We did use skyline carriages too. Lordy the air turned blue when the tail hold would come loose on occasion!
I appreciate the info and your perspective.
How big are the bigguns you cut?
Afaik, cutting old growth means clear cutting it. And doing that on steep ground with big trees is more destructive to the ground due to the size and weight of the logs. I'm not a fan of any steep ground logging bc afaik it is too destructive, with the possible exception of helo logging. But...
hella rack
We just had 8" of powder here so I'm leaving the bird feeders out overnight and indeed, the deer ( a regular group of 4) are helping themselves.
Nice to read ya @Gypo, and thanks for your perspective. Send some pics of what your up to in the woods!
Regarding that question, goog says old trees store far more carbon than young trees and uptake more of it too compared to young trees. However a given size of young-tree forest will suck up...
Totally agree with that entire statement, but is that being practiced anywhere in the US where there is old growth? To take old growth you have to clear cut, no? And taking old growth on steep ground as in that IG post is particularly problematic due to erosion and reforestation difficuly
News flash Stephen?
Fully agree about logging and trees and that old growth is not renewable, which was my point. I've have probably cut tens of thousands of trees in my logging and tree work career, or a least I'd safely guess 10k+ trees so arguably I have a viable perspective on trees, their...
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