My Grampa used to fall bigger trees than this on the Olympic Peninsula by hand ....no power saws and no Hydraulics...just buck-boards, strong backs and lots of sweat labor!
Too bad there werent 50 hippies chained to this tree when you fired up the stihl ,like to see a couple bleeding torso go right with their hippie bleeding heart policy's great job on the felling , my only complaint in the whole vid was wheres the big dolmar you couldve saved a hour in labor lol. Keep up the good work ,stay safe and ill be at the lumber yard buying some of the board foot off this beast for my deck lol.
As an ardent environmentalist and politically correct ultra-liberal, my heart is just breaking when I watch that beautiful tree fall. When will we ever learn? Cut trees today, bomb children tomorrow? And as I write this I'm sitting on my nice redwood deck planning my next ski trip that my CO2 spewing private jet will take me to. Ah---the utter hypocrisy of the left.
There is such a thing a sustainable forestry. Unfortunately judging by the size I would estimate this redwood to be between 500-1000 years old. There is absolutely no reason to remove it even if it does have a missing top. A redwood with a missing top shows how old it is. Many redwoods get so large they cannot transport water and nutrients to the top of the canopy. There are plenty of other viable wood sources out there. Save the giants.
@stflick I agree. I am not a tree huger by no means. In fact I have cut a few myself helping my dad with his residential tree service. I really see no reason to cut down these giants just because we can.
i dont mind them cutting down trees older than themselves but they should not be allowed to cut another in their lifetime,so it is replaced, then you have the right
@Huntershows I have self control. I practice it every day when I get on here and see another ignorant comment like yours. I am practicing it right now by not telling you what I would really like to...
@Huntershows Well "mister" if you would pull the veil from your eyes and read through all of these comments, you would see that I have discussed these issues, more times than once, on here...
@Huntershows Maybe if you did read up on this issue a little bit before you get on here stating your opinions, your opinions might be different...or maybe not, I really don't care, but I get sick of responding to the same old b.s. on here over and over...
@109ejg Why is it that 99.98% of people that want to save trees, wet lands and open acreage don't own any yet they want to dictate to the owners of such what to do with their property?
well... i cant bitch about having to throw around my saw with a 22" bar anymore.. my god!! .. worse... now have to file the damn thing... would take forever!
@bulldogger311 Yes they were. I would not have wanted to have to tangle with an old school logger. I wish I could go back in time with my big saws, tree jacks and a chain grinder...I would have a blast!
Why do huggers and hippies watch logging videos just to bitch. I sure there are some videos of people sitting around in circles beating drums on here somewhere.
@4skinner666 Hey, they are not goddamn hippies. This tree was taken down on private property by thieves. The dudes you see in the video are thieves. Stealing from norwegian people. How would you like if i walked into your house and took your beer and then just left?
@pipenissen They must be master thieves to steal a giant fucking tree in broad daylight from Norwegians in California. You need a timber number to sell logs, maybe he still has it hidden in his garage? I drink Scotch not beer and if someone broke into my house I would shoot them, not bitch on the video of them committing the crime like a goddamn hippie.
@4skinner666 I'm definitely not going into your house pal. You sittin there drunk on yer scotch with a shotgun pointed at the door. But seriously, this tree was taken down in Norway and not California. These guys are thieves from america who come to steal our stuff. We should shoot them really. Im going to carry my rifle and patrolling the woods to protect against californian thieves.
@pipenissen That sucks then, I hate thieves. I hardly ever drink and I never handle firearms when I do. I hope the people of Norway don't give up too many of their gun rights after the tragic events of July 22. If someone, especially foreign thieves threaten your property and the natural resources of your great nation then yes I think you should shoot them.
@4skinner666 Yeah, thanks for the support. Cops dont even carry guns here, and we can only own hunting weapons. But thats enough to shoot people stealing our great trees :)
gees, I watch the guy crawl into the cut and I could see Wile E. Coyote, becoming trapped the his flattened body crawling out...... good thing that was a cartoon.
@flamedrag18 Huh?..That tree had appx 200 cords of wood in it, or a 100 years worth for a city boy.....of course it went to a far higher and better use than mere firewood. Plus, redwood has very low heat value, per cord.
Possibly the best timber faller i know on the planet... The uneducated huggers will continue to hate. Even though they live in houses made of wood... and eat food that when harvested kills millions of small animals each year... and wear clothing that uses enough fuel/oil to make than they can fathom. But bitchin' about 1 hazard tree make sense...
