big tree, long saw

Those are the smallest pioneers I've ever seen.

:coffee:

I know an easier way to determine DBH.

:coffee:

Anyone care to count the hazards?

Those must be the same guys I've seen playing cowboy and riding grasshoppers. Or the ones driving a horse and wagon to town with one ear of corn that's a bit bigger than the wagon.

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The townsfolk look over their beloved tree that was felled during the night. They only found a saw and the initials TDD carved into the trunk as evidence.

You could probably build your whole house, barn, outhouse and fence from that one tree.

Seeing all the clear cut around that tree and then the trunk reminds of Avatar. Sorta sad.

Based on the photo and my flat screen and the assumption the man is 5'7" tall, it would appear that that was a 16' diameter tree. That would nearly measure 50' around the tree. Wow!

Photoshopped

I dunno anything about that picture, but I've seen a LOT BIGGER trees than that one!

Google "General Sherman Tree"

In Calaveras State Park (a few miles above Murphys Camp, California) there is a huge stump (much larger than the one in the picture) where some folks cut down what was probably the biggest Tree in the world back in the 19th Century. They used DRILLS because it was too big for any saw.

Loyal

www.oldphotoguy.com/logging-0006.html

Check out the above site. As big or bigger trees. You travel around the NW and Redwood country these kind of photos are hanging in a lot of old bars & restaurants that came along way before photoshop.
DJJ

> Photoshopped

Not Hardly.:-P

Doug is right....

> Check out the above site. As big or bigger trees. You travel around the NW and Redwood country these kind of photos are hanging in a lot of old bars & restaurants that came along way before photoshop.
> DJJ

When are you moving back up here, Doug?! 😉

Wendell and I live up here and I can say I've seen many of these types of pics in local places and almost always in any McMinnimans and often wondered how long did it take those pioneers to saw down those trees and what did they build with the wood, did they plant a new tree in its place, etc... Sure would be a lifetime supply of firewood and then some!!

Perry could build a house out of that tree, easily. 🙂

Doug is right....

> When are you moving back up here, Doug?! 😉

I've gotten kinda used to the desert. I'm afraid I might melt!;-)
Sure would like to at least come back for a visit. If I do I'll let you know for sure!
DJJ

In the days before OSHA, two men could go on site and get a heap of work done. Both them guys still seem to have all their major appendages.

I wonder how they milled it.

It Occurs To Me.......

.............we are only seeing the beginning of a long project.