Old logging pictures

[jimmyj]

I know it sounds silly but I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and see places like they were totally naturally. Imagine the sights and flora and fauna! And the fishing!

 

[D7E]

Excellent . one of the best posts on here for a long time , They appreciated a bit of timber in those days when you had to work that hard for it .

 

[20 20]

thanks for the post and for those that question things like this being legit, YES they were.

 

[johnk]

I know it sounds silly but I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and see places like they were totally naturally. Imagine the sights and flora and fauna! And the fishing!

100 years from now people will look back at our generation and probably say wow look at the forest when all they can see is a 1/2 acre parcel of woods.....

 

[MarkV]

100 years from now people will look back at our generation and probably say wow look at the forest when all they can see is a 1/2 acre parcel of woods.....

I'm not sure. Around here pine trees are a primary crop that is planted and it is managed just like corn crop would be. Very scientific these days. Now I do agree that what they will see are forests that are much more sterile than the forest we grew up around. Straight lines, uniformed sizes and such. Trees for pulp are harvested in 12-15 years now and it is hard to watch loads of twigs rather than logs on trucks running down the the roads.

It surely is amazing some of the logs they show in the early photos. And, using hand tools to harvest without a Kubota, unbelievable.

MarkV

 

[johnk]

I would have loved to see those trees in that era. One can only imagine. Had to be quite a few " Widow Makers" back then.............

 

[keegs]

Here's an image of me late last year getting "Baby O'Baby" ready for another firewood haul.

 

[jimmyj]

Here's an image of me late last year getting "Baby O'Baby" ready for another firewood haul.

Seen this before in a book I have on old time logging. Wonder if it's true, the books says "it probably is but not for sure."

Hey keegs, what kinda van down by the river?

 

[keegs]

Seen this before in a book I have on old time logging. Wonder if it's true, the books says "it probably is but not for sure."

Hey keegs, what kinda van down by the river?

Hey JimmyJ... she's an Irish Clydesdale and she's my baby... hence the name Baby O'Baby.... JK... :laughing:

Got this in email from my brother a while back. I did a little google check on it and they say it's a photoshop...it's a hoot though... I whip it out when the occasion presents itself.

That van's not too far from the St. John.

 

[Egon]

There was a time in some european countries where Moose were used as draft animals.