Nice job my friend on getting a big tree on the ground safely and with expert precision.
Fallers made an excellent and pre-meditated job. Yes, they destroyed an old living organism. But you can destroy living organisms far older than that by just being ignorant and sloppy. I live just below the polar circle. Here's a lot of trees aged 500-900 years, and many of them are just few feet tall. It takes seconds to destroy them, if you didn't know or care. There's the mushroom individuals older than 1000 years. You can destroy them by digging a pool in your backyard.
@harrisedgar This was not a Giant Sequoia, it was a Coastal redwood, and they don't have to be replanted, as they sprout from old stumps and grow like weeds. Most reach their full height in 100 years. Go educate yourself....
We folks who live and work in the forests seem to be fair game for criticism by uneducated and uninformed folks who do not know much about forestry. Unfortunately, they do not realize their lack of knowledge.
Giant Sequoias, not redwoods grow large quickly where I live. They are not a native species to this area, but they grow large quickly. I know of a couple, planted in the 1930s, which are 5 feet in diameter. Maybe I should make a video of them growing.
Absolutely nothing wrong with selective harvesting, take out the broken and diseased, make room for new growth and make good use of the wood harvested. Been done that way for centuries and if done right can be done well into the future. Logging provides jobs, materials to build homes and other products we all need. I`ve been a logger for close to 50 years and have great respect for those who continue to do so.
That is amazing how you guys do that. I wish I could be part of putting down a tree that size just once to say I did it. You did a great job putting it down. Thanks for sharing the video.
It concerns me the level of polarization I see in these comments. Environmentalists are making awful assumptions of forestry workers without considering their own part in forest product consumption or benefit sharing through inherited human capital and the multiplier effect of current forestry jobs. Meanwhile, forestry proponents have taken an "Im sick of environmentalists," position that suggests that they are unwilling to consider why a huge number of people are opposed to this activity.
Personally, I do not advocate a total ban on logging old-growth. However, I am troubled by BC's continued cutting of old-growth in areas where they are increasingly rare and abnormally valuable for biodiveristy, tourism and recreation. I urge that BC does not reduce our old-growth to the tiny pockets California, Oregon and Washington has. 3 or 4 percent is insufficient is quite pathetic resource management.
@cLIMBERMAN420 2 different countries pard. All is can say is BC has to love NAFTA. Where this tree was cut....any little swale that would run water in a torrential downpour was protected. By far the most ridiculous and stringent regulations I ever had to work under in all my travels...13 years in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. I am fairly certain that BC does not have these restrictions, so the hippies need to get off our back...I am sick of it!
@papacodes being sick of env. regulation wont solve your problem. Accepting the reality that we have managed our resources with very short term motives and expectations in the past is the only remedy for your bitterness. Im sorry to be the one to tell you but we are trending towards more stewardship of the environment. It might be a pain for you but what the heck choice do we have? Look at the env change in just 100 years. Depleted old-growth, fisheries, biodiversity, stable climate...on and on.
@cLIMBERMAN420 I am a young guy, and never once have I got to practice things the way they were in the past! I know the way things are right now in MY COUNTRY, is ridiculous! If you are so passionate about your feelings come down to my country and try to put in a few years in the timber industry, then formulate your opinions.
@papacodes I would be frustrated by env regulation if I became a redwood faller. You got me. Here is an equally unlikely invitation. Try adopting my values. That is, have an interest in the in the condition of the Earth for the inheritance of future generations. Imagine caring how your activities impacted people in far away nations. THATS FRUSTRATING! Its a losing battle for environmentalists. Biodiveristy extinction is 25,000 species/year. CO2 is now .390; 50% of global primary frst is gone...
@cLIMBERMAN420 - - - How much of your figures is due to illegal logging practices in 3rd world countries, that has absolutely NOTHING to do with current logging practices in the USA?? You can't fart on an SMZ anymore with getting red flagged. You can live in the past if you want, but today's practices are heavily regulated and completely sustainable.
Then you ass-ume that loggers don't care about biodiversity or the environment. WRONG!
@FRUNTCASTER what is your definition of sustainability? There is a big difference between labelling something sustainable and actually ascribing to the core principles of sustainability. Anyway, if it is sustainable then thats great! I would be surprised though, because almost nothing that that the US or canada does is really sustainable. Our activities are totally out of wack with the natural regenerative capacity of the Earth. It cant really be sustainable if its already in excess can it?
