I wonder what they do with those logs. We have Century Trees here in Fl. Big ol pines over a hundred years old. They won't lumber them cuz the mills can't handle them. These Century's are probably half the size of the the log in the picture.
Anybody can look up "Champion Trees" in their state, here's the "pine" list for Florida: https://ffs.fdacs.gov/ChampionTrees/home.mvc/Index
174 inch circumference equals a 55 inch diameter at breast height. Half the diameter but a quarter of the volume of the pictured log, and I don't think anyone would let you cut it off Amelia Island.
Don't worry, my wife can't estimate size worth shit either.
As a lil chirren that's what all logs truck looked like. As a teen ager we began to see two trees on one load and thought 'what the hell?' Went to Florida in the service and saw trucks with hundreds of branches on them.
If not photoshopped (I have my suspicions) that's a short log trailer, not a long log dolly, and means the log would probably be 16' long.
The largest log I ever saw hauled was a 33' Sugar Pine butt that was +/- 7 feet on the small end. It scaled 8,330 board feet. To load it they backed the truck into a trench they'd dug, dropped the stakes and shoved the log on with dozers. This was in 1976. Not many trucks today have stakes that can be dropped.
I'd say photoshop. Anything that big couldn't be lifted with any standard equipment. OTOH, the manager of a fairly new mill here in North Maine said that they put 12,000 peices through in a 12 hour shift. They process anything big enough to make a 2x3. As a young trucker, back in the early seventies, I swore the wood industry was pretty much done when the logs got smaller than 12".
Nah, when I was a kid in Washington and northern California, single log loads were commonplace. How they loaded them I have no clue, but they did haul them. That one is a bit bigger than what I saw, but I'm not discounting it.
I wonder what they do with those logs. We have Century Trees here in Fl. Big ol pines over a hundred years old. They won't lumber them cuz the mills can't handle them. These Century's are probably half the size of the the log in the picture.
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DeleteAnybody can look up "Champion Trees" in their state, here's the "pine" list for Florida:
https://ffs.fdacs.gov/ChampionTrees/home.mvc/Index
174 inch circumference equals a 55 inch diameter at breast height. Half the diameter but a quarter of the volume of the pictured log, and I don't think anyone would let you cut it off Amelia Island.
Don't worry, my wife can't estimate size worth shit either.
I did two trips to the bathroom this morning.....
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DeleteAs a lil chirren that's what all logs truck looked like. As a teen ager we began to see two trees on one load and thought 'what the hell?' Went to Florida in the service and saw trucks with hundreds of branches on them.
ReplyDeleteWell that one will keep the toothpick factory running for a couple of years.
ReplyDeleteGrew up in a logging town in Oregon. I remember trucks looking like that.
ReplyDeleteOf course I remember seeing logging trucks, period. Not so much these days.
Minnesota is now going hog-wild on the Northern Long Eared Bat, which is listed as Endangered as of February 1, 2023.
DeleteWe have our Spotted Owl now, so it'll be interesting if things hold together long enough for California-Lite to burn like the full-strength brand...
8 foot diameter log by 40 feet long. I wonder how many board feet are in there? Probably could build a whole subdivision. Anybody been to Levittown?
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If not photoshopped (I have my suspicions) that's a short log trailer, not a long log dolly, and means the log would probably be 16' long.
DeleteThe largest log I ever saw hauled was a 33' Sugar Pine butt that was +/- 7 feet on the small end. It scaled 8,330 board feet. To load it they backed the truck into a trench they'd dug, dropped the stakes and shoved the log on with dozers. This was in 1976. Not many trucks today have stakes that can be dropped.
In the old days, before we saw "Final Destination."
ReplyDeleteI'd say photoshop.
ReplyDeleteAnything that big couldn't be lifted with any standard equipment.
OTOH, the manager of a fairly new mill here in North Maine said that they put 12,000 peices through in a 12 hour shift.
They process anything big enough to make a 2x3.
As a young trucker, back in the early seventies, I swore the wood industry was pretty much done when the logs got smaller than 12".
Nah, when I was a kid in Washington and northern California, single log loads were commonplace. How they loaded them I have no clue, but they did haul them.
DeleteThat one is a bit bigger than what I saw, but I'm not discounting it.
https://www.google.com/search?q=single+log+load+log+trucks&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVz72uk-b8AhW9GjQIHaEJA7EQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1279&bih=918&dpr=1
DeleteClick on the images tab.