TIMBER! Real Lumberjacks Of Canada 

Sir it is so very cool to hear you describe the respect and admiration you have for your father.

Was is your father or father in law?

Sounds like a awesome man !!! I can tell you are very proud. Of course

They don’t make em like your father no more unfortunately..Thanks for sharing and love to you all..

As an amature . I have a one tank rule. Got any as a pro?

But , you actually Converting the forest into desert and Towns

@@exploreandunravel5773 you have no clue what you are talking about. why do you think there is so many forest fires in California? liberal law not allowing logging

@@zacharyholbrook7930 well sir , You mean that the forest fires should be the reason to clear all the forests thru logging .

A few days of mine were spent cutting off rootballs and cutting logs to length for the mill. Some of those were some big oaks. I agree that it beats the hell out of the city. Deer also like clearcuts, so I spend the summer scouting the area for deer season.

you see this in wooden boats also. many classics have BC pine components that need replacing at that sort of age but once the timber is re machined (to a smaller size) it still smells fresh and is basically good as new to re use for another purpose :)

What is odd is we don't have a lot of "pine" here in BC, we have Spruce, Coastal Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar, the last 2 grow to the size of the California Giant Redwoods if left to become old growth trees. The other big quantity is Alder, good for cabinetry or flooring as it will rot out if exposed to weather. I suspect your pine in your house would be the Spruce tree lumber. It is a needle type tree rather than a frond ( firs / cedar ) type but the tree branches look furry with the way the needles grow on them.

@@jaquigreenlees Thanks for that, you see I only mention Pine as told to me by a local historian, but was it a high tar pine or other species? what ever it was, the wood was at least 90 years old, and it held its scent for many years, when one wall of my bungalow was cut off to extend the property, the resulting wood (lumber) I cut into log burning sizes for a local daughter to use and the scent of the wood was very strong still with the wood still in very good condition. I was told it was Canadian Tar Pine. If that was wrong, further help would be appreciated.

@@ianburit3705 That would have to be from a different area of Canada than BC and I'll have to look into where tar pine grows. With the massive size of Canada there are huge variations of the flora across the country, even just my home Province of BC is larger than the entire British Islands including Ireland as an example of area. The coastal area of BC is a temperate rain forest, the interior is a desert and Northern BC is not far from the Arctic Circle, that variety of climates alone makes it hard to know what grows all around BC, never mind the other 90% of Canada.

@@jaquigreenlees Thanks for that Info. All I can do Is watch videos of areas and different places as I no longer travel far like i once used to.

I'm in Cranbrook:)

In Vancouver, I used to make the machinery for logging, sawmills and pulp mills. .. Up in the mountains near Sechelt, I saw a ghost logging operation. .. The forests here are spooky A. F.

Very happy that everything is closing up and you don't get to smell fresh cut wood anymore.

Miss The OLD DAYS Indeed,...👍

@@bimmjim Could you elaborate a bit please? Did I understand you to say that you saw ghosts cutting down trees? Or did I misunderstand? :O

Some people who live in wooden houses like to protest them evil loggers.

@@brucewmclaughlin9072 I saw that in Portland. Unbelievable. Not only were they living in wood frame houses, THEY WERE BUILDING MORE, even as they protested the logging sites.

@@thatguy22441 Yup same with people in plastic kayaks protesting some boat delivering oil pipeline parts. Plastic is made from the very thing they are protesting.

@@arnenelson4495 maybe read the comments before replying as then you might clue in to the gist of the conversation.!!

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For me, the hills of the mid north coast NSW... indeed, respect.

how many levels ARE there? 😳

​@@AntechynusAre yu still there??

@johnsensserwadda9699 yeah bud. Still doing it... do more management now I'm older.

Is there forests in Australia? I though the whole country is dry.

Yes Mate, Australia has some of the oldest untouched Rainforests in the world.

I understand the need for wood. But are those trees dead? Something seems off cutting down a 1200 year old tree like that? I'm not a zealot against this profession either.

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@@lifestyledesign7333 I don't think dead trees make very good wood somehow............ :/ I think most of the trees they cut down are less than a century old.

I know why you think that. The problem is until our sawmills are able,and willing to saw the lumber as accurately and to the dementians the foreign markets needs it's useless unless they get it round log. That's the only way it can be made into something they can use.