@FRUNTCASTER Im sorry, this is getting way off topic. My interest was originally engaged by seeing how polarized the comments in this stream are. Polarizing is totally unproductive and perpetuates misunderstanding on both sides. Concluding points are 1) that most environmentalists do not understand forestry at all 2) most people do not understand the scope of env threats 3) few people understand the concessions and changes required to maintain resilience and social-ecological sustainability
@cLIMBERMAN420 I do have your values. I really beleive that if things were done my way it would be for the good of not just the people, but the Earth as well. That is where we disagree....
@papacodes fair enough. Im glad that we share the interest of the "greater good" as we might call it. As a result of studying forestry and env. issues I Have a deep understanding that our society is living in a self-destructive way and I see the need for very significant changes. I also understand the role that forestry can play in mitigating our footprint by providing a renewable and low Carbon-emissions resource.
@papacodes well, about 20% of global Carbon emissions are through land use change (mostly logging) (IPCC), a majority of threatened or endangered species are in their state because they depend on forests that are gone or degraded (UN). A lot of local cultures with unique traditional knowledge (human capital) are lost or diminished from logging. logging is not so bad when reforestation occurs compared to deforestation. . This stuff is forestry 101; Any logger should be informed of this stuff?
@cLIMBERMAN420 Yeah maybe in South America or some other third world country. I don't need a degree in forestry to know that CURRENT logging practices in the UNITED STATES are causing environmental problems.
@papacodes I have sympathy for frustrated loggers all over. But my sympathy for their desire's to be trusted with professionalism is limited by the certainty that an unregulated forest industry would be a disaster . We have to achieve a balance between jobs and stewardship. I can see that you think the enviros have pulled the pendulum to far to their side but in reality its still way on the side of economic growth=progress and jobs=sustainable livelihoods fallacy.
@papacodes well, not likely.. but it was redwood and a whole lot better than decking made from recycled tires and whatever the heck that 'green' stuff outgasses
Too bad the ecoterrorists have put an end to most logging through violence. We need wood to build houses. There should be a rule that all extreme environmentalists and ecoterrorists cannot live in any structure which harms the environment in any way. One good winter and they would all be gone or converted.
It's funny. . . You hypocritical hippies will cut trees on your own property, maybe one endangering your WOOD FRAMED home, but have no respect for other peoples private property. You culls will reap what you sew! Look at Colorado!
how long did it take too cut it?
grenierjason 1 day ago
@grenierjason All day to fall and buck up.
papacodes 14 hours ago
that bar on the chainsaw is fricken huge
grenierjason 1 day ago
Even if the tree was doomed by its age or something else it is still a sorrow view to see an old giant fall.
Do did you do the counting (age)?
grfiuonegrbi34809 1 day ago
Hurry up boys!! Al Gore's a coming for ya!!
MultiJerryo 2 days ago
i remember the cartoons of tom and jerry.. road runner and coyote and some similar stuff... do you remember it too?
pinalo2009 2 days ago
stuff it in the chiper lol
TheKillzone69 3 days ago
isnt that totally illegal? how old was that tree?
86Ivar 3 days ago
@86Ivar see the discription its on Private property and was missing it's top.
bollermichel 12 hours ago
Only in California..
corti1973 4 days ago
this really makes me miss falling
strikeanywherematchs 6 days ago
2000 year old tree chipped to Japan. lol
mr1000rx 6 days ago
My Grampa used to fall bigger trees than this on the Olympic Peninsula by hand ....no power saws and no Hydraulics...just buck-boards, strong backs and lots of sweat labor!
REDMEAT1969 6 days ago 2
@REDMEAT1969 Back in the good old days when men were mean and tough!
papacodes 6 days ago 2
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derrdon 4 days ago
nice vid
swishrking 1 week ago
@swishrking Thanks!
papacodes 6 days ago
i hope u made some nice furniture and not just fire wood
beedham14 1 week ago
@beedham14 I guarantee you that none of this went for firewood.
papacodes 1 week ago 5
the other trees look like twigs next to that big redwood!
freyden389 1 week ago
Redwoods sprout from the base of the boles, i like how you used the big ones babies to stand on while you were workin on momma
MrDtrippin 1 week ago
All in a day's work
MrDtrippin 1 week ago
that is one packed house...
