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[buckeyefarmer]

You guys act like every tree in the world is the same. We all need wood for various stuff in life, but there is no need to cut down a 2000 year old sequoia to make fence posts. There was a time when people did that stuff and acted like resources were infinite, but in today's world you would have to be pretty thick to think 2000 year old trees can replace themselves as fast as we can cut them.

Question wasnt for you.

But since you responded "you guys act..." you have no clue how i act in regard to trees, in response to a question that didnt concern you.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Why cut it down for 7000 fenseposts when they could have made 7,000.000 toothpicks? No doubt someone would have if there had been more profit in it.

 

[BigBlue1]

It's hard to tell with the resolution of that photo, but I'm not sure I see a hitch on that tongue. The remaining bit on the end looks to small & like the hitch might have come off.

It might be one of those Bulldog couplers that don't have a normal latch.

Rob

 

[Industrial Toys]

I would guess that there is hardly a (junky) stamped out ball hitch that would stay coupled with the trailer twisting beyond the travel limits. That's where the chains are supposed to come into play.

 

[zing]

Question wasnt for you.

But since you responded "you guys act..." you have no clue how i act in regard to trees, in response to a question that didnt concern you.

You responded to his message that wasn't directed to you, but you are upset that I responded to your message that was not directed to me? Over 9400 posts and you haven't yet figured out the difference between a public post and a private message?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

You responded to his message that wasn't directed to you, but you are upset that I responded to your message that was not directed to me? Over 9400 posts and you haven't yet figured out the difference between a public post and a private message?

So the difference is i asked a specific question, to a specific person, because i was curious about his response.

You on the other hand, responded with an accusation. Wasnt upset at all that you responded to my question, but how you responded with an uninformed accusation.

With respect to the old sequoia, there was no info given on the health of the tree. Just maybe it needed to come down.

Near work there was a huge oak tree, right along where they were working on the road. I thought, i hope they leave that beautiful tree. Then one day, it was cut down, only to reveal the whole tree was hollow, and was likely to fall at any time onto a busy highway. Trees have a purpose in the world.

I see so much wood resources going to waste in national forests that it makes me sick. At least our state forests try to manage their resources to some degree.

Ive seen pictures of the mountains in my area from the 1800s, where they were cut bare. The wood was used to make charcoal, then used to make iron. They have recovered to the point most people have no clue what happened back then. Today the mountains are thriving forests.

 

[California]

Some of these Sequoias are far older than the Christian era. For some people this creates a sense of awe. Others see toothpicks.

 

[Jstpssng]

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Are they still cutting old growth Sequoia?

 

[ultrarunner]

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Are they still cutting old growth Sequoia?

I believe so although the numbers are extremely small...

Tracts of land are still owned by lumber companies...

As to Redwood... I am certain one of the reasons the 1865 Barn at my brothers place still exists is because it was made of old growth redwood... some of the siding is over 26" wide and over 24' long...

There are also old fence posts... not many but they have square nails and still on the job 150 years later...

The new growth is just not the same when it comes to longevity... many of the early SF Homes are Redwood and the Redwood is OK but the nails are rusting out...

A friend is a logger in the Santa Cruz mountains... not much old growth but a lot of nearly 100 year old second growth as by the 1920's the old growth was mostly gone or protected...

 

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