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Logging the Redwoods

Several days ago, John Bouck posted some great photos of redwoods being logged. Last night while puttin’ around YouTube, I came a cross the video below that follows along with John’s photos. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.

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Thank you for that video! Paul

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Very cool. Some great fodder there. I especially like the tilted track that the flat cars roll onto and then the arm pushes the logs off. Also the first power saws. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for posting. I enjoyed it, but couldn’t help wondering, every time the narrator mentioned the age of the trees, if they knew their source would run out quickly and take 1000-2000 years to regenerate if at all.

John, yea, they could have probably figured that out, but you know, you get while the gettin is good.

Unfortunately conservation wasn’t a thing back then. They knew or at least had an idea. But at that point the consequences were hard to realize especially by the general public.

I loved the “global Warming” statement of what the earth was like in back 1-2000 years ago.

Wow that was great

Here is something for a little comparison.

Surly not in the Headwaters but probably somewhere on Pacific Lumbers land.

enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdgMcbNwZ3o

That’s one way to cut one down. I know it just appears this way, but it seemed that the men with the axes and two man crosscut saw made it look much easier!!