LoLArneh 1 week ago
Must be proud of that...
ivandaronc 1 week ago
@ivandaronc Yep :)
papacodes 1 week ago
NO DON'T GO IN THERE! it's dark.
buillioncubes 1 week ago
guys are nuts crawling under that thing
warpedapple 1 week ago
Too bad there werent 50 hippies chained to this tree when you fired up the stihl ,like to see a couple bleeding torso go right with their hippie bleeding heart policy's great job on the felling , my only complaint in the whole vid was wheres the big dolmar you couldve saved a hour in labor lol. Keep up the good work ,stay safe and ill be at the lumber yard buying some of the board foot off this beast for my deck lol.
eecho1977 1 week ago
As an ardent environmentalist and politically correct ultra-liberal, my heart is just breaking when I watch that beautiful tree fall. When will we ever learn? Cut trees today, bomb children tomorrow? And as I write this I'm sitting on my nice redwood deck planning my next ski trip that my CO2 spewing private jet will take me to. Ah---the utter hypocrisy of the left.
TheCannonofMohammed 1 week ago
@TheCannonofMohammed
Yes, just like the hypocrisy of the right... Nothing new under the sun.
Tycetto 1 week ago
There is such a thing a sustainable forestry. Unfortunately judging by the size I would estimate this redwood to be between 500-1000 years old. There is absolutely no reason to remove it even if it does have a missing top. A redwood with a missing top shows how old it is. Many redwoods get so large they cannot transport water and nutrients to the top of the canopy. There are plenty of other viable wood sources out there. Save the giants.
stflick 1 week ago
@stflick I agree. I am not a tree huger by no means. In fact I have cut a few myself helping my dad with his residential tree service. I really see no reason to cut down these giants just because we can.
nomad1187 1 week ago
I can heat my house for five years with a tree like this!
kylegap 1 week ago
It's a shame that there was not a tree huger there to catch it when it fell!
MrBoogerhook 2 weeks ago 3
there was no reason to cut this other than money.
MrCodyarmstrong 2 weeks ago
That's a ginormous sling load!
FourDollaRacing 2 weeks ago
I was waiting for the tree to give way with one of those guys inside it....
51362879 2 weeks ago
huh so when a tree falls in the forest it does! take down 1000 other trees haha, sweet video!! wicked tree too! haha
Thefarmshow 2 weeks ago
@Thefarmshow Thanks!
papacodes 2 weeks ago
hmm i wonder how much that tree was worth?
rnewlin826 2 weeks ago
I find it impressive to see a tree of this size. Its to bad we don't have more left like it.
jeeperoo84 2 weeks ago
cut em all down and grow grass yup
dotonthewall 2 weeks ago
i dont mind them cutting down trees older than themselves but they should not be allowed to cut another in their lifetime,so it is replaced, then you have the right
byrd5d 2 weeks ago
@byrd5d Opinions vary...
papacodes 2 weeks ago
Ah, people have no self control. Well, their children will grow up in a world in which only the incompetent government has any ancient trees growing.
Huntershows 3 weeks ago
@Huntershows I have self control. I practice it every day when I get on here and see another ignorant comment like yours. I am practicing it right now by not telling you what I would really like to...
papacodes 2 weeks ago 8
@papacodes I don't think veiled insults represent self control, mister. Discuss the issues.
Huntershows 2 weeks ago
@Huntershows Well "mister" if you would pull the veil from your eyes and read through all of these comments, you would see that I have discussed these issues, more times than once, on here...
papacodes 2 weeks ago
@papacodes I just came here to leave an opinion, not read 800 comments.
Huntershows 1 week ago
@Huntershows Maybe if you did read up on this issue a little bit before you get on here stating your opinions, your opinions might be different...or maybe not, I really don't care, but I get sick of responding to the same old b.s. on here over and over...
papacodes 1 week ago
@Huntershows I agree mister...congratulations ......
Mrtruefoxx 1 week ago
Lets' leave some of these trees for our Great, Great, Great, Great Grandkids. Put a note on it or a time capsule in one..
grgabby 3 weeks ago
@grgabby There are a great number of trees that are left.
papacodes 3 weeks ago
how much money can you get for the wood?
grgabby 3 weeks ago
@grgabby Not sure exactly how much Old Growth Redwood goes for, but I do know that it is a high dollar wood.
papacodes 3 weeks ago
Salvage the tree before it goes to waste.
highcountrytimber 3 weeks ago
2:45 willy coyote style
riccardozigno 3 weeks ago
Why remove it? Let them be so we may all enjoy.
