Redwood Lumber Industry, Northern California - 1947

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[Nightwishfan888]

Those men were real men.

[mrbluenun]

It might seem a shame to have to cut these biggun's down, but to get the other wood out by rail and to actually make room to move logs about, I am sure this was emphasised because it was probably the largest in that local cutting area. The other may be only 500-1000 years old.

This film was made specifically for the Cinema, and watching a tree the thickness of a telegraph pole being cut down is hardly gripping stuff is it. Watching this may also serve to save many others. Just a thought.

[frankthetank112244]

i have great respect for the lumberjacks, but i wish that these giant trees would still stand...

[kohtasnd]

チェンソー無しでようやりますわ。

[rephaim23]

"But don't think these giants are being completely destroyed" .... just 95% of the biggest ones.

[vlasatej]

Respekt!!!

[rephaim23]

The world's largest and tallest trees had to be cut down in order for a civilized society to live comfortably. That's why 96% of the original old growth Redwood have been cut down, and approx. 70% of old growth Douglas fir between 1935 and 1992.

There were some real monsters felled in the old days, one log loads were common. occasional 400 foot trees have been reported. They're all gone now.

But the upside is you have a house, and chairs to sit comfortably.

[BeastOutlaw]

Those guys are dying for a chainsaw.

[vincent7520]

this is about a civilization that does know what it talks about : "we cut the oldest living thing on earth, maybe older than our civilization … " to build houses and furnitures.

We don't have any sense about life, this is ridiculous.

[cskillet2003]

That's quite an operation there. Impressive.

[curryjunkie]

bastards....we deserve everything we get..4000 years wiped out for a fast buck, how to ruin paradise in 250 years flat.

[inbigfootsbackyard]

thank you for a great video. i am a tree trimmer and those guys had hard work would easily kick tree trimmers /lumberjacks asses os today lol we have gotten soft

[perkerfrans]

No wonder all the houses tip over when i blows in the us. Consider making house of bricks instead.

[dzeeytop]

@doktorandom your dumb for bringing religion into this, we all know Jesus obviously hates loggers

[TradeMark2003]

what is it, 96% of the redwood forests gone? please preserve and expand the last trees before theyre gone forever!

[cahill157]

THE REAL AX-MEN

[pattyhill33]

loggers back then are some of the most badass loggers to haver ever lived

[yup703]

you have to cut trees so the forest will keep growing you cut one an two may grow in its place thar for creating more oxygen creating more jobs down the line.... its not the cutting that ppl should be worryed about.. it HOW its done an HOW much is cut that should be worryd about...

[100percentgradeA]

probably the best video i have watched on youtube. comment at top made me laugh too ----"What Majestic Trees! - Hey, Let's cut 'em down!"

[majotnf]

preserve those trees, dudes, some countries would pay millions to have them!

[463570joe]

Fuck trees!!! All you fuckin tree huggs are gay as shit!!

[463570joe]

These comments are gay tree huggs suck!!! Screw trees!!!

[49081185]

To the idiot liberals who complain about what we did in the 1940's..... Think about what you advocate today. We build electric cars that are charged with electricity created by coal fired plants. 50 percent of the power in the U.S. comes from coal. Now how about critiquing yourselves.

[prather555]

they will be 6 feet in a year

[joshuarugg]

makes me really appreciate my husqy 3120xp and the rest of my saws.

[davetileguy]

TREES ARE A CROP,GET OVER IT.

[markallen511]

Used to build forts in stumps like these in Cali. It was awesome fun.

[NaniPapa08]

if you will notice this was taken back in the '40s! There is no logging of trees this size anymore because all the trees of this size are either in State Parks or locked up in areas that have no access. Most of this footage was taken on Pacific Lumber Company property that was headquartered in Scotia, CA.. We stopped cutting trees this size nearly 20 years ago! We are still in business but not as Pacific Lumber, it is now Humboldt Redwood Co. LLC. Second growth nor more than 40-50 inches.

