Vancouver logger saves huge fir before it goes the way of the rest of the isle.
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RegC
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Interesting read. We flew over that tree everyday for the heli logging job in the winter. Kevin, who clear cut that area said the only reason they didn't fall the tree was because they couldn't be bothered....more trouble than it was worth. He was just being honest.
Al Smith
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I recall a picture in Gerry B's book of a big redwood fell in about early 1900's .About 7-9 feet in diameter .7-800 years old .It had 4 sprouts each around 4 feet in diameter,about 100 years old that contained more board feet of lumber than the original tree .
Then 7-8 feet in diameter .Getting on the ground would be the easy part .Getting the logs out would be another thing .Then where to mill it ? You'd have to whittle that thing down with a chainsaw to even slice it up .Talk about work my Lawdy .I can see why they left it .
Then 7-8 feet in diameter .Getting on the ground would be the easy part .Getting the logs out would be another thing .Then where to mill it ? You'd have to whittle that thing down with a chainsaw to even slice it up .Talk about work my Lawdy .I can see why they left it .
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they have figured a large redwood puts on as much growth in one year as a 12 inch dbh tree 100 feet tall has in its entire life span. think about adding a growth ring to a 29 foot circumference. how much wood that is and co2 processed
gf beranek
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Most of the big trees in HCTFs were left by the old Timers for various reasons, but mostly because, like Reg said, they were too much of a bother at the the time.
Now there's a lot of big trees around these parts standing because their grace and grandeur enamored someone at the time to 'not cut them.' The Slater tree in Sonoma County is one. A really big one. The Henry Tree in Greenwood Creek is a real beauty. Then there's the McCabe Tree in Gualala, a fatty. The Standish Tree in Leggett is a whopper, and that one has an undercut in it. A close shave! Don't forget the Coombs Tree. Oh, there's bunches more, and because they're all beauties I climbed most of them a long time ago.
Nearly all the big lone standing trees here are named in honor of the people who either saved them, or as a memorial to someone that died on the job.
A couple show decline, but most are doing quite well. But that's redwood. If they were fir or cedar they would've gone into decline from exposure a long time ago.
The stories behind those big lone standing giants are all very interesting.
Now there's a lot of big trees around these parts standing because their grace and grandeur enamored someone at the time to 'not cut them.' The Slater tree in Sonoma County is one. A really big one. The Henry Tree in Greenwood Creek is a real beauty. Then there's the McCabe Tree in Gualala, a fatty. The Standish Tree in Leggett is a whopper, and that one has an undercut in it. A close shave! Don't forget the Coombs Tree. Oh, there's bunches more, and because they're all beauties I climbed most of them a long time ago.
Nearly all the big lone standing trees here are named in honor of the people who either saved them, or as a memorial to someone that died on the job.
A couple show decline, but most are doing quite well. But that's redwood. If they were fir or cedar they would've gone into decline from exposure a long time ago.
The stories behind those big lone standing giants are all very interesting.
Grendel
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Just fascinating. Thank you Gerry
I can find an occasional old growth tree in the swamps or on the hillsides around here, with terrible access or no ground to put them in, and you can almost hear the old timers jingling the change in their pockets trying to figure out weather to cut them or not. . .
I can find an occasional old growth tree in the swamps or on the hillsides around here, with terrible access or no ground to put them in, and you can almost hear the old timers jingling the change in their pockets trying to figure out weather to cut them or not. . .
Thanks, Jer.
That was the kind of backup I needed
Ain't easy trying to be an overseas Redwood /Sequoia specialist, you know.
Local back up helps a lot.
Say Hi to Terri BTW.
Hope she is ok .
We shuld probably get another chocolate box on it's way for xmas.
That was the kind of backup I needed
Ain't easy trying to be an overseas Redwood /Sequoia specialist, you know.
Local back up helps a lot.
Say Hi to Terri BTW.
Hope she is ok .
We shuld probably get another chocolate box on it's way for xmas.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Rest assured, Stig, Terri would enjoy that. Besides, you rate anyway.
CurSedVoyce
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Copy the link and post elsewhere. I put it on my FB page for friends and customers.
tntree
Just slice it
good read, the thread also
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