109ejg 3 weeks ago
@109ejg Because it was on private property, and we had the right!
papacodes 3 weeks ago
@109ejg Why is it that 99.98% of people that want to save trees, wet lands and open acreage don't own any yet they want to dictate to the owners of such what to do with their property?
cabritorsss 3 weeks ago 3
I can see Clark W. Griswold coming out of his garage with his Jason mask on carrying that bad ass chainsaw saying, "bend over and I'll show ya".
namznej 3 weeks ago
tree falls....ok now what do we do?
jawnlawn2 3 weeks ago
@jawnlawn2 Buck it into logs and go on to the next one. The loggers will fly it out with the Helicopter.
papacodes 3 weeks ago
@jawnlawn2 the funnest part
cmf71 3 weeks ago
Wow!
TheWindGinProject 3 weeks ago 2
Right on.Now thats a hooter.
mastersduhgree 4 weeks ago
i used to be a lumberjack like you, then i took a chainsaw to the knee
RedUnbannable 1 month ago
Must of been a rich deposit of unobtainium under this tree.
CondemnedPatriot 1 month ago 2
it says in description the it was missin its top
chargerfish1 1 month ago
holy crap.. this looks dangerous.
Dann1403 1 month ago
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teatersroad1 1 month ago
well... i cant bitch about having to throw around my saw with a 22" bar anymore.. my god!! .. worse... now have to file the damn thing... would take forever!
mrfirewolf 1 month ago
@mrfirewolf That is why I have a chain grinder :)
papacodes 1 month ago 5
Makita Accu drill & 8 pounds of TNT would shorten Your work to around 20min ;)
TomashPL58 1 month ago
imagine having to cut a tree like that down with an ax and a hand saw. them old loggers where some tough s.o.bs
bulldogger311 1 month ago 3
@bulldogger311 Yes they were. I would not have wanted to have to tangle with an old school logger. I wish I could go back in time with my big saws, tree jacks and a chain grinder...I would have a blast!
papacodes 1 month ago
Why do huggers and hippies watch logging videos just to bitch. I sure there are some videos of people sitting around in circles beating drums on here somewhere.
4skinner666 1 month ago
@4skinner666 Hey, they are not goddamn hippies. This tree was taken down on private property by thieves. The dudes you see in the video are thieves. Stealing from norwegian people. How would you like if i walked into your house and took your beer and then just left?
pipenissen 1 month ago
@pipenissen They must be master thieves to steal a giant fucking tree in broad daylight from Norwegians in California. You need a timber number to sell logs, maybe he still has it hidden in his garage? I drink Scotch not beer and if someone broke into my house I would shoot them, not bitch on the video of them committing the crime like a goddamn hippie.
4skinner666 1 month ago
@4skinner666 I'm definitely not going into your house pal. You sittin there drunk on yer scotch with a shotgun pointed at the door. But seriously, this tree was taken down in Norway and not California. These guys are thieves from america who come to steal our stuff. We should shoot them really. Im going to carry my rifle and patrolling the woods to protect against californian thieves.
pipenissen 4 weeks ago
@pipenissen That sucks then, I hate thieves. I hardly ever drink and I never handle firearms when I do. I hope the people of Norway don't give up too many of their gun rights after the tragic events of July 22. If someone, especially foreign thieves threaten your property and the natural resources of your great nation then yes I think you should shoot them.
4skinner666 4 weeks ago
@4skinner666 Yeah, thanks for the support. Cops dont even carry guns here, and we can only own hunting weapons. But thats enough to shoot people stealing our great trees :)
pipenissen 4 weeks ago
@pipenissen You have coastal CALIFORNIA Redwoods in Norway? NOT. This tree was cut in Humbold't County California. Better lay off the crack pipe.
papacodes 3 weeks ago
Great Job! Nice Vid!
powerking73 1 month ago
@powerking73 Thanks!
papacodes 1 month ago
size does matter!
snifsnot1 1 month ago
@snifsnot1 Yayeah!
papacodes 1 month ago
Nice professional job Cody, I enjoyed the video with the big Stihl and the jacks.
w8ye 1 month ago 2
@w8ye Thanks Pard :)
papacodes 1 month ago
gees, I watch the guy crawl into the cut and I could see Wile E. Coyote, becoming trapped the his flattened body crawling out...... good thing that was a cartoon.
Aharndts 1 month ago
@flamedrag18 Huh?..That tree had appx 200 cords of wood in it, or a 100 years worth for a city boy.....of course it went to a far higher and better use than mere firewood. Plus, redwood has very low heat value, per cord.
rbtree 1 month ago
Holy crap man, your inside a tree.
