And we argue about a 1/2 lbs here and a few RPM's there......

[weimedog]

Before we had TV & The Internet to tell us what we couldn't say and do....

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Before we had TV & The Internet to tell us what we couldn't say and do....
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That tree really isn’t that big, they’re Hobbits.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Bet a lot of us would have given up on that one! Makes me understand why chainsaw invention happened. Great picture, but do not think his ladder is OSHA approved?

 

[AlfA01]

That tree really isn’t that big, they’re Hobbits.

 

[Lawdwaz]

Nice picture.

Some different days, no doubt.

 

[old guy]

How does one clear chip with a saw that long in a tree that big?

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Bet a lot of us would have given up on that one! Makes me understand why chainsaw invention happened. Great picture, but do not think his ladder is OSHA approved?

Back then OSHA stood for Oh S**t, Happened Again.

 

[MG porting]

Very cool love that old picture.

 

[dmb2613]

Before we had TV & The Internet to tell us what we couldn't say and do....
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That saw must have been a Stihl prototype

 

[Marley5]

Wonder how many hours it took to drop that monster.

 

[RandyMac]

It is just a tree, a big tree, but still just a tree.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Must have had bigger woodstoves back then!

 

[Hddnis]

Must have had bigger woodstoves back then!

Just bigger splitters. Getting the rounds on them was a real bear, but each round made three full cords so doing a couple a day was decent production.

 

[belgian]

pulling that misery whip must have been a hell of a job. Those were real men for sure.

 

[Little Al]

Bet the guys felling that " sapling" had arm muscles that made "Popeye "look like a wimp our "processer driver would "scrunch" his buttock cheeks together if he thought he had to take that down

 

[jerhurt]

Really liking these old pictures.


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[pioneerguy600]

Wonder how much bigger diameter the butt stick was, no felling notch showing on that end.

 

[Jacob J.]

Bet the guys felling that " sapling" had arm muscles that made "Popeye "look like a wimp our "processer driver would "scrunch" his buttock cheeks together if he thought he had to take that down

Actually, most of those guys had a "wiry" build. Falling and bucking in those days wasn't as much a power event as it was a job of endurance. They usually got paid by the piece so they worked long days and took many breaks. Falling and bucking teams were separate and the buckers were usually several days behind the fallers.

 

[hayboy]

Heard a story about some old loggers back when, crosscut and a gal of cat whiskey were standard equipment, told as the truth. My FIL hauled pulpwood, when they got to the wood yard, they had to unload and stack the wood into a enclosed box car.REAL MEN BACK THEN

 

[Hddnis]

Actually, most of those guys had a "wiry" build. Falling and bucking in those days wasn't as much a power event as it was a job of endurance. They usually got paid by the piece so they worked long days and took many breaks. Falling and bucking teams were separate and the buckers were usually several days behind the fallers.

Yep, a fella didn't move any more weight than he had too.