The forestry and logging pictures thread

[jacob j.]

DR Johnson 1959 company photo:

 

[KS Plainsman]

I sometimes think to myself, I should get one of my 660's ported, not because they don't get through the wood good, but just because "more power" (Tim Taylor grunts). Then I see pictures of enormous trees felled, and men standing there with a crosscut saw, and think to myself, I have it pretty good with a stock 660.

Those pictures beyond impress the hell out of me.

 

[RI Chevy]

So true.

 

[hoskvarna]

Dang,that be a little top heavy [emoji15]


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[hoskvarna]

How they keep from rolling with loads like that, wow [emoji54]


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[hoskvarna]

I sometimes think to myself, I should get one of my 660's ported, not because they don't get through the wood good, but just because "more power" (Tim Taylor grunts). Then I see pictures of enormous trees felled, and men standing there with a crosscut saw, and think to myself, I have it pretty good with a stock 660.

Those pictures beyond impress the hell out of me.

Ain’t that the truth [emoji106]


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[jacob j.]

I sometimes think to myself, I should get one of my 660's ported, not because they don't get through the wood good, but just because "more power" (Tim Taylor grunts). Then I see pictures of enormous trees felled, and men standing there with a crosscut saw, and think to myself, I have it pretty good with a stock 660.

Those pictures beyond impress the hell out of me.

My great grandfather was on a Weyerhaeuser hand-falling crew for 22 years. He said you get used to the rhythm of using the axes and a big crosscut. The key there is having a good falling partner -
someone that you can work good with. He said it wasn't as important to get along with your falling partner as long as you trusted their judgment and they did their share. Falling teams were two
to eight men in most cases.

His son, my grandpa, made the transition from real hand-falling to the earliest electric and then gas-powered saws. That was the era when men transitioned from real falling teams
to "single jacking", where you would work on your own most of the day with your partner just over the hill in case something happened.

His son, my dad, broke in during the high-baller days of big gas saws (McCullochs, Pioneers, Homelites), big wood, and taking entire jobs under contract. My dad had jobs where he was
making as much a day in 1971 as I was in 2005.

I broke in during the very last of the big wood, transitioning into commercial thinning and mowing second-growth down on straight-falling jobs. It's pretty amazing how the woods have
changed in the west in the last 140 years.

 

[KS Plainsman]

My great grandfather was on a Weyerhaeuser hand-falling crew for 22 years. He said you get used to the rhythm of using the axes and a big crosscut. The key there is having a good falling partner -
someone that you can work good with. He said it wasn't as important to get along with your falling partner as long as you trusted their judgment and they did their share. Falling teams were two
to eight men in most cases.

His son, my grandpa, made the transition from real hand-falling to the earliest electric and then gas-powered saws. That was the era when men transitioned from real falling teams
to "single jacking", where you would work on your own most of the day with your partner just over the hill in case something happened.

His son, my dad, broke in during the high-baller days of big gas saws (McCullochs, Pioneers, Homelites), big wood, and taking entire jobs under contract. My dad had jobs where he was
making as much a day in 1971 as I was in 2005.

I broke in during the very last of the big wood, transitioning into commercial thinning and mowing second-growth down on straight-falling jobs. It's pretty amazing how the woods have
changed in the west in the last 140 years.

I had no idea there were electric chainsaws, before gas powered saws. I did a quick search and all I found was a a couple pictures of old 2 man electric saws. Were there both, 2 man and single operator electric saws? I never knew there was such a thing back then, and it's especially interesting to me, they were used in the logging industry.

Also thanks for sharing your family timeline! Pretty cool your family has been through all those different "era's" of logging and gives me a little bit of an idea how fast things advanced.

 

[ajschainsaws]

I sometimes think to myself, I should get one of my 660's ported, not because they don't get through the wood good, but just because "more power" (Tim Taylor grunts). Then I see pictures of enormous trees felled, and men standing there with a crosscut saw, and think to myself, I have it pretty good with a stock 660.

Those pictures beyond impress the hell out of me.

yes it’s unbeleivable hats off to these men

 

[ajschainsaws]

So true.

yep your right Jeff

 

[ajschainsaws]

My great grandfather was on a Weyerhaeuser hand-falling crew for 22 years. He said you get used to the rhythm of using the axes and a big crosscut. The key there is having a good falling partner -
someone that you can work good with. He said it wasn't as important to get along with your falling partner as long as you trusted their judgment and they did their share. Falling teams were two
to eight men in most cases.

His son, my grandpa, made the transition from real hand-falling to the earliest electric and then gas-powered saws. That was the era when men transitioned from real falling teams
to "single jacking", where you would work on your own most of the day with your partner just over the hill in case something happened.

His son, my dad, broke in during the high-baller days of big gas saws (McCullochs, Pioneers, Homelites), big wood, and taking entire jobs under contract. My dad had jobs where he was
making as much a day in 1971 as I was in 2005.

I broke in during the very last of the big wood, transitioning into commercial thinning and mowing second-growth down on straight-falling jobs. It's pretty amazing how the woods have
changed in the west in the last 140 years.

That’s a good history your family line has worked hard over the years

 

[Coltont]

Nice sugar. Good quality tree.

 

[Coltont]

Decent red oak

 

[Loony661]

Having fun before the big thaw!

 

[Coltont]

Today

 

[huskyboy]

Today

You are very skilled in matching your cuts, something which anyone who has done any bore cutting at all knows isn’t a walk in the park. An acquired skill that I am still learning myself.

 

[RI Chevy]

Nice job Colton. How's the saw running?

 

[Coltont]

You are very skilled in matching your cuts, something which anyone who has done any bore cutting at all knows isn’t a walk in the park. An acquired skill that I am still learning myself.

Theres no lining up of cuts. Notch her and bore in behind the notch on the lean side and bring her around. Easy as that. Hahahahaha

 

[Coltont]

Nice job Colton. How's the saw running?

I'll not buy another saw. I wouldn't trade it for a brand new one. Its reliable starts easy and cuts like a scalded doggg

 

[HYPERSAWS]