BIG SAW cut BIG TREE

[RandyMac]

Ya...my dad lived in Stafford..near scotia on the Eel and i lived in eureka and arcata and worked at coastal tree service for a bit and with "that tree guy
" and on my own, i know that tree guy too..i was having a really hard time finding housing so ive been living in socal where people have complex's over their trees...lol

I know Stafford well, the pre-slide Stafford.
North or South Road? My Bro lived on South Road for many years.

 

[2dogs]

Hey 2dogs, where in Santa Cruz are you?

95060. In the city off Walnut Av.

BTW you asked me this same question earlier in this thread. I answered there too.

 

[medic8852]

oak blowdown

not as big as some of you guys, but i'll take what i can get
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cut with my ms440 and a 25" These pieces were cut from a fork, havent gotten into the main trunk yet, been too wet in bottom ground next to the creek where the tree is at. Estimating the trunk at around 5'

 

[sawfun9]

Thats some nice looking wood. I'd want to mill that if it were mine.

 

[medic8852]

it's been down for about 5 years or so. came down in a big ice storm. i've limbed out the most of it for firewood and smoker wood, but until recently, i didn't have anything big enough to tackle the big stuff. Landowner lets me cut and hunt whenever i like. He burns alot of wood and is homebuilder. All the cabinets in his kitchen are from oak he's cut. I asked him if he wanted to mill it, he said he's getting too old to mess with it and he's not sure his skidsteer can drag it up the steep hill and out of the timber. oh well, firewood, and some random local guys want some rounds for woodworking.

 

[lostcoastland]

I know Stafford well, the pre-slide Stafford.
North or South Road? My Bro lived on South Road for many years.

North side.. my father pat lancelin owned where the old stafford inn used to be, where all the hippys rallied..i wasnt around then, i worked for rolland moschetti, and knew the pullens. wild down there like back in the day...people still shoot guns at each other ...the rally and the slide, where loggers and hippys collided, i only heard stories and saw the aftermath..i loved canoeing the eel from Weott to my dads backyard..its an amazing place

 

[RandyMac]

Was that Inn made of stucco?
My brother first lived where Brown's Camp was, that was 1978, it was owned by Irv, the guy who ran the Sears in Scotia.
Then he moved uphill from Garfields.
I think they are still shooting at eachother there.

 

[lostcoastland]

Was that Inn made of stucco?
My brother first lived where Brown's Camp was, that was 1978, it was owned by Irv, the guy who ran the Sears in Scotia.
Then he moved uphill from Garfields.
I think they are still shooting at eachother there.

way back it used to be the piercy brown mill ..big time logging, and they would flume the logs from way up where the slide was to the eel , then to scotia, Stucco is a horrible idea in humboldt because it sucks water but i woulndt doubt they tried to bring a little sophistication. i remember being a little kid watching the train go over stits creek..pacific railroad. my dad bought the 13 acres in 82 and owned it since but has been foreclosed on. the big thing back in the day my dad says was waiting for big logs to wash up on the river bar and split fence post out of em to sel to farmers in fortuna and ferndale..the river rats! still quite a few around.. this pic is limbing behind my dads house


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[RandyMac]

My brother married a Whitlow, that family used run a boat out in the flood, harpoon a big Redwood and ride it until it hung up, then claim it.

 

[lostcoastland]

My brother married a Whitlow, that family used run a boat out in the flood, harpoon a big Redwood and ride it until it hung up, then claim it.

:hmm3grin2orange: wow that would be an adventure!

 

[2dogs]

My brother married a Whitlow, that family used run a boat out in the flood, harpoon a big Redwood and ride it until it hung up, then claim it.

Too bad he didn't marry a Smith, then he could be a real river logger! And he could be famous.

That sounds like a wild bunch of people living up there. Musta been fun.

 

[RandyMac]

Too bad he didn't marry a Smith, then he could be a real river logger! And he could be famous.

That sounds like a wild bunch of people living up there. Musta been fun.

My Grandad was a Southern Humboldt Smith, a true pioneer. My roots are deep in this soil.

 

[lostcoastland]

My Grandad was a Southern Humboldt Smith, a true pioneer. My roots are deep in this soil.

the spirit lives on..:greenchainsaw: more big wood and big saw pics, i want to see big piles of sawdust and 090's !!

 

[lostcoastland]

the spirit lives on..:greenchainsaw: more big wood and big saw pics, i want to see big piles of sawdust and 090's !!

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[RandyMac]

yeah, the 090, my favorite.

 

[lostcoastland]

yeah, the 090, my favorite.

.... ....for bucking only?? boat anchor only? haha

 

[70flyingv]

Huge Apricot!

Actually, I think this was the biggest apricot to exist in the United States! Cant confirm but, it was HUGE. Died of natural causes and had substantial core rot. Still should get some nice slabs! Think We used the 056 super mag2 for the main cut but, maybe the 084.

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Actually, I think this was the biggest apricot to exist in the United States! Cant confirm but, it was HUGE. Died of natural causes and had substantial core rot. Still should get some nice slabs! Think We used the 056 super mag2 for the main cut but, maybe the 084.

 

[Stihlman441]

Big Redgum 880 with 50'' and a 261.

Another Redgum

 

[RandyMac]

.... ....for bucking only?? boat anchor only? haha

they aren't a bad saw, I have run over half a dozen of them, they aren't gutless but no fireball either. What I don't get is why so many guys have the faulty idea that it is the all conquering monster saw of the world. It misses that by a goodly margin.