Massive Sequoia

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, aspenarb said:

 

So its on the floor, makes you wonder how they moved or milled stuff like that back then.

 

Bob

Bob , read back through the post and you will see how matey . 👍

[mdvaden]

On 15/01/2022 at 13:23, scotspine1 said:

This was in the Sequoias in California's central/southern Sierra. The original stumps remain from the 1880s. That crosscut saw was two separate saws welded together. Some of them are in museums.

 

 

 

The thinner bark implies it may be coast redwood, not Sequoiadendron

 

And coast redwood is the widest and tallest species in the USA. Both species get as large or larger than the photo in the first post.

 

Still hard to imagine working with trunks that big even with equipment of our time.

Edited September 18, 2022 by mdvaden

[Mesterh]

On 17/01/2022 at 20:39, Squaredy said:

Apparently the big sequoia often shattered when they fell, and the Giant Redwood timber was not highly regarded so the whole exercise was often pointless.  Coast Redwood is far superior, but the Giant Sequoias were largely felled for the hell of it according to my books.

I think that's why they started climbing them and taking the tops out to reduce/stop shake.

 

Good thread though, I missed it the first time around.

 

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[doobin]

On 17/01/2022 at 21:25, trigger_andy said:

14" Shirley? 

The black drag queen...

[Mull]

On 15/01/2022 at 21:57, Mull said:

 

 

I think the meekest of us now will be considered stupid, selfish, greedy shortsighted bastards in 140 yrs time, and I guess we are! More so than the grafters in that pic.

 

 

 

 I see I’m banned from World Cup thread, why so I wonder?