The forestry and logging pictures thread

[rogue60]

Australian Axemen hall of fame
Libby Prescott. Bob Radford
1920 s pegging a tree. Cutting the head
Big timber in the hills above Penguin
Winner of 4 World titles of the 15”
S/b at Ulverstone. Great historical photo

 

[hacskaroly]

Thank goodness he is wearing a safety harness!!!

 

[rogue60]

 

[rogue60]

 

[rogue60]

Thank goodness he is wearing a safety harness!!!

I'm not great with heights. I'd be frozen with fear if l was up there lol

 

[Sloughfoot]

Recognize all these guys from the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Australian Axemen hall of fame
Libby Prescott. Bob Radford
1920 s pegging a tree. Cutting the head
Big timber in the hills above Penguin
Winner of 4 World titles of the 15”
S/b at Ulverstone. Great historical photo

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What was the purpose?

 

[Sloughfoot]

What was the purpose?

Retrieving his cat?

 

[rogue60]

What was the purpose?

Save as much of the mill log as possible the head would exploded and take a lot of the log with it. You can tell it's got hollow limbs in the head but yeah maybe a special order for timber that long or bridge piles who knows we sent our hardwood all over the world.
As for the technique climbing up there like that IDK anything about it I'm not old yet lol
I just remembered reading I think his father was an axmen in the late 1800s so maybe that's how they used to do it "pegging a tree" I'm sure he would have learnt everything off his father.

 

[Sloughfoot]

Save as much of the mill log as possible the head would exploded and take a lot of the log with it. You can tell it's got hollow limbs in the head but yeah maybe a special order for timber that long or bridge piles who knows we sent our hardwood all over the world. As for the technique climbing up there like that IDK anything about it I'm not old yet lol

Did they do this often to save the log from splitting?

 

[rogue60]

Did they do this often to save the log from splitting?

I don't know how common it was back then with or hardwoods I never seen it done but my time in the timber industry was well after all the big old growth was gone.
You guys did and still do it with conifers very common there isn't it?

 

[Sloughfoot]

I don't know if they did and still do here or not . Only spring boarding I know of done here was to get above the bell. Maybe other reasons. Lots of old 10 foot tall stumps in some places with the holes for spring boards.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

I don't know how common it was back then with or hardwoods I never seen it done but my time in the timber industry was well after all the big old growth was gone.
You guys did and still do it with conifers very common there isn't it?

I don’t think anything like that was done here, at least I’ve never seen any pics.

 

[Evansaw]

 

[Woodtroll]

I don't know how common it was back then with or hardwoods I never seen it done but my time in the timber industry was well after all the big old growth was gone.
You guys did and still do it with conifers very common there isn't it?

Never seen the "pegging" done, but they used to, and maybe still do, top out the old growth trees by climbing them.

If I remember correctly, this was originally a Sanka "commercial", or maybe Maxwell House? They've cut out the part with him pouring from his labeled Thermos:

 

[rogue60]

Never seen the "pegging" done, but they used to, and maybe still do, top out the old growth trees by climbing them.

If I remember correctly, this was originally a Sanka "commercial", or maybe Maxwell House? They've cut out the part with him pouring from his labeled Thermos:

Yeah I've seen plenty of old photos of cutters doing it the same way and with the same climbing gear as you guys use topping hardwoods down here but they are a lot later photos than the above pic.

IDK much about the old ways myself way before my time. I'll ask my dad what the go is with that photo and why it was done like that.
When he started out as a cutter there were still a few of the old axman still working in the bush falling with 090s he has lots of stories he learnt off them of how things were done and why.
I remember dad saying when he was a kid going bush with my Grandfather to cutter camps and dumps bringing out loads of hand hewn beams. They could do any length in the bush.

 

[Ketchup]

Australian Axemen hall of fame
Libby Prescott. Bob Radford
1920 s pegging a tree. Cutting the head
Big timber in the hills above Penguin
Winner of 4 World titles of the 15”
S/b at Ulverstone. Great historical photo

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I’ve been staring at this photo for days. I don’t think the tree was topped from this position. I think it was notched to snap at that spot when felled. I also think it was probably selected as a potential ship mast.

If you have ever topped a tree near mid height, you know how much deflection the trunk has when it goes over. Topping that thing would have been one hell of a ride and there wouldn’t have been any springboards left.

 

[Ketchup]

Never seen the "pegging" done, but they used to, and maybe still do, top out the old growth trees by climbing them.

If I remember correctly, this was originally a Sanka "commercial", or maybe Maxwell House? They've cut out the part with him pouring from his labeled Thermos:

What Homelite is that? I sure am glad the equipment has gotten better.

 

[rogue60]

I’ve been staring at this photo for days. I don’t think the tree was topped from this position. I think it was notched to snap at that spot when felled. I also think it was probably selected as a potential ship mast.

If you have ever topped a tree near mid height, you know how much deflection the trunk has when it goes over. Topping that thing would have been one hell of a ride and there wouldn’t have been any springboards left.

Should see my dad over the weekend will show him the photo and hopefully he might shed some light on what the go is.

They have old pegged hardwoods down here that tourist climb nowdays. Is a bit more modern with steel pegs but is the same principle as old mate for getting up to the head/crown.
Yeah fun for whole family apparently WTF lol

 

[Maintenance Chief]

What Homelite is that? I sure am glad the equipment has gotten better.

I think it's a Super EZ. 45cc