[butkovi007]

Vrlo zanimljiv i poučan uradak,svakako ga valja pogledati.Kazuje kako su ljudi i na kakve načine u povijesti rušili drveće kao što je pokazano na lokaciji oduvijek poznatoj po šumarstvu i preradi drva.

[SquawMtnD4G]

The days when men were men.

[heartlessvietboy]

We need to establish home building companies. Like automobile companies for example.

1. KB Homes.

2. TriStar Homes Building.

3. GreenBuild Homes.

4. Econo Homes.

5. Old Lumber Home and Construction.

[nixonpunk222]

Thanks for destroying the forest fuckers

[nuchols3]

Remember it's all about fucking money, nothing more nor less. Never will change because the government keeps the rich close at hand and allows them to tear down the dreams and future of men world wide.

[Bakmal]

I am truly grateful this video was posted. Being a lumberjack in Norway, I am allways interested in seeing how logging was done many years ago. Did you notice the mechanical saws in this film? Look how far we have come since those days. The most impressive was the climber felling a top using an axe, 300 feet above ground! I would not dare that!

[DaltonPipes]

This video makes me want to puke.

[transdrole]

'making a living' is not a good enough reason in this case. But damn, take the hardest day I ever worked and multiply by 10 and you get these guys. Imagine cutting out 40 cubic feet of wood with just an axe. wtf!!

[doktorandom]

Dang, after that advertisement, I want to build all kinds of things out of this insect resistant, fireproof, beautiful wood! What? it's all gone now? Dang. What's Jesus gonna say? Maybe that was his garden you tore up. Someone's not getting into heaven now. Maybe you can do a work release from hell while sorting lumber while the angel sits above you pulling his levers. Levers that control the saws that surround you. And maybe that angel is the devil, as described in Ecclesiastes 2:16

[timberfaller666]

@doktorandom Egads, man. Let's not start bringing fairy tales into the picture.......

[cruciphile]

we are monsters

[LumberProducts]

Wow... interesting old footage.

[LinnTractorNut]

Man is not the measure of all things, new trees replace the old, just because we won't live 2,000 years to see it doesn't mean it won't happen. How are lives better for using concrete, steel or plastic? Use wood, even recycled wood, create jobs and preserve open spaces for forestry and agriculture.

[77kirkwood]

in 4000 years their will be old growth once again....remember trees are a renewable resource.

[niburu2012]

@77kirkwood as long as there are americans in america they don't grow until 4000 years old

[kinghowie8]

makes me glad i have a chainsaw

[rephaim23]

Well over 95 percent of the original Redwood Forest has been chopped down, and about the same percent of ancient Douglas fir in the Northwest have also been removed.

Trees as high as 350 to 450 feet will probably never bee seen again for the mighty Douglas fir. They are forever gone.

[kdcraze886C]

wood have been a buzz 2 see trees dat size.....an wood have been a buzz cuting dem 2...but wea wood we b if we hadnt cut dem down....still living in caves im guessing!!!!

[EaglemanX3Gorilla]

I work at a forestry as a sawyer, and watching them cut those redwoods is kinda sad.

[9AUSAR]

ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IS KILL.. RAPE ..PILLAGE.. AN DESTROY!!..ITS THIER NATURE!

[o56kid]

@9AUSAR

Who are you to say?

[killgreed]

Idiot people, most of you deserve what you get?

[420Todd67]

Cool video. most people never get to see the way it "Used" to be done.

Thanks for that.

[yamahonkawazuki]

@420Todd67 and people complain while living in a wodden house, with wooden floors, cosuming foods out of containers made usign timber products and printing out items on paper made from well, wood . if things were doen now like htey were then. yes wed have nothing. a plot of land might be usable for timber. once, MAYBE twice in a sawyers lifetime. in the meantime, more are planted. it is VERY highly regulated. and damn near impossible to get away wiht anythign. so hardly anyone tries

[SLK350fast]

Back when the US was ran by the Conservatives

[transdrole]

And where is this lumber now? Gone. Where are the people? Dead. Ultimately, what was gained? Nothing. What was lost? Oh so much.