WARFOX101 1 month ago
@WARFOX101 It was fun!
papacodes 1 month ago
That is a HEALTHY soundin' 088.
madhatte73 1 month ago
@madhatte73 Yessir, it runs good!
papacodes 1 month ago
Ezek a patkányok,tönkreteszik a földünket.........
73napalm 1 month ago
@73napalm Ez volt a magántulajdon Free America! Nem volt a tiéd vagy az enyém.
papacodes 1 month ago
a few questions
1 how mutch would that weigh.
2 how mutch money is that tree worth.
3 how the hell did you move it from there
SuperBigmat 1 month ago
@SuperBigmat
1. Weight I would guess around 3-400,000 lbs.
2. No idea...a lot.
3. Boeing 234 Chinook Helicopter. first 2 20' logs had to be quartered, 3rd and 4th 20's had to be ripped in half.
papacodes 1 month ago
need a bit more video of how to cut out the window.
perkerfrans 1 month ago
Que c'est triste! Combien de temps pour en avoir un autre?
sergedds 1 month ago
That is ONE BIG ASS TREE! Great job on getting her down though.
xxxTripleB 1 month ago 2
Hard hats, why?
flugtuck 1 month ago
how do u get that out of the woods now lol damn thats large
SwampDonkey345 1 month ago
Awesome job. That should make some nice paneling for the offices at the Sierra Club headquarters.
metallicalloy 1 month ago
another insane idiot american.....
gatto012 1 month ago
Getting inside the hole to take out the remaining wood didn't seem very safe. Not at all.
Nashezbaern0n 1 month ago
@3:52 nap time! :)
Fun to watch.
revvhard 1 month ago 2
Possibly the best timber faller i know on the planet... The uneducated huggers will continue to hate. Even though they live in houses made of wood... and eat food that when harvested kills millions of small animals each year... and wear clothing that uses enough fuel/oil to make than they can fathom. But bitchin' about 1 hazard tree make sense...
Nice job my friend on getting a big tree on the ground safely and with expert precision.
gasoline1971 1 month ago 4
@gasoline1971 Thanks pard :)
papacodes 1 month ago
Safe, skilled work. A pro doesn't waste motions, you didn't. Fun to watch.
cpoosch 1 month ago 2
@cpoosch Many thanks :)
papacodes 1 month ago
top job fellas a lot of skill shown there 6 hours to go and i'll be doing the same but smaller trees only 60' 80' keep up the safe work cheers
deye2233 1 month ago 2
@deye2233 Thanks. Be safe yourself :)
papacodes 1 month ago
awesome job guys,
theparttime11 1 month ago 3
@theparttime11 Thank you!
papacodes 1 month ago
2000 lat życia współczesny Amerykanin odebrał w 5min, Poland
davidos5252 1 month ago
W Polsce by do malucha podpieli i z korzeniami by wyrwali.
TheRafal135 1 month ago
Fallers made an excellent and pre-meditated job. Yes, they destroyed an old living organism. But you can destroy living organisms far older than that by just being ignorant and sloppy. I live just below the polar circle. Here's a lot of trees aged 500-900 years, and many of them are just few feet tall. It takes seconds to destroy them, if you didn't know or care. There's the mushroom individuals older than 1000 years. You can destroy them by digging a pool in your backyard.
agonbite 1 month ago 8
@agonbite You are right. Thanks for pointing that out.
papacodes 1 month ago
@agonbite Can I destroy you if I dig a pool in my backyard?
TheWKUToppers 1 month ago
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Sequoia (redwood) trees should be completely protected... It's not like we can plant another and call it replacing it.
harrisedgar 1 month ago
@harrisedgar This was not a Giant Sequoia, it was a Coastal redwood, and they don't have to be replanted, as they sprout from old stumps and grow like weeds. Most reach their full height in 100 years. Go educate yourself....
papacodes 1 month ago 14
@papacodes
We folks who live and work in the forests seem to be fair game for criticism by uneducated and uninformed folks who do not know much about forestry. Unfortunately, they do not realize their lack of knowledge.
