They don't make them like this any more

[Nick Payne]

Lumberjacks cutting redwood trees in California:

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[Kamusur]

Now that's what you call a tree.

Steve

[Nick]

Now that's what you call a tree.

Steve

What used to called a tree Steve Now we have to settle for a lot less girth!

[DarwinStrings]

They still make them like that, just you don't see that big scarf in them anymore.

Jim

[Kim]

I like the nice horsies in this one... Where's Wally??

[auscab]

OMG !!

I wonder if that redwood was used for canoes ?

[Nick]

OMG !!

I wonder if that redwood was used for canoes ?

More like a bleedin' aircraft carrier I'd say Rob!
Now that is a BIG tree.

....Where's Wally??

Found him! This is an old picture so I made an allowance for an age variance. He's sitting on his father's knee, top (sitting) row, next person to the right of the ladder. Changed his hat and coat for a jersey and beany as he got older I'd say.

[Kamusur]

Steve[/quote]
What used to called a tree Steve Now we have to settle for a lot less girth![/quote]

You're right Nick, always smaller, not as tightly grained and all the hallmarks of grown quickly. Aren't some of those buried Ancient Kauris approaching that size Nick, I saw a pic on the net of a massive board room table from a slab of it (can't remember where I saw it though ).

Steve

[jeffhigh]

I have very vivid memories of my first trip back to California in 1978 and visiting the redwood forests in the north.
I met a couple of guys who were going on a hike to see what was then considered the worlds tallest tree and Joined them.
7 miles in and back and worth every step and blister.
Logging had just been stopped or restricted so there was a ranger camped there to protect the tree from disgruntled loggers
The trees are incredible!

[loudkenny]

In America 150 years ago, hardwood trees that size once were the rule not the exception. Now, most of WI is planted in fast growing pines and poplars for paper mills and harvested when they get only a foot in diameter.

Did you know that in the Great Lakes area (Lake Michigan, Superior and nearby waters), old growth logs that got waterlogged and sank on their way to the sawmill years ago are being searched for right now for salvage? The lakes are so deep and cold that some of these logs are preserved just like they were in a refrigerator all this time.

ken