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Is anyone here related to this awesome dude?

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no but that is an epic picture. wish they didnt take so many of the giant redwoods though. would be nice to have more old growth redwood forests
 
Ya, that's me and me Ma and Pa! lol

What's up with that saw? It looks like two cross cut saws welded together. Also I can't believe that trunk doesn't show any rot. Man, that was a healthy one. I agree with Dan, too bad more of those forest weren't protected earlier.
 
That is a ridiculous picture. And yes, they did use to weld two saws together to get adequate length.
 
Incredible pic...and yes share the thoughts of others re: wishing there had not been so many pressures leading to such widespread clear felling.

Makes one consider again our concept of what a hard life is.....The men who laboured daily like that were not the guys you'd want to pick in a brawl....I would not like to be slapped by a man who could work a crosscut like that all day, I don't think I would get up after!

Thanks for posting the picture I really like such glimpses of everyday working people
 
That is one amazing picture! Getting the monster down is hard enough , but how do they cut them in lengths on the ground. It would suck to get your saw stuck after all that work.
 
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Man, that is insane! What a shame that tree is gone....

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Agree completely. Blows your mind

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Getting the monster down is hard enough , but how do they cut them in lengths on the ground.

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Iv'e been wondering the same. How would you mill something like that. That cut looks smooth, must have took a log or something off of it before that pic(no hinge)?

Toughest,Hardest working men.
 
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Iv'e been wondering the same. How would you mill something like that. That cut looks smooth, must have took a log or something off of it before that pic(no hinge)?

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See attached...Sawpit...just one more reason to be in awe of those working men, being in the pit would have to be the least favourable job.
 

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Nice Pic Wolter.

It's a old way off felling trees and the people back in the old days sure knew what they were doing. They had a nose for quality wood and back in that days it didn't matter to them they felled one off the great redwoods. Nobody was busy with environmental impacts....

It's a nice and clean way off felling a tree. Bet they had big mussles and luchpacks ;-) and a good sharp saw.

Nice one
 
you guys might enjoy a book called "They Tried to Cut it All" by Edwin Van Syckle. It's a collection of first-hand stories of life in the lumber camps and logging sides of Grays Harbor Washington from the late 1800's into the 1900's. It has photos, stories, narratives, and a lot of information about just how those big trees were cut, moved, and milled.

I talked to an old timer when I lived on the Oregon Coast who told me the average logger in the 1910's was about 5'7", 165 lbs, and ate an 8000 calorie a day diet.
 
Many people of the Appalachians moved out West after they cut everything down here. I heard stories of one log per truck or train car. So I guess they had a little experience coming into it.

At least they preserved Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest so we could see what an east coast old growth forest looks like.
 
"high climbers and timber fallers" is my favorite book for a look back. Beranek's pictures are great! i recommend checking it out if anyone has the time
 
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