Giant Sequoias, not redwoods grow large quickly where I live. They are not a native species to this area, but they grow large quickly. I know of a couple, planted in the 1930s, which are 5 feet in diameter. Maybe I should make a video of them growing.
slowp100 1 month ago
@slowp100 Yes, I remember seeing some pictures of a tree climber taking down a big Sequoia in Seattle.
papacodes 1 month ago
@papacodes
That would be me and my crew. pics are here: flickr.co m/photos/rbtree/sets/72157624162999759/ take out the space 2 log truck loads
Nice work!! lemme guess, 25000 board feet?
rbtree 1 month ago
@rbtree 37,000 Bd. Ft.
papacodes 1 month ago
Modern man will never see one of those grow full size again, he will distroy himself first.
jackmiser 1 month ago
@jackmiser Well, it is 2012...
papacodes 1 month ago
I am glad to see a true professional taking down a tree that needed to come down before it developed more problems and wound up being wasted.
smittysrepair1 1 month ago 3
Excellent job mate! I'd love to spend some time in the woods with a crew like yours.
blsnelling 1 month ago 3
@blsnelling Thanks pard!
papacodes 1 month ago
Absolutely nothing wrong with selective harvesting, take out the broken and diseased, make room for new growth and make good use of the wood harvested. Been done that way for centuries and if done right can be done well into the future. Logging provides jobs, materials to build homes and other products we all need. I`ve been a logger for close to 50 years and have great respect for those who continue to do so.
Pioneerguy600 1 month ago 3
That is amazing how you guys do that. I wish I could be part of putting down a tree that size just once to say I did it. You did a great job putting it down. Thanks for sharing the video.
robfromaz1977 1 month ago
Nice job Cody!! Thanks for sharing.
13bikes666 1 month ago
@13bikes666 Thanks for your nice reply too pard :)
papacodes 1 month ago
@papacodes No problem!!! Keep up the good work and dont let the negativity get ya down,
13bikes666 1 month ago
@13bikes666 Nothings getting me down pard :)
papacodes 1 month ago
@papacodes Good to here!!! Im Brian13 if you run into me on AS.
13bikes666 1 month ago
Sweet job Cody! Love the video. Where I live it's definately logging country, right in the heart of it actually.
normzilla44 1 month ago
@normzilla44 Thanks!
papacodes 1 month ago
Cody, your a good guy! The hippies don't know anything!
Chainsawmanxx076 1 month ago
@Chainsawmanxx076 Thanks!
papacodes 1 month ago
3:51 fuck that, haha
screamerKENNEDY 1 month ago
It concerns me the level of polarization I see in these comments. Environmentalists are making awful assumptions of forestry workers without considering their own part in forest product consumption or benefit sharing through inherited human capital and the multiplier effect of current forestry jobs. Meanwhile, forestry proponents have taken an "Im sick of environmentalists," position that suggests that they are unwilling to consider why a huge number of people are opposed to this activity.
cLIMBERMAN420 1 month ago
Personally, I do not advocate a total ban on logging old-growth. However, I am troubled by BC's continued cutting of old-growth in areas where they are increasingly rare and abnormally valuable for biodiveristy, tourism and recreation. I urge that BC does not reduce our old-growth to the tiny pockets California, Oregon and Washington has. 3 or 4 percent is insufficient is quite pathetic resource management.
cLIMBERMAN420 1 month ago
@cLIMBERMAN420 2 different countries pard. All is can say is BC has to love NAFTA. Where this tree was cut....any little swale that would run water in a torrential downpour was protected. By far the most ridiculous and stringent regulations I ever had to work under in all my travels...13 years in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. I am fairly certain that BC does not have these restrictions, so the hippies need to get off our back...I am sick of it!
papacodes 1 month ago
@papacodes being sick of env. regulation wont solve your problem. Accepting the reality that we have managed our resources with very short term motives and expectations in the past is the only remedy for your bitterness. Im sorry to be the one to tell you but we are trending towards more stewardship of the environment. It might be a pain for you but what the heck choice do we have? Look at the env change in just 100 years. Depleted old-growth, fisheries, biodiversity, stable climate...on and on.
cLIMBERMAN420 1 month ago
@cLIMBERMAN420 I am a young guy, and never once have I got to practice things the way they were in the past! I know the way things are right now in MY COUNTRY, is ridiculous! If you are so passionate about your feelings come down to my country and try to put in a few years in the timber industry, then formulate your opinions.
papacodes 1 month ago
@papacodes I would be frustrated by env regulation if I became a redwood faller. You got me. Here is an equally unlikely invitation. Try adopting my values. That is, have an interest in the in the condition of the Earth for the inheritance of future generations. Imagine caring how your activities impacted people in far away nations. THATS FRUSTRATING! Its a losing battle for environmentalists. Biodiveristy extinction is 25,000 species/year. CO2 is now .390; 50% of global primary frst is gone...
cLIMBERMAN420 1 month ago
@cLIMBERMAN420 - - - How much of your figures is due to illegal logging practices in 3rd world countries, that has absolutely NOTHING to do with current logging practices in the USA?? You can't fart on an SMZ anymore with getting red flagged. You can live in the past if you want, but today's practices are heavily regulated and completely sustainable.