[desobasta]

Usa civilization :

exploit, destroy millenary resources and life

disgusting, but it is a precious document.

[JungllJr]

Such a shame. We'll never see these beautiful trees again.

[coolgui69]

imagine one tree that could be enuogh to build 20 houses... where can we find those kind of trees now aday.. respect our forests

[3RWE3]

Hey baby , before DRILL BABY DRILL it was CHOP BABY CHOP!

Eat bark ninja!

[m8s4lif]

I would have loved to been able to see the western USA forests before they started to log them. There was some big big trees. Not just the redwoods either. I've heard of some huge Doug Fir that were logged back a hundred years or so ago. As a kid we had some huge old stumps on our property in southern Oregon. Would have loved to have seen them before they were logged.

[norcallogger]

i cant even concive how these guys did this i cut with a 66 and a 44" bar but to ax cut this stuff would just about wipe me out

[shinglehillclimber88]

its a shame thay have to cut them down!

[ohlhous]

@shinglehillclimber88  Its a shame people have to work for a living too.

[niburu2012]

@ohlhous It's a shame there are to many people, so they have to cut these giants down. Men are destroing the world because they want always more; bigger; better etc. more people, more wealth, etc.

[ryansprofile]

@ohlhous Few of these trees are left and that is as sad as the good they provided but you are correct our civilization needed a way to build and the ability to provide jobs. With 2nd and 3rd growth options we need to save the examples that are left in the few remaining old growth areas in California and the rest of the west coast.

[stumpybeaver666]

@ryansprofile The examples are being saved. I agree that is good, as they should be. There is nothing we can do about the past forest practices, yet we can all learn so much. Nowadays, logging the second, and also third generation is akin to gardening, for perspective sake. The company That I fall for has 40,000+ acres of timber land. They harvest 50 million feet per year off their land. The standing second growth puts on 300 million a year. Sustainable? Hell yeah.

[15ips]

@ohlhous Sure, but there's other ways to make money.

[MrFreethinkin]

@ohlhous Its a shame that redwoods are the only tree to use for timber. Its pathetic how man thinks he has the right to destroy anything he chooses. Choose a different tree, its not like there the only ones, why choose one that has been around since the dinosaurs walked earth, Somethings should never be messed with and clearly the redwood is one of them

[niburu2012]

@ohlhous it's a shame population keeps growing

[51m0n77]

@ohlhous ever heard of farming? or perhaps even pine plantations?

[inayat2012]

@ohlhous It's not really living if what you are doing in a few hours is to destroy something that took thousands of years to create. We can make other choices. What we accept today, including humans eating meet, will look savage in a few decades. We can choose see the beings on this planet around us as having equal rights instead of being resources for us to do with as we wish.

[norcallogger]

@shinglehillclimber88 is a same people like you think that these trees dont need to be cut

[woodscritter]

@norcallogger Huh? "need to be cut"?

Kinda simplistic, given that there are foresters who can put together a sustainable management plan, that will also sustain max wood productivity.

Of course, air and water can receive major benefits from forest.

We are still learning.

[darkmoon21]

@shinglehillclimber88 They don't have to. Not anymore. There's more than enough clearcut space for them to start cycling the crop of new growth trees in most environs that their harvesting. It's all just about greed and expansion, damn the world when we can have money!

Fuck.

[laosuwan]

When the rains come the lose soil silted and filled in the rivers with rocks. If you read the journal of the original settlers most of the rivers there were navigable by sailing frigates. Now you can walk across with rivers without getting wet above your knees.

[laosuwan]

most of this irreplaceable timber was used to make fences and decking, which is by now long gone.

