Gerald_Beranek
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\'High Climbers and Timber Fallers\'
I recieved a call from Bailey's yesterday my new publication 'High Climbers and Timber Fallers' just shipped in from RR Donnally. 336 pages, full color, 11 3/4" X 9 1/2. And over 4 pounds. First printing was 5,000. That number of books got the cost down to $39.95. Shipping on that would be around $5.00 USPS, book rate. UPS would probably be closer to $10.00.
The book is a local history of the turning point from old growth logging to second growth logging in Mendocino County. Covers the years from 1975 when I moved to Ft. Bragg and started rigging pull trees to the mid 90's when by that time it was pretty much all a second growth industry.
I worked right beside the timber fallers in the early years. And they would take me to a tree and point up to it and say something to the effect, "We,d like to get a line up there. Can you do it?" For a young man it was an exciting challenge to take on. I had my camera with me all the time and took lots of pictures. Which are the feature of the book. Pictures and stories of the people I climbed for and also just followed around out in the woods when they said they had a big tree to fall. I was invited a lot to come out and shoot some the biggest trees that were being fell in the county back then.
That all changed by the 90's. The timber industry in Mendocino County shifted primarilly over to second growth. There was still the odd big tree being picked up here and there that was left from before. And usually was left for a very good reason. They were not easy trees to get. The corporate sides were pretty much logged clean of their old growth by then. That's about the time I went timber falling and got into some fine second growth.
It's all in the book. The trees, the people, the names, dates and places. Unlike the books of old logging in the past here, this book is a modern-day portrayal. Instead of axes and cross-cut saws and steel wedges the modern faller used a chainsaw and hydraulic jack. And if that didn't do it, they got a climber.
I'm proud to announce the debut of this new publication, 'High Climbers and Timber Fallers.
Jerry B
Attached is a jpeg of the cover. /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I recieved a call from Bailey's yesterday my new publication 'High Climbers and Timber Fallers' just shipped in from RR Donnally. 336 pages, full color, 11 3/4" X 9 1/2. And over 4 pounds. First printing was 5,000. That number of books got the cost down to $39.95. Shipping on that would be around $5.00 USPS, book rate. UPS would probably be closer to $10.00.
The book is a local history of the turning point from old growth logging to second growth logging in Mendocino County. Covers the years from 1975 when I moved to Ft. Bragg and started rigging pull trees to the mid 90's when by that time it was pretty much all a second growth industry.
I worked right beside the timber fallers in the early years. And they would take me to a tree and point up to it and say something to the effect, "We,d like to get a line up there. Can you do it?" For a young man it was an exciting challenge to take on. I had my camera with me all the time and took lots of pictures. Which are the feature of the book. Pictures and stories of the people I climbed for and also just followed around out in the woods when they said they had a big tree to fall. I was invited a lot to come out and shoot some the biggest trees that were being fell in the county back then.
That all changed by the 90's. The timber industry in Mendocino County shifted primarilly over to second growth. There was still the odd big tree being picked up here and there that was left from before. And usually was left for a very good reason. They were not easy trees to get. The corporate sides were pretty much logged clean of their old growth by then. That's about the time I went timber falling and got into some fine second growth.
It's all in the book. The trees, the people, the names, dates and places. Unlike the books of old logging in the past here, this book is a modern-day portrayal. Instead of axes and cross-cut saws and steel wedges the modern faller used a chainsaw and hydraulic jack. And if that didn't do it, they got a climber.
I'm proud to announce the debut of this new publication, 'High Climbers and Timber Fallers.
Jerry B
Attached is a jpeg of the cover. /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif
