This video highlights an example of logging 30+ years ago cutting big timber that is extremely rare these days. The video was done by a family friend on an old VHS recorder so the quality has degraded over time. I am glad to now have them in digital format for better preservation so folks can see how it used to done.
VIDEO HERE (10:19 minutes)
I remember as a kid seeing the trucks roll into town headed to the mills. 3 log loads of Doug Fir were the norm. Occasionally two or one. Seems like a long time ago. Occasionally these days they get a chance to cut old growth and you see those loads once and awhile. But mostly second third cut/growth, with 10 logs in a load.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting any of these that you find, Kenny
ReplyDeleteTim in AK
I went to work in the woods up near Canada full time at 16. I had a Homelite with the thumb pump to oil the chain. No auto oilers back then. Sum bitch was big and heavy. Worked daylight until dark but made big money. I did that for a year and a half and thought there has to be a better way to make a living. I hired out for a Plumbing and Heating Co. I stayed with them only about a year and went in the military. Working in the woods is a tough job.
ReplyDeleteI remember those thumb oilers, BE.
DeleteI also remember thinking that the saws had become high tech when they first came out with the automatic oilers LOL.
Now the saws have computers in them, so that one doesn't have to adjust the carbs with the tiny little screw driver that comes with them.
Being resistant to change like I am, I have not bought one yet, because my fleet of says are still running like tops, and I haven't had to buy a computerized one yet, but it's coming because saws don't last forever.
In fact, I went the other direction, when a customer asked me if I was interested in buying an old, but brand new saw from him.
I was dubious about what he was going to bring out of his tool shed to show me, but man, I couldn't believe my good luck when he brought a 20-25 year old Stihl that had less then 8 hours on it.
I looked it over, could see that it indeed was brand new/unused, and jumped on that, and agreed to his offer of falling the hazard trees around their home in exchange for the saw instead being paid in money.
Tim in AK
I liked parts 1 and 2 even better than part 3. - Wildsky
ReplyDeleteThere are actually two of each, Parts 1, 2 and 3.
DeleteHere's the one Tim in AK would like, seeing as how he's an old wedge pounder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCscZjNNQOw
Thank you, Elmo, for finding and posting that link. Watching it was a great start to my morning.
DeleteTim in AK
My uncle did balloon logging up in Cottage Grove OR... he had Bohemia Lumber back then in the 60's and 70's...amazing to watch...
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