The Timber Industry

[GunnieSacked]

The Timber Industry of North America

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/timber_industry/#.Y-Cs6nbMKUk

 

[Hallback]

Whoever the bucker was on that spruce did a damn fine job.

 

[Acoals]

They have one of those Mcgiffert steam log loaders at the train museum in Duluth MN. It is quite the contraption, apparently it worked well.

 

[ps66x4]

That's a lot of board feet

 

[Hallback]

Damn near identical to the largest tree I ever fell in Southeast Alaska on Dall Island in 2002.
13'9" and got 38 bushel out of it to the limb whirl.

 

[Coaldust]

I worked on Dall Island too, but I think I was there in 99. Harvey Vahn was doing a show for KPC. I think.

 

[Coaldust]

Anyone remember Charlie riding the cant flume between the Broughton mills?