How things work in Finland

[blis]

Just found this great clip on the youtube, showing how here in finland we harvest our trees and it also shows how the machines are constructed....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WgAxl0C9UI


enjoy....

 

[ray benson]

1000 trees a day - impressive. Made by John Deere in Finland.

 

[RIX]

Great vid, thanks for posting blis, tried to rep you but,,, you know gotta spread some around. I love the look of the forests there, looks alot like us here in northern MN.

 

[gavin]

thank God those things don't work well on the coast!

 

[blis]

thank God those things don't work well on the coast!

Yeah, you ppl are lucky... hardly any lumberjacks around 'cos of those machines...

 

[1I'dJak]

...little off topic, but you ever here of a place here in bc called sointula blis?

 

[blis]

...little off topic, but you ever here of a place here in bc called sointula blis?

Yeah, theres several little villages called sointula in south/south-east finland..

 

[clearance]

He is talking about Sointula, which is on Malcom Island , beside Vancouver Island British Columbia. The area was settled by Finns, many of whom became great loggers.

 

[blis]

He is talking about Sointula, which is on Malcom Island , beside Vancouver Island British Columbia. The area was settled by Finns, many of whom became great loggers.

Oh, should read posts more carefully :hmm3grin2orange:

Anyway, it doesnt really surprise me that many great loggers over there have atleast some sort of connection to finland since lets say, still about 50-60 years ago about 30-40 percent of population worked in logging and other forestry...

 

[Puumies]

Couple of months ago they showed a TV-document about Sointula, but I only saw a part of that program. Some old man singed a couble of songs in finnish language altought they didn't speak finnish. And lots of names and traditions were just like back here.
There seems to be a piece of a finnish culture left over there.

 

[Puumies]

We still use traditional ways...

...When place isn't suitable for big lumbering machines.