.....
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Andrew Lawrence

#5
May 01, 2012, 08:33:29 PM
Postonlt40hd,  If you enjoy reading, Tall trees and tough men, is a book along the same lines
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

#6
May 01, 2012, 08:59:51 PM
Quote from: Andrew Lawrence on May 01, 2012, 08:33:29 PM
Postonlt40hd,  If you enjoy reading, Tall trees and tough men, is a book along the same lines

Thanks Andy.....I'll look for it.  smiley_thumbsup
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

Andrew Lawrence

#7
May 03, 2012, 09:47:49 PM
Little snow Big snow, is another but I believe more on the fiction side
Lawrence Lot Clearing Logging                            To God be the glory

Ironwood

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May 13, 2012, 07:03:48 PM

VERY nice pics. If your ever out near Eureka Ca. check out the Scioto Lumber Museum. It is on the grounds of the former PalCo plant.

Ironwood
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