Then you ass-ume that loggers don't care about biodiversity or the environment. WRONG!
FRUNTCASTER 1 month ago
@FRUNTCASTER what is your definition of sustainability? There is a big difference between labelling something sustainable and actually ascribing to the core principles of sustainability. Anyway, if it is sustainable then thats great! I would be surprised though, because almost nothing that that the US or canada does is really sustainable. Our activities are totally out of wack with the natural regenerative capacity of the Earth. It cant really be sustainable if its already in excess can it?
cLIMBERMAN420 1 month ago
@FRUNTCASTER Im sorry, this is getting way off topic. My interest was originally engaged by seeing how polarized the comments in this stream are. Polarizing is totally unproductive and perpetuates misunderstanding on both sides. Concluding points are 1) that most environmentalists do not understand forestry at all 2) most people do not understand the scope of env threats 3) few people understand the concessions and changes required to maintain resilience and social-ecological sustainability
cLIMBERMAN420 1 month ago
@cLIMBERMAN420 I do have your values. I really beleive that if things were done my way it would be for the good of not just the people, but the Earth as well. That is where we disagree....
papacodes 1 month ago
@papacodes fair enough. Im glad that we share the interest of the "greater good" as we might call it. As a result of studying forestry and env. issues I Have a deep understanding that our society is living in a self-destructive way and I see the need for very significant changes. I also understand the role that forestry can play in mitigating our footprint by providing a renewable and low Carbon-emissions resource.
cLIMBERMAN420 1 month ago
@cLIMBERMAN420 I see that our society is living in a very self destructive way, but it is definitely not from logging.
papacodes 1 month ago
@papacodes well, about 20% of global Carbon emissions are through land use change (mostly logging) (IPCC), a majority of threatened or endangered species are in their state because they depend on forests that are gone or degraded (UN). A lot of local cultures with unique traditional knowledge (human capital) are lost or diminished from logging. logging is not so bad when reforestation occurs compared to deforestation. . This stuff is forestry 101; Any logger should be informed of this stuff?
cLIMBERMAN420 1 month ago
@cLIMBERMAN420 Yeah maybe in South America or some other third world country. I don't need a degree in forestry to know that CURRENT logging practices in the UNITED STATES are causing environmental problems.
papacodes 1 month ago
@papacodes I have sympathy for frustrated loggers all over. But my sympathy for their desire's to be trusted with professionalism is limited by the certainty that an unregulated forest industry would be a disaster . We have to achieve a balance between jobs and stewardship. I can see that you think the enviros have pulled the pendulum to far to their side but in reality its still way on the side of economic growth=progress and jobs=sustainable livelihoods fallacy.
cLIMBERMAN420 1 month ago
Fine job on that tree...layed it out real gentle. I'd work with you.
Ignore the whiners and critics...they don't matter. They can't make you mad unless you let them.
gologit 1 month ago
@gologit Thanks for the good advice:)
papacodes 1 month ago
Serious work there. I might of used some of that tree to repair a customers deck.
teatersroad1 1 month ago
@teatersroad1 Old growth decking...that would be something!
papacodes 1 month ago
@papacodes well, not likely.. but it was redwood and a whole lot better than decking made from recycled tires and whatever the heck that 'green' stuff outgasses
teatersroad1 1 month ago
@teatersroad1 I hate that stuff!
papacodes 1 month ago
Good video!
mdavlee 1 month ago 2
@mdavlee
Thanks man!
papacodes 1 month ago
Too bad the ecoterrorists have put an end to most logging through violence. We need wood to build houses. There should be a rule that all extreme environmentalists and ecoterrorists cannot live in any structure which harms the environment in any way. One good winter and they would all be gone or converted.
pyrogore69 1 month ago
@pyrogore69 That would be awesome!
papacodes 1 month ago
It's funny. . . You hypocritical hippies will cut trees on your own property, maybe one endangering your WOOD FRAMED home, but have no respect for other peoples private property. You culls will reap what you sew! Look at Colorado!
FRUNTCASTER 1 month ago 3
@DetroitDieselBob Thanks Bob!
papacodes 1 month ago