Redwood logging 1947

[2dogs]

Gologit. That was the best post I've read since joining this site. How do I do the rep thing? Whatever I got in reps is yours.

That same mentality is what has crippled the west coast troll fishery as well.

Dang, that really was well written.

Randy, cool post.

Troll fishery? Don't we have enough trolls already?

 

[custom8726]

cool Vid!!!

 

[Backwoods]

Every year that I took forestry back in the early 80’s, that was a must see film.
Still as good today as it was back then. Just lets us take pause as to our founders in the industry, how they got started, and the task that they over came.
If you take the politics out of it and make a film of the industry of this era it is quite amazing as well.

 

[BuddhaKat]

Those guys were loggers. I can't imagine working that hard.

 

[Gologit]

Those guys were loggers. I can't imagine working that hard.

Those guys were tough... but to them that was just a normal everyday thing. Everybody worked like that. Notice that you don't see any fat guys in those pictures? A logger could burn off 6 to 8 thousand calories a day.

Maybe someday our grandkids will look back at us the same way. I don't think I work too hard but 100 years from now, if technology keeps progressing, somebody might think I did.

 

[WVwoodsman]

Truely amazing! Thanks for sharing too.

 

[056kid]

Dutchmens with axes!!! Baseball bat sized chokers!!!


I wish i could have been a part of that!

 

[smokechase II]

Comforting

"When the government, responding to well meaning but terribly misinformed people such as yourself, locked up so much of the available redwood it forever altered the lives of those whose living depended on timber. It didn't alter them for the better either."

This should relax you.

Obama has no natural resources background whatsoever.

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In the agency I was formerly with, there is serious concern about what could be the new direction.

Leaders change.

OK.

But starting with Clinton the FS Chief has officially become an appointee.

Officially. Politically more than astute.

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Oregon voted for Obama, I would guess 60%+. In an office like the FS I would suspect that percentage is a tad bit higher. (Being professional, don't want to under or overstate this)


With that said, all those folks who voted for BHO are fairly concerned about just how Sierra Clubish this could turn out.

 

[smokechase II]

Back to the movie

Really neat.

I'd never seen a humboldt chopped out.

Impressive.

Sighting sticks used. I'd read about but never thought about the way that guy moved them up and down. Looked pro.

 

[Anthony_Va.]

Man, that was a good vid. Shows how the world has changed for the worse. If technology gets so great that no one had to do manual labor, won't the whole worlds population swell up with fat from laziness? We are the last of hard workers. Although we might not work like these guys, we work hard, some of us anyways. How hard will our grandchildrens children work?

Those guys we're some thick skinned fellows. If we had to work that hard, we would. It's the only way we could support our families. You do what you have to do to make it.

EDIT: Lol, did'nt realize how old this thread was. Just been researching Randy's stories.

 

[flushcut]

Thanks for sharing that vid
I wish I could drop a biggin like those. Can you imagine how much it would suck to have to chop out a humbolt :jawdrop: