Old logging pictures

[jimmyj]

There are 39 pics. Some interesting ones. I find #22 and #39 very interesting. NOTE: despite the title of the link nothing funny about them.

Really funny stuff - When Trees Were Huge... (39 pics)

 

[JB4310]

Very cool old pics, Man I guess trees were alot bigger back then! At least the ones they were allowed to harvest.

Can those be legit, like #22 with that huge pile of logs being pulled by a team of horses?

That hollowed log home was pretty interesting, whole new meaning of a "log home"

JB.

 

[jimmyj]

I have a bunch of old books on logging and stuff and I really think the horse log pile is legit. It's amazing they could do that stuff. Apparently they pulled wagons of water along the roads and they froze to ice. I would have thought they'd add more horses though.

 

[Egon]

Thanks for the photo's. :thumbsup:

The ones with the horses are interesting. One could surmise there were no grades on the haul road.

Some of the smaller trucks also prove intriguing noting the size of load compared to the size of truck.

 

[tallyho8]

I've posted this photo of my family's logging operation in the Ozarks before but it seems fitting to post it again here.

Those western logs make the Ozark logs look like toothpicks.

They didn't use horses. My grandmother told me that they didn't care for horse meat but after the steers got too old to pull they made a good dinner. :licking:

 

[Bison]

That gives a whole other meaning to the term logging.
When man where still man.
:thumbsup:

 

[Brad_Blazer]

More pics;
::: Darius Kinsey Photographs :::

 

[tallyho8]

More pics;
::: Darius Kinsey Photographs :::

Those photos show 12 oxen pulling much more than my 45 HP Kubota can pull so I assume that 12 cowpower is a lot more than 45 HP. :laughing:

 

[Johndeere3720]

Those are some big logs!

 

[MikeD74T]

Those photos show 12 oxen pulling much more than my 45 HP Kubota can pull so I assume that 12 cowpower is a lot more than 45 HP. :laughing:

When you figure that 12 oxen might weigh as much as 12,ooo lbs it's not so surprising. MikeD74T