[jeffsteadman]

wow one day the world was really awesome.. big trees, clean rivers, lots of fish... get the point... sad to see it go....progress it bullshit..

[Hiltrl]

That's back when men were men!

[smacdiesel]

One tree, 20 homes they said. 4000 years of growth for only 20 homes. Redwood wasn't used for framing homes during the late 1940's. Seems kinda sad to me.

[MAXPOWER081]

back when men were men.if you didnt work you didnt eat.when hippies and earth first freaks were few and far between! the good old days!

[MrGiorgiostucchi]

...Heros of History...great video..and amazing courage! Today..Sthil & Husquvarna..

[fredlezonard]

i own two old french axes (designed for exactly the same work) their shape is very different. first time i see two sided axes.

[fuuunkie]

ag4yo why do you think they went through the trouble of falling these monsters? cuz its some of the best wood in the world....

well for those ppl that say they shouldnt cut any of these trees down, try living in the bush. cuz thats where youd be if it wasnt for the logging industry... these trees built the cities you live in.

thanks for posting i appreciate it, i also appreciate Gods creation even more. its mankind though that has not simply used but abused these beautiful forests.

[ninja6kid]

the US needs to nuke themselves.

[ohlhous]

grow up.

[norcallogger]

@ninja6kid get a clue

[Rattacool]

@ninja6kid ya becouse killing billions of inocent people with a nuclear bomb is a good idea and definently wont effect any other country

[b1cc2]

@ninja6kid No, we'll just nuke you faggots. We already nuked Japan...

[REDNECKCABLETV]

@ninja6kid i agree, and i also hope you dont live in a house made of wood, or use any wood products, i hope you dont like in a city were forest used to grow, and im sure you dont own a wood desk to keep you computer at while you troll on videos,i hope when you take a piss you but it in a water bottle and drink it as not to waste water, i hope you will not leave any foot print on the world, i hope you dont drive a car or ride in one that runs on anything thing but air..i also hope, you die

[kinghowie8]

im glad i have a chainsaw

[lavalizard3]

Isn't it amazing how if you speak in a calm, soothing voice and talk about pride and a better life for one's family, then you can hack away at a 2000-year old tree, destroy and ancient ecosystem, and have people applaud you for it?

How easy it is to manipulate the human mind...

[pegobuilders]

Lumber products, particuarly those made in Canada and Russia, are now be in hot demand as a cheaper way of putting up new houses

[iancubrez]

thats hard work :))

[transdrole]

Well since the trees recycle the carbon dioxide we breathe out back into oxygen, I have to pick the tree over the hot tub, buz. I like hot tubs, but breathing is kinda 'front burner' ya know.

[880CHEVYMAN]

I am a logger myself but I think it is kind of sad cutting down those huge trees.

[yamahonkawazuki]

@880CHEVYMAN same here. ppl have to work. yet ive much respect for these majestic trees. but still understand hte need for them. but at least its not irrespnsibly done anymore Eh?

[ag4yo]

It is indeed shitty wood. Wood for people with a rod up their wazoo to feel "special". Leave it stand. Many harder woods, and woods like pine can regrow in 10 years.

[o56kid]

@ag4yo what is shitty wood?

[synthesizer301]

what a waste of nature

[104bigTruck]

What a waste of a comment. The back bone of America is industry.

[Conan568]

Ignore the Idiots.

They're a majority down there these day's, as evidenced by what occupancy's the White-House.

[eastern412bmx]

@synthesizer301 what a waste of a comment you need to cut trees down you just have to rreplant them and be smart about it

[MrFreethinkin]

@eastern412bmx maybe in the case of other types of trees but with something that takes so long to reach the breath taking size they hit wouldnt it be smarter to leave redwoods alone so my children's grandchildren will be able to walk the giants as I have.

