Axe Men

[windthrown]

Yes they, we do. Im not a logger, Ive seen many huge trees. In that show so far they are only cutting 2nd growth timber.

More like 3rd... or 4th growth. That area has been subject to HUGE fires. When I was a kid is was all burned off up there.

 

[Bigus Termitius]

More like 3rd... or 4th growth. That area has been subject to HUGE fires. When I was a kid is was all burned off up there.

I believe the show stated 2nd generation and that is most likely what he is going off of. I'm not saying you're wrong, I've had enough experience around media types to know they rarely get it straight. Self absorbtion disorder or something.

 

[ciscoguy01]

True

You have to admire the man's tenacity to continue working despite a disability. I am really enjoying the show but doubt that I will ever be able to look at lumber products with the same indifference.

Dude, you have no idea about what you just said. I hate to sound like a hater, but if we could get all the trash and lazy people to be like that, america would be a little bit better of a place. Sometimes I think alot of people forgot what it was founded on...

opcorn:

 

[M.D. Vaden]

That is because they are a boreal rainforest, in some cases they have true cloud forests.

the high precipitation and long growing season, and dirth of heavy weather, makes for perfect huge tree conditions. Rog and they other guys from the costal PNW have told me of 90 ft crab apples.

Yeah... it's a grand place to enjoy forest here.

North California, Oregon coast range, Mt. Hood National Forest, Olympic National Forest in Washington, and more.

Even the big fallen trees look cool ... log below is just a small one at Oswald West State Park - Oregon Coast.

Same park has some massive Sitka Spruce. It's the only park in Oregon where I've seen Salal (Gualtheria shallon) the groundcover get over head height. Seems I recall seeing some Salal uphill and downhill of Hy. 101 that was 8 or 9 feet tall.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Seems I recall seeing some Salal uphill and downhill of Hy. 101 that was 8 or 9 feet tall.

And Miataki too big for wheel barrels

 

[summit583guy]

any canadians out there no what channel Axemen is on? im in ontario and have digital cable and can't find it? I get the history channel but it's not the same one everyone else has, myn always has war and millitary shows on it

 

[parrisw]

any canadians out there no what channel Axemen is on? im in ontario and have digital cable and can't find it? I get the history channel but it's not the same one everyone else has, myn always has war and millitary shows on it

It's not playing in Canada. I've downloaded the first 2 so far.

 

[HolmenTree]

Our History channel here in Canada is called History Channel Canada.[different programing]

 

[Bigus Termitius]

Our History channel here in Canada is called History Channel Canada.[different programing]

Well....as long as they are teaching the same history (hopefully accurately) I suppose that's ok. opcorn:

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

With the redcross it could be firstaid kit

I ran it through a translator, Forband is bandage, and I got one hit for "flush" on "Forsta"

 

[windthrown]

Now, here is a laugher... the only one that has it right is the current last post from Alaska. I love all these people living in thier stick frame houses screaming about all the damage done to the forests... especially the idiots in NYC. Now, there is no ecological damage done in NYC, is there? Nooooo... Manhatten Is is in tune with nature, and has a sustainable zero carbon emission footprint Lets all preserve the PNW forests so that NYC people can look at TV shows and see that they are all OK. They can get their lumber from the Brazilian rain forest.

http://boards.historychannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=700028632

More trees around here than there have been in hundreds of years. Trees are renewable. Salmon have been overfished, and are going to be displaced by the asian carp pretty soon from the looks of it. Spotted owl here is being displaced by the barred owl, and has nothing to do with humans. I have seen both around here.

 

[(WLL)]

Now, here is a laugher... the only one that has it right is the current last post from Alaska. I love all these people living in thier stick frame houses screaming about all the damage done to the forests... especially the idiots in NYC. Now, there is no ecological damage done in NYC, is there? Nooooo... Manhatten Is is in tune with nature, and has a sustainable zero carbon emission footprint Lets all preserve the PNW forests so that NYC people can look at TV shows and see that they are all OK. They can get their lumber from the Brazilian rain forest.

http://boards.historychannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=700028632

More trees around here than there have been in hundreds of years. Trees are renewable. Salmon have been overfished, and are going to be displaced by the asian carp pretty soon from the looks of it. Spotted owl here is being displaced by the barred owl, and has nothing to do with humans. I have seen both around here.

some people just boil my blood.

 

[1I'dJak]

I think a reality show covering the standing stem logging done here in BC would be pretty dramatic...especially if it covered the industry in its birth... bunch of crazy young guys climbing, limbing, and topping big fir and cedar... as stem is left that gets cut up at the base, left standing with a skiff of holding wood and shims, then gets plucked by a big heli... great footage of climbers hammering off tops at 120+cms with their 200t! talked to guys who've blasted off these huge tops... told me how that had to cut windows to get their backcut thru...having to 'cut the guts' out of the holding wood through the undercut...the biggest i cut was about 75 cms diameter with about 60' of top... and that seemed huge... guys have told me about forgetting their wedges, getting pinched out, having to climb down and back up the cut up tree to pound it over...guys doing 40-50' claw shots (swinging from tree to tree using your rappelling line and another line with a grapple)... plus back in the day alot of these guys were drunks and cokeheads... anyways, would be plenty of drama, exciting footage, and workers compensation would probably shut the industry down...

 

[thegimp97]

I like the show a lot but maybe that is because i am biased because i know some of the people on the show and have gone hunting and hikeing in the same areas they are logging.

It is cool to watch a show on tv and see people you went to highschool with. Dwayne Dethlefs also made a tribute to my brother who died a while back, they were friends since highschool and started logging together.

 

[Blake22]

I like the way they carry a chainsaw on their shoulder. The other thing is the lack of vines in the woods. Here in North Florida the woods are full of all sorts of vines.

 

[windthrown]

No lack of vines here, blackberries are everywhere. You just do not see them there on TV. They are part of the underbrush. Also there is poison oak (vine form) clinging to some of the trees, but they, like the blackberries, are dicidous, so they do not have leaves in late fall and winter. Blackberries are a pain in the butt, and have razor sharp thorns. PO causes an allergic-type reaction in most people that come in contact with it.

In some places here there are ivy vines growing all over doug fir trees. Usually near suburban cuts. There was a lot of cutting around Portland and the suburbs not that long ago (a few years, really). Some parks in Portland have tons of ivy growing on all the trees in them. It is illegal to sell ivy in Oregon now because of it.

 

[M.D. Vaden]

I like the show a lot but maybe that is because i am biased because i know some of the people on the show and have gone hunting and hikeing in the same areas they are logging.

It is cool to watch a show on tv and see people you went to highschool with. Dwayne Dethlefs also made a tribute to my brother who died a while back, they were friends since highschool and started logging together.

Maybe we will cross paths after we move back up the Beaverton in the next week.

I go into the hills in the coast range to explore and collect edible mushrooms - even some of the days I'm driving all the way down to the ocean.

Will probably average a trip per every 2 weeks.

 

[Grateful11]

Anyone notice the screwed up video on the last episode? It showed J. Browning with a messed up right hand and his chainsaw had the bar on the wrong side. Somehow in editing it's like they flipped the film like in the old days. It happened right after someone stole his chainsaw and and he was cutting with his back-up. I kept wondering how he was hammering that felling wedge in with right hand.

 

[justintimemoto]

is it me or is the bar there using on the saw a little big for some of the trees their cutting down

 

[Cedarkerf]

is it me or is the bar there using on the saw a little big for some of the trees their cutting down

You wanna stand close to some of those spring loaded logs go ahead use a 20"bar and stand close.