These Pictures Were Taken In 1980. The First Picture Was Taken Of Me Starting To Fall A Large Redwood. The Tree At It's Largest Diameter was 13 Feet. The Tree Was Appro. 280 Feet Tall And Had Over 20,000 Board Feet Of Lumber.

Me Standing In Front Of The Tree. As You Can See, The Chainsaw Is Larger Than I Am.

In The next two pictures I am starting the undercut.

In this picture I am cutting the undercut in half. I actually cut it into quarters because it was so big and heavy.

 

 

In This Picture I Am Working On The Undercut With A Smaller Chainsaw.

 

After Several Hours, The Tree Is On The Ground.

I am starting to buck the tree.

 

In this picture I am bucking the tree into logs.

This is another picture of me bucking the tree into logs.

Both saws are hung up. The Cat is going to nudge the tree to free the saws.

View of the tree looking toward the butt.

View of Tree while it is still standing.

 

The Next Two Pictures Are Of Me Climbing A Large Redwood Tree. I Am Rigging Cables So That We Can Pull The Tree As It Falls To A Safer Layout.

This is a picture of three trees side by side. Combined, they had over 90,000 bd. ft. of lumber.On the middle stump, you can see the notch that was cut for the two 30 ton jacks.

 Here you can see the 30 ton jacks sitting onthe stump.

Here I am over 300 feet from the stump. The "30" you see on the face of the log means that at that point the tree has 30,000 Bd. Ft. of lumber.

These pictures were taken about one mile from my house. The trees are Douglas Firs. We milled the lumber ourselves. Most of the lumber was used when I remodeled my 100 year old house. I am the one falling the trees and my brother is skinning the cat.

 Part of the days work decked up and ready to be milled.