Curtis Maynard standing next to the yarder carriage.

We are sitting on top of a loaded logging truck. The logs are Redwoods without the bark.

From left to right is John Tredway, Curtis Maynard and myself.

This is a picture of the carriage. You can see the cable lowering toward us. If the log aren't to big, they get reeled up to the carriage. Most of the time the logs are to big, and the carriage drops to ground level, and drags the logs from there.

Me standing next to the carriage. Notice the whistle or "talkie-tooter" strapped to my waist.

John on his perch. You can see the skyline above him.

This is a terrible picture, but you can see us ripping a log. That means we are cutting the length ways. We are doing this because it is to big to yard up in one piece. This is hard work as we are cutting against the grain.

In these two pictures John is sending a trun of logs up to the landing. You can see the whistle in his hand. He is sending signals to the yarder, telling the engineer which of the 5 cables to pull or slack as the logs go up the hill.

If you by Johns foot, you can see a wedge in the log and chain saw near the bottom of the log. We have just finished ripping the log. The wedge is to keep the two halfs of the log apart so it won't bind the bar of the saw.

We broke the tower on the yarder from pulling to logs that were to big. We took it off and welded metal beams to reinforce it.

Picture of the yarder and the logs it yarded. These are Douglas Fir logs.

I got tapped in the face with the skyline. Got a broken nose and cheek bone. I was lucky I got hit in the face, so no major damage was done.

This is me with my axe. The axe is used to notch stumps for the tail hold.

A couple of Redwoods that Rick fell.

Notice the hinge on the butt of this tree. This tells you that the tree leaned heavily.

There is a good chance of a barber chair when you fall a Redwood that leans this much.