A Story of West Coast Lumber (Reel 2 of 5) 

My Father hauled Redwoods in California. At one time he hauled for the Mayr Bros. in Hoquiam, WA. Just recently I have been collecting oldtime logging footage and enjoying every frame of it. This is great footage, Thank you.

my grandfather, father and I have been doing this for generations. I pride myself about still using bucksaws! its partly keeping the tradition alive and going and the fact that if you can work like that you feel like a champion at the end of the day

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm amazed at how many people watched these. I'm glad I spent the time converting them to upload to RU-vid, or they never would have been online, at least until someone else did it. There are about 12 total videos on my channel from this collection.

best series of logging videos on youtube. Thankyou

Amazing skill,craftsmanship, hard work, ream work to get the job done... hats off to those making it happen

strength and unparallelled endurance, these were the men of the forest.

It is a times like these sayings like “Look after your tools and your tools will look after you” were ever so relevant. I should imagine you swiftly became an expert in the art of sharpening a saw or Axe with Trees that mighty.

I worked in the Schafer Brothers mill in south Aberdeen for seven years in the seventies. These clips inside the mill, though taken many years before, are very familiar. It should be stressed that sawmill work was as dangerous as the woods. Could tell you horror stories. Lost my right hand in the planer mill and almost bought the farm. Was not my fault, messed up my life, but Weyerhaeuser, operator at the time, was too self insured to be blamed. Went after the manufacturer of the hula saw, Viking in Portland, and received a pittance. But the high climber on a 250-300 ft Doug fir? No thanks. One mistake and you dangle like snot. Tough men.

great film thanks for sharing!

The strength and endurance this type of logging demanded would only be done by men in top physical condition, not to many loggers would be working in their 50s, many were injured or were killed from accidents.

Man after hand sawing those huge logs your forearms would look like Popeye the sailor man.

IAM 55 yr old . fourth generation timberfaller from oregon logging been my job I love it hard but fair.

not sure I understand how the human body can perform this level of physical exertion ..

Incredible early footage. Thanks for preserving this History. Those Men were so tough back in those days-no wonder when many of them -went off to fight in WW1/WW2 and Korea The Communist/Facist’ forces faced the toughest Warriors on the planet🇺🇸and yeah thankfully some old growth trees were preserved in Wilderness areas thanks to real Men like our 26th President Teddy Roosevelt.

In a training seminar many years ago. They started with a film of an Old Gentleman scaling a tree topping it , climbing up on top sitting down and pouring himself a cup of coffee. Has anyone ever seen that or know where I may find a copy of it? It truly was extraordinary. Thank you in advance.

Those crosscut saws are known as misery whips-

It impacts me to see an old fir felled. In my neighborhood, Madrone Canyon in Larkspur, CA, harming a fir or redwood will cost you $20k-50k these days.

You hand these young guys an axe today an hour later you would find the axe laying against the tree and the young guys nowhere around

I wonder how many calories these guys burned in a typical day. My guess would be around seven thousand. Pass the bacon!!

Min 11 Ese man tiene Guebo no Joda. trabajo arrecho

Mieli czas a teraz piły spalinowe.

They look like good axes, don't think they were made in China.

So bad they made the destruction of centuries old trees a sport.

Today this is a crime.