Back in the day

DeerMadness · Mar 24, 2022

When they used the gears for sure. From Western side of Washington State.

elkantlers · Mar 24, 2022

That's a cool old picture.

yoteduster · Mar 24, 2022

Yup that's cool...them ole boys earned their wages back then

Bigfoot 1 · Mar 24, 2022

elkantlers said:
That's a cool old picture.

That’s the first thing that came to my mind. That’s so damn COOL!

nfh · Mar 24, 2022

Is that @eelgrass driving?

Warbo · Mar 24, 2022

That’s a dang cool picture!!

eelgrass · Mar 24, 2022

nfh said:
Is that @eelgrass driving?

I did just about everything but drive truck.

eelgrass · Mar 24, 2022

Cool photo. Big Doug Fir!

DeerMadness · Mar 24, 2022

It is a top notch - " This is how we got er done "
gem of photo. Indelibly registered in my book of Wows.

RR2012 · Mar 25, 2022

Just an awesome pic!

Shadow · Mar 25, 2022

Those old pictures are so cool to see. I have some old pics of trucks my dad had from that era. Amazing how things have evolved.

elkantlers · Mar 25, 2022

nfh said:
Is that @eelgrass driving?

I think he had retired by then. ?

hossblur · Mar 25, 2022

As a Utah kid, my FAVORITE trip is when me and the Mrs ride up the coast to Washington.

Blows my mind the size of the trees.

We were talking about that last year as we drove out of PDX, how that country, with massive timber, huge rivers, etc, that real men hacked a living in, produced the next generation of Portland "men".

eelgrass · Mar 25, 2022

Not to change the subject, but I got in on the last of the old growth redwood logging. I've seen hundreds of them hit the ground. When they fall, there is a very distinct sound and the ground shakes almost like an earthquake if you're standing close.

Anyhow, last summer they were logging across the road from our house and they fell a big tree. I was in the house and I heard it start to fall and it shook the house when it hit the ground. I had a flashback, almost like PTSD....lol.

One of the few photos I took back in the day. This was just an average sized tree.

Bigfoot 1 · Mar 25, 2022

That’s definitely the definition of: A picture is worth a thousand words. I wish I could have enjoyed that experience for at least one day.

eelgrass · Mar 25, 2022

Yours truly in the middle. The other two guys were cat skinners, and they're dead now.

OutdoorWriter · Mar 25, 2022

The last time I hunted in the Selway Bitterroot, my outfitter buddy set us up a camp amid a forest of giant red cedar trees. I guessed a few that were 10-12' or more in diameter. Although it wasn't completely dark, the sun didn't get through in very many places. Like many others, the photos are on a broke computer.

This is kind of like the area we hunted for 10 days. Most of the trees were like the biggest but more widely spaced.

nfh · Mar 25, 2022

eelgrass said:
Yours truly in the middle. The other two guys were cat skinners, and they're dead now.View attachment 72462

What year was this 1913? Just kidding. Awesome picture. Thanks for sharing

DeerHunter53 · Mar 25, 2022

There are some stumps in the Redwoods by Crescent City that are a huge. My son and daughter and I all three went tip to tip on our fingers reaching out and we didn't come close to the edges of the stump.
I believe there a 15-17 footer in the little grove before Shelter Cove. You seen that one Eel it's frickin huge

feddoc · Mar 25, 2022

DeerHunter53 · Mar 25, 2022

That's what I'm talking about Doc huge stumps

eelgrass · Mar 25, 2022

nfh said:
What year was this 1913? Just kidding. Awesome picture. Thanks for sharing

It wasn't THAT long ago.

I was a forest fire fighter in 1966 and 1967, so it was either 1968 or 69.

eelgrass · Mar 25, 2022

This stump is about 15 miles from our house. Eric Hollenbeck has a slab off the tree here in Eureka. We were in high school together and graduated the same year. There's quite a story about it in this link.

Back From the Dead: A Giant Returns Home – Redheaded Blackbelt

Over 120 years ago, a massive redwood tree was cut allegedly to make a giant table for an English nobleman. Now, the tree returns to life in Humboldt County.

kymkemp.com

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Gunnihunter · Mar 25, 2022

Wow, Fir logs! Wish I could see the loader and skidder for those logs. Maybe they had to build a road to the log?

feddoc · Mar 25, 2022

eelgrass said:
This stump is about 15 miles from our house. Eric Hollenbeck has a slab off the tree here in Eureka. We were in high school together and graduated the same year. There's quite a story about it in this link.

Back From the Dead: A Giant Returns Home – Redheaded Blackbelt

Over 120 years ago, a massive redwood tree was cut allegedly to make a giant table for an English nobleman. Now, the tree returns to life in Humboldt County.

kymkemp.com

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I think this makes Eelgrass the king of huge stumps.

DeerMadness · Mar 25, 2022

eelgrass said:
This stump is about 15 miles from our house. Eric Hollenbeck has a slab off the tree here in Eureka. We were in high school together and graduated the same year. There's quite a story about it in this link.

Back From the Dead: A Giant Returns Home – Redheaded Blackbelt

Over 120 years ago, a massive redwood tree was cut allegedly to make a giant table for an English nobleman. Now, the tree returns to life in Humboldt County.

kymkemp.com

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Unbelievable that is crazy.