Felling using axes - big no no or not?

[Sam Thompson]

Why not sell them off through this site.... captive and interested audience:thumbup1:

 

I'de buy one

 

 

Sam

[Treegeek]

Me too (buy your book)

[County4x4]

And me!

 

Andy

[geoff]

and me!

[phirow]

Read Lord Young's report

[blazer]

The first pioneers felled most of the big Kauris in NZ with axe and cross cut and yes, the dams were used to send the logs from the high points down to collection points at more managable sites. The terrain and bush in NZ is pretty rugged. There are still some of the dams up in the Waitakere ranges west of Auckland, or at least there were, and there are a couple of old pubs around, the main one being at Puhoi, which is full of old saws and pictures of the original pioneers that cleared the forest. They managed to get down massive Kauri so I can't see any of todays trees being a problem in the slightest. I also worked with an old fella, Kieth Wadkin, who had some choice old photos of him doing tree work with axe and cross cut. The boys in those days new a bit about hard labour I'd say. Still haven't found that nuclear powered chainsaw yet so what do people plan to use in the future?

 

 

Totally agree - to stand by HMS Victory in Portmouth and realize all the timber was processed and the ship built by hand tools only is hard to believe.

 

Some aspects of the 'old ways' ware cheaper for say cart & boat builders, like buying felled tree, pit saw it into planks and stack for seasoning often for 12 years, all with a few hand tools.

 

There were also health benifits, I did a long running experiment with my son to use axes from the age of 5 to 15, (it stopped when he found girls and motorbikes) his upper body strength is far greater than all of his friends.