Redwoods -sad but true

[redmoosefaction]

Some interesting skills and tools used, and just the sheer size of what they were dealing with.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcEto_Q8MlY&feature=quicklist]YouTube - Redwood Lumber Industry, Northern California - 1947[/ame]

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

great post, lot of history in there. Those guys must of been fit!

 

Some VERY skilled fellas too.

[onelab]

What a brilliant video. A lot of respect for those guys.

[Mozza]

Cracking video that, The guy knocking the top off with that axe i reckon had the hardest job! :thumbup1:

[Parker]

Great video!

[liamjordan]

amazing video saw saw it a while back

 

love the old videos and photos of real logging!!!

 

this videos sooooo sweet thooo!

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKjaiW6gHPQ]YouTube - Teak Logging With Elephants In Siam 1925[/ame]

[Crazy_Bull]

Cracking video that, The guy knocking the top off with that axe i reckon had the hardest job! :thumbup1:

 

Imagine one slip of the axe onto his flip line and one hell of a drop as it only looked like rope not wire.

[Stuart A-C]

I promise from this day on, I will never moan about having to sharpen the 88 or 66!

[wills-mill]

Some interesting skills and tools used, and just the sheer size of what they were dealing with.

 

 

Incredible stuff. Thanks

 

This Hull Oakes, one of the few old mills operating in the States by steam power. They specialise in large timbers and long lengths for historic buildings, ships etc. The steam boilers are run on some of their waste slabs and sawdust, so nothing wasted!

 

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[mdvaden]

One thing that just came to mind, was whether the axe men worked both right and left handed.

 

I pretty much can just control an axe with my left side facing the tree. Would that be a right handed swing?