Some Eastern U.S. Monsters!!

[sILlogger]

some red spruce

a dandy white oak

and this is where it really gets amazing....this is a white oak...at 16' from the felling cut it was 13' in diameter....at 31' up it was still 10' in diameter....it might have have the height of a fir, but either way that is a darn big tree!

 

[SWE#Kipp]

Oak's !?!?
huge indeed ,,,,,,
Would be nice to see some timber half that size here in Sweden

 

[forestryworks]

good lord. an oak that size?? imagine the immense weight!

i wonder how old that biggest oak was :jawdrop:

 

[FIRESMOKE]

WOW!! I would love to see an Oak that size today let alone have the chance at logging it. Just think of how hard these guys must of worked to get that timber in th eearly 1900's. Even with todays modern equipment it would be a challenge.Those were real men!

 

[Ekka]

Big oak alright, those men are like ants standing on it.

I wonder if there's any big ones left though, so we can climb it and give some-one a black eye.

 

[HolmenTree]

My inlaws are presently vacationing in New Zealand and they saw old Norfolk Island pine stumps big enough to have a barn dance on. I will post some pics when they get back.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

I've seen some big red oak up behind my house about 6' in diameter, don' have the trunk length on 'em though.

 

[polexie]

Those are great pics, those oaks rule!! Like a wet dream to get them down. But you know what they say about dreams.

Lex

 

[rngrchad]

Just another reason, West by god Virginia is my favorite state in our Nation. I love the oldschool pictures. Thanks for posting this. To bad we dont' see trees like this anymore in WV.

 

[056kid]

A guy told me that there is some old growth timber in WV i think. Big poplars...

But i had no idea that white oak got that big. I would NOT want to be near that thing cut up if the wind gusted, It,ed bust and send you clear to the foot hills!!

i printed thoes pics. Im going to show them to my boss & co-workers.

 

[sILlogger]

A guy told me that there is some old growth timber in WV i think. Big poplars...

But i had no idea that white oak got that big. I would NOT want to be near that thing cut up if the wind gusted, It,ed bust and send you clear to the foot hills!!

ahh...its all in how you cut it! i've heard of huge old growth poplar 9'+dbh and close to 200' tall! that would be a blast!!

 

[056kid]

When all you got is a cross cut and an ax..


You are dog tired and you have about 5 inches of wood left in that monster and comes a big gust to push that sail and PAOWWWWW. mabe you could bilt the tree together and het your wood just right and then un do the rig and...

Of course it be a blast with a Big mac witha nice 60" bar


Some 200 foot poplar! You know your good if you could save one of thoes babys out!!

 

[sILlogger]

When all you got is a cross cut and an ax..


You are dog tired and you have about 5 inches of wood left in that monster and comes a big gust to push that sail and PAOWWWWW. mabe you could bilt the tree together and het your wood just right and then un do the rig and...

Of course it be a blast with a Big mac witha nice 60" bar


Some 200 foot poplar! You know your good if you could save one of thoes babys out!!

ooo...i thought u were talking about splitting them while using a chainsaw.....a crosscut would be a whole different story!!

 

[tree md]

Can't see the pic. You could go to photobucket.com, get a free account and post pics as large as you want as they wouldn't be hosted here. That's what I do. It's pretty easy. Anyway, I'd like to see the pic.

I have seen stands of huge old growth oaks in the rougher parts of the White Mountains in NH. Also seen some stands of huge old growth oaks in the Blue Ridge Mountains in GA; where logging has not been practical. Nothing as big as the behemoth in the last pic but I have seen a few approaching the size of the White Oak in the first pic.

I have some old pics of massive American Chestnut trees and train car loads of massive Chestnut logs on another computer. Whish I had them on this one so I could post them for you guys.

 

[sILlogger]

Can't see the pic. You could go to photobucket.com, get a free account and post pics as large as you want as they wouldn't be hosted here. That's what I do. It's pretty easy. Anyway, I'd like to see the pic.

I have seen stands of huge old growth oaks in the rougher parts of the White Mountains in NH. Also seen some stands of huge old growth oaks in the Blue Ridge Mountains in GA; where logging has not been practical. Nothing as big as the behemoth in the last pic but I have seen a few approaching the size of the White Oak in the first pic.

I have some old pics of massive American Chestnut trees and train car loads of massive Chestnut logs on another computer. Whish I had them on this one so I could post them for you guys.

these photos are from photobucket...i posted them as img links....they should so up.

 

[tree md]

these photos are from photobucket...i posted them as img links....they should so up.

Yeah, Holemantrees was trying to post a pic in the post before mine. I guess he deleted it cause the pic was going to an invalid link. I can see your pics just fine.

 

[spankrz]

those guys got some serious kahunas takin down them oaks with the equipment they had.... some big o serious kahunas....

 

[B-Edwards]

Joyce Kilmer memorial forest in western NC ,huge Poplars. While I was there there were two guys from Chicago who had came down just to climb them.I would say 7-8 dbh around 175- 200feet tall. It's worth seeing. http://www.main.nc.us/graham/hiking/joycekil.html

 

[LAH]

Nicholas county is just up the road from me. Looks nothing like that today.

 

[smokechase II]

West Coast perspective

Well, they are big but that oak was easy cutting.

Ahhemmm.

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I've read of big timber scattered all over the East Coast back in the day.

Impressive.