[nobodyslaw]

Also used in harsh chemical environs like cooling towers and lye vats. Good inform. video if out-dated. Global warming now so plant these Sequoias up nort again soon! Fast growing to 100ft, fire and insect resistant species. Plant Redwoods for down to 5 below F, Giant (Sequoias) for Wisconsin winters down to 30 below F when near water source such as river valleys and around perm. streams. Redwoods are tallest tree, live to up 2000 earth years commonly. Sequoias (Giants) up to 4900 years plus!

[104bigTruck]

Global warming is not proven so why should anyone do anything. Crack me up

[Gyva02]

Redwood sucks ass I'm a builder and the wood is a crappy building material, ya bugs wont eat it, buts its as soft as a marshmellow and wont hold its "beautiful color" unless you buy a 100 gallons of sealer every year... crap wood, much better to us living in the forests.

[Ziomale444]

4000 years old????!!!! what!!!!!!!

[ohlhous]

Yeah, 4K years old. They grow slowly and last a long time.

[nightsoul2003]

@ohlhous Wrong, they are the fastest growing trees in the world. It may be old but not slow.

[quarkphotonect]

@ohlhous Redwoods Grow Quite fast, One of the tallest Coast Redwoods is a mere 600 years old

[djm2A]

@ohlhous

We should invent replicator so We Wouldn't have to destroy everything in our wake , synthetic wood?

[TradeMark2003]

@ohlhous millions of years.......gone. so depressing. all for money.

[mrbluenun]

@ohlhous Really enjoyed this video, so many thanks for the upload OK? On this particular tree it was amazing the accuracy and judgement wrapped into the loggers of the day who had to do things for the most part 'the hard way'!

The extremely exact axe cutting was great to see, and the surfaces left so smooth it was almost as if they had been polished.

Take care,

mrbluenun

[mrbluenun]

@ohlhous

Remarks on inappropriate comments…

If people do not want to watch because they are not interested, fair enough.

However, to watch and often within the first sentence to throw insults and nasty words around, is not good "Netiquette" to say the least, and some things cannot be read as anything other than insults.

You the people saying these nasty things want to grow up and realise you are in fact insulting yourself I think is termed as "Reflected insults". check it on google.

[newhopecalgary]

I never understand why we take things of beauty and knock em down...

[ohlhous]

It's simple: Money & Greed

[104bigTruck]

Ah such narrow minded. Try medicines. Many trees are used for Medicines. There are thousands of uses for these trees. even today 75% of all wooded land in the US is locked up in parks and reserves and it's still not enough for the greenies. Now who looks greedy?

[americandreamdyn]

@104bigTruck For your information A-hole. Less than 5% of Americas forests remain. So why are you complaining about the 3% of forest being locked up? Who's the greedy one?

[buzwazfuz]

money, would you rather enjoy a tree in the forest or a wood hot tub that relaxes you after a long day at work

[timberfeller6]

Both. Harvesting farm trees and replanting is the answer. Capitol hill needs a Huge enema. Rewind all E.P.A. measures 20 years retroactive and let all industry thrive in this country again. China, Russia, India and the rest are laughing at the idiots that we have in Washington that are killing this country's economy while they are ever expanding. Too much legislation... A ten year moritorium on any new legislation would be awesome. Bannishing all attorneys to Alcatraz Island might help too...

[GermanZombieBoy]

Finsterbusch :D:D

[NcalBiker]

The sawmill shown at 6:30 was The Pacific Lumber Company at Scotia Ca. I hauled in and out of that mill for 19 years. A lot of the old mill was left when they closed. You would have been amazed at the size of the timbers used in building the overhead crane system. Some were four to six FEET thick. It was an amazing place.

[NcalBiker]

I live in the area. Oh boy, show me a tree hugger, and I'll show you someone that has either never been in a redwood forest, has been brainwashed by someone following their own agenda, or someone that you wouldn't want to stand down wind of. Earth first, I'll log the other planets later.

[munky000527]

who wants super old rare trees?!?!?!

not me!!! cut em down for money!!!

yay!!!

[logginall]

10 4

[torsten3912]

Nobody can eat the Money!!

