Redwood Logging 1947

[jim454]

some good film

 

[TreeClimber17]

thats an awesome video.

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

that is awesome

 

[JesseHuffman]

great find
thanks jim

 

[rangerdanger]

A great video!!

Here's another I found, a bit more up to date with film though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B4PAvQ3-Rs&feature=related

 

[TreeClimber17]

also an awesome video ranger

 

[jim454]

check this out

 

[cory]

That first vid was crazy....chopping that close to a single tie in! You couldn't get me to do that for anything.

 

[sohner]

Thanks for posting the video it is always great to see history. A bit sad but still great to watch such hard workers do their job.

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

It looks real tiresome to notch a tree with just an axe.

Does anyone know whey didn't use their 2 mans saw to make the notch faster?

 

[jomoco]

I don't know what the sap flow is like on a healthy redwood, but if it's anything even remotely like a healthy fir, you can bet pushing a misery whip through it is an exercise in futility.

Hell, I have a hard enough time pushing a 440 magnum through a wet fir.

I prefer all my big conifer takedowns be one year dead!

jomoco

 

[tomthetreeman]

Everything about that film looked tiresome! We are spoiled to say the least with today's gear. Think about every power tool you own and imagine how our grands and greats got results without them... No wonder those guys died young!

-Tom

 

[jomoco]

One of the more bizarre truths about lateral conifer leaders is that they are far more brittle and hard to hinge when they are green and sappy, than they are when dead and sapless.

Somewhat counter intuitive I know, but it's been very true in my experience rigging them down in lake arrowhead, big bear and on palomar mountain.

jomoco

 

[Waldo]

i love how the hing wood on some of those just fell apart

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

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...you can bet pushing a misery whip through it is an exercise in futility...

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That is a good point. I didn't think of that.

 

[jim454]

Speaking of misery whips, My buddy and I bucked a log with one, I couldn't believe how fast that thing cut!

And yes, it did tire me out.

 

[GiantSlayer]

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That first vid was crazy....chopping that close to a single tie in! You couldn't get me to do that for anything.

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How about standing on the stub One hudred feet up after it was topped? Only a guy who would chop close to his single TIP would be a big enough man(?) to do it

 

[TreeBarber]

Wonderful video, My family and I enjoyed it. Especially since we live in Humboldt county (the heart of the Redwoods) for a while.

 

[bstewert]

Was watching the first part of that video in a comfortable chair, and my lower back started to hurt.

 

[Colin]

man that video made my heart hurt for those trees. call me sappy but it was informative none the less. i watched that video link that dr put up and all that sap flowing out of the tree made me think it was bleeding. i don't think i could be a logger full time. i've done about two weeks of it with my company and still don't like it. i know it's necessary but still isn't there something we can log besides these giants. just my $.02