Old logging pictures

[MikeD74T]

Those are some big logs!

The logs they used for roads exceed some of what people call logs today. MikeD74T

 

[bstrom]

People were tough and worked like dogs back then. Two man saws and axes - sweat and sawdust. Now a lot of people (especially under 30) want to sit on their arse in front of a screen. I sound like a geezer. I'm in front of a screen. :laughing: But it's true, I see it all the time.

 

[JB4310]

I would think trees of those huge calibers are some how protected now? If there are any left outside of a national park.

I've only caught a little of Axmen, but not seen trees like that.

Does anyone know if those are Redwoods? do any other trees get that big?

JB.

 

[StevenL]

Does anyone know if those are Redwoods? do any other trees get that big?

Some are likely Redwoods, but the log office is labeled as a Douglas Fir. The one labeled "Big Cedar" and a few others look to be Western Red Cedar. So yes, other trees do get that big, just takes a long time

 

[tree farmer]

I would think trees of those huge calibers are some how protected now? If there are any left outside of a national park.

I've only caught a little of Axmen, but not seen trees like that.

Does anyone know if those are Redwoods? do any other trees get that big?

JB.

Around here, most of the big trees were Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce, and Western Red Cedar. A few still stand today, but those are either on protected public land, or on "small" private patches. I have several Spruce and Doug Firs on my land that are 5-6 ft. diameter, and will never be cut as long as I'm alive. They are the main reason I bought this place 20 years ago. It's pretty awesome to walk underneath them and just stare upward 30 feet or so to the lowest limb.:thumbsup: In the 60's, lots of logs hauled out around here were 9 and 10 ft. diameter firs. Too big to fit between the stakes of a log truck, so the butt log was hauled out on a lowboy trailer and two or three conventional log trucks took out the remainder of one tree. Nowdays, I'm cutting and skidding 8" firs on my place. What a difference....Dan.

 

[Brad_Blazer]

I stop to see big trees. Some I visited:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_(tree)
Grizzly Giant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
World's Largest Sitka Spruce Tree - Quinault, Washington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[bstrom]

The white pines in New England were supposedly that big in the 1700's. Those are long gone. I wonder how the colonists dealt with cutting and moving those, the British used them for ship masts.

 

[StevenL]

The white pines in New England were supposedly that big in the 1700's. Those are long gone. I wonder how the colonists dealt with cutting and moving those, the British used them for ship masts.

During Michigan's (clear cut) logging era they used logging wheels to move them, but these weren't around until 1875. The 10' ones at Hartwick Pines State Park make any tractor wheel look small.

Using White Pines as masts has an interesting history as well, check out the Pine Tree Riot. I like the use of wide plank floors, wide enough that it was obviously made from the King's trees

 

[Mace Canute]

Very interesting, jimmyj. Thanks for posting!

 

[RHP]

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

Thanks for the pics. One of them shows logging near Mt.Pilchuck in Wa state. The picture shows a view of the mountain very much like it's view from my home. I have a few 8' plus stumps on my property that now have "volunteer" cedars growing out of them that are 80' to 100' tall. This area must have been spectacular before it was logged.

Roger