[insomniacnat]

Thanks to them we only have a few acres left of these great trees for our future generations.

[baldrad]

insomnia,

Thank your grandparents. They're the generation that demanded that particular wood.

Don't be so sanctimonious. Also, YOUR tax dollars have set aside THOUSANDS of acres of these trees; you just seem ignorant of it for some reason. How much time have you spent in them, by the way? In those acreages, MILLIONS

[mike198748]

WAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

[cold02rex]

All the biggest of the biggest have been gone for many years.

[mdvaden]

Ever heard of the magnificent VALLEY OF THE LOST GROVES ??

An awesome grove in the north coast redwoods. Google - Valley of the Lost Groves sometime.

Even though I'm more of a hiker, I enjoy reading about the old logging operations. It's mostly over with - so why not enjoy it as history.

[mrdogwalker2009]

super footage an excellent posting thank u

[patrick32583]

back when they pioneered an started maken the lumber for all the houses still standing, an they did it the old school way REAL WORKERS, mad RESPECT for them !!

[patrick32583]

aweesome videoooo, lOVE IT an i respect the old schoool REAL laborers

[ohlhous]

Me Too! Those were tough old guys.

[greenvox]

Should make houses out of clay... its not not ecologically right.

[ohlhous]

Do you live in a clay house?

[komet1979]

The commentator sounds like he did those nuclear safety videos of the time. Surprised that he didn't interject with a "duck and cover" in case of a Russian attack.

[traelgor]

I can't even imagine how grueling and difficult this work is.

[maxhole2]

Amazing ! I love watching old-time industry ! Logging and railroading. Adding to favorites to show my kids ! Thanks for sharing the history !

[ohlhous]

This is a great video. I'm glad you enjoyed it too.

[humboldt1red]

I'm a broke down logger from Humboldt County,where what is left of the trees is.

I made a few spectacular mistakes!

No cross-cut saw for me,a good 125cc

Mac,I have all my fingers,but close to deaf

I still hear that 13000rpm howl.

Modernization saved lives,though only production increases count

BTW I was born in the company town,

Scotia,Ca where the mill footage

was taken

[joferg70]

That was really interesting to see. I am a sawmiller and love timber, its great to see how hardie folks were back then, hard work made to look almost easy. Have you any more of a similar theme?

[apriltosey]

they said redwoods were very delicate trees because did you see at about 4:10 the redwood just falls and broke apart

[joferg70]

some times when a tree is falling, there is a piont where, if the cut is not quite clean through a split will run part way up it, from the bottom up. I have milled red wood and it is a very tough wood for a 'soft wood' it has amazing colours and again for a 'soft wood' it weathers really well. The bark is odd, being very thick, yet falls off once dried out in huge chuncks. However they wont fall apart as such.

[RonPaulIsLove]

wow, i hope they aren't still cutting these beauties

[frank5400]

why not? no trees live forever anyway...

[SSxMisfiT]

Redwood is fantastic, like the video said, each tree can supply enough lumber to build multiple houses.

[TheSlimViper]

Neither do you.

[Aentsch88]

Einerseits ein tolles Video, aber andrerseits schade um diese tollen Bäume.

Naturschutz und nachhaltige Forstwirtschaft waren damals wohl noch Fremdwörter, bzw. sind es in den USA und Kanada heute noch :-(

[paolino91racing]

very interesting video!!

[Westcoasty08]

That has got to be the best video i've seen in a while. Exellent work. Thank You

[partyguy420]

its pretty nice to know that your great grandpa was a man who cut these logs for a living many many years ago...

[mystex]

indeed pleuresy.....the best movie on youtube!!!

[pleuresy]

Simply one of the best vids on youtube ever!

[jashar92]

Double bit axes, spring boards, the Humboldt under cut, True history and truely awesome. Looks like the Eel River, was that wood being milled at Scotia?

[garfark]

Excellent, thank you very much.