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Amazing early pictures of Red Wood logging

Started by ATLGA, September 06, 2012, 09:35:09 AM

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Magicman

Thanks.  Those are different pictures than most that I have seen.  I was also glad to see the oxen.
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ATLGA

Same here! They were new to me. The Oxen team was pretty incredible.
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Holmes

That whole process is quite incredible, great pictures. Thanks for sharing...
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mikeb1079

cool pics thanks for the link.  photos seem to be higher res than some i've seen.  like many of us i suppose there's such mixed emotion when you look at pics like that.  respect for the men who did that incredible work but wishing maybe they hadn't.   :)
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beenthere

Quotebut wishing maybe they hadn't.

Those men and their families had to eat. Not only was their a market for redwood that gave them jobs, but the land was needed to grow food to feed them. ;)
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Autocar

Amazing pictures, would be something to see for sure. I bet they didn't have to worry about eating to much fatty pork  ;).
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1270d

I realy like the one of the stump farm.  Looks normal till you note the size of the man.

gunman63

yes they are big stumps campared to the man, but  the trees in the  back ground  appear much smaller compared to the stumps in the foreground

kelLOGg

Funny what we notice. In the 1st pic is the guy on the far left wearing a tie?? :o
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kelLOGg

whoa, and the two guys lying down on the job are in suits???   ::) Is this management trying to get a cut of the action?  ;D
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Sixacresand

Quote from: kelLOGg on September 06, 2012, 09:29:54 PM
whoa, and the two guys lying down on the job are in suits???   ::) Is this management trying to get a cut of the action?  ;D
Somebody probably who made a bunch of money and never broke a sweat. 
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Bill Gaiche

Isnt it amazing how men of that time did the unbelievable. You gotta feel for them if you have ever done any timber work. But all in all they goter done. bg

SPIKER

That 2nd to last photo has trees for corduroy road bigger than most of them around here nowadays...  ::)    :-[   Those are really nice trees too bad they clear cut so much of the area back then.   I spent a long weekend up in the parks cica 1992 summer.   took a few pics of my GF 5.2 125lbs leaning against one of the redwoods or a Sequoya forget which now that she looks like a barbie doll leaning against a 48" tree.

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BandsawWarrior

That's what I'm talking about!  10' wide vertical grain boards lol. 
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1woodguy

Great pix
It's hard to imagine
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Stupid question, What is the trapizoid stick thing in the first picture?
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Shotgun

My two cents is that it's a tool to assist in making certain that the notch is properly aimed at the desired drop zone, and perhaps to assist in getting the notch cut to the proper depth.  When working with that scale of tree, it would be difficult to "eyeball" the notch direction and perhaps the depth, and it would be unwise to just attempt to guess where the tree is headed.  The tree might take out an outhouse in the next county.    :D

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mikeb1079

yep shotgun is right its for getting your notch cut properly.  theres a vid on utube called redwood saga that shows the fellers using one.  amazing stuff
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sparky1

Its hard to fathom something like that!!! The biggest tree Ive ever seen is probably 5 foot diameter.. I know i dont get out much  8)
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beenthere

sparky
Get that on your bucket list, to visit the big redwoods in CA. They are quite the site.   Take in the Sequoia trees as well. ;)
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Holmes

Did you notice the size of the wood chips from chopping.  They look big enough to be fire wood.
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