@Harold hello,how are you doing

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/iguess that means allthe great wood is gone

maybe they mismanaged the resource

"Blocks"? Is that a less painful word to use than "trees"? Less sensitive sounding? More like just business?

You know north American lumber has been renewable for decades right? Logging companys clear out pre determined plots of land clean up the waste and replant the plot in a rotating cycle the days of just clear cutting forests ended before your grandparents could walk @@harperwelch5147

most of them hang around the land fill and the dump look up on youtube "hundereds of eagles flock to bc composting facility" most are there they just dont want to work for food anymore they r on bird welfare now

and also it says temporary but that was when it was built if u drive by there today they never left and now there is even wayyyyy more eagles big old bastards feasting on garbage all day what a sight

That’s probably because we are destroying habitat by the minute.

Where are you from

Won’t be here for much longer. Read a book

@Pat hello,how are you doimg

Hey, I've gotta ask. Is it really pronounced the way the narrator says in the vid?

Used to go there often when I did live in Wa State in the 80s and 90s.

As the wife of a logger, I can assure you it is very exciting. One mistake and it could be fatal. It is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

@@peck5467 OK. Thanks for clarifying.

good point

that's because as it turns out, old growth forests AREN'T endless after all. Perhaps selective logging leaving greenbelts of old growth untouched would've been smarter. Then to ship it across the sea for nothing, sheesh.

@@pkejohansson3170 Yea. Dude gives his experience from 80's of destroying all the large tress than ?s why there is no longer large trees lol.

@@nelsonreyes7157 They weren't destroyed dummy. They were made into usable lumber which is what houses and furniture and many other things are made of. As long as forests are managed properly, they are re-newable, so cut em down boys and don't worry about all the bleeding heart liberals that live in big houses MADE OF LUMBER. Great documentary by the way. Hearty fellas, all of em!!! By the way dummy, I've been to B.C and there is still a lot of old growth 1st and 2nd gen trees left, so if ya need to go hug a big tree you shouldn't have a problem finding one.

So sad to see the ignorance of man destroy the forest. Some things should left even if it’s so remote no one can see it.

Yeah and if they kept letting you clear cut like that they'd literally be hauling kindling twigs like they have to in Maine now because of the unregulated cutting for 4 centuries.

Good eye. It is interesting. Gives me some ideas with my own gear. Have a Stihl I bought with a 28 bar. Put a 20 on the motor and now it's a monster

Thats why NY loses almost 200k residents a year Too many regs!

Known as Dozer boats or Sidewinders.

Those are called 'boom boats', actually the real term is dozer boat. They're very small and the engine is way below deck and very strong. They can turned on a dime because the propeller is encapsulated in a big tube that you can steer thus making the boat super-duper maneuverable and is just about impossible to capsize. I worked for a company in the 70' building them. Its was fun

More the GVRD, they want to put a seawall on both sides of the river from the Georgia Strait. to Maple Ridge. And the City of Vancouver who do not want any industry, they want Vancouver to be a bedroom.

Yeh, and without NDP support trump would not have been elected in 2016

@@Bear39224 yep get rid if those float planes they are disturbing my patio enjoyment in coal harbour! 🤦🏻

there should be a non political based review of the large scale>>>>>>>> industrialized

I was looking on Google maps man and there tons of sawmills on the BC and US NW coast, not like northern New England that literally has two coastal mills left

That is a sick new line of business for him.

The logs actually belong to the companies that lost them...but he is payed for the service of keeping water ways safe to boaters.

Sut it egg boy

In 1200 years there will millions more that were planted by tree planters hired by the forest companies as part of the B.C. Forrest Management program and no not all old growth is harvested in B.C. some is protected.

Not anymore. Our grandchildren won’t see forests,just destruction. So sad . Plants trees are needed for oxygen. There’s an entire internet beneath the soil . These trees are so old and the animals are losing their homes . Greed everywhere.

Great, another easily offended group!!! People who don't have their own worth from their work...get offended at what some people call them. Most of us in the industry work hard and could care less what title is given!! Poor widdle male species.

Same here, grew up in B.C. coast logging camp until near school age. Surest way to proclaim "city boy, not from around here" is to use the word lumberjack. It always surprises me when people doing documentaries don't stumble across this particular fact.

Sorry - what do you mean by "Without the air moving by the exhaust stack (venturi)."?

venturi effect@@JonathanGillies

Yeah, 400, 1200 years old, magnificent primary forest...why they cutting it down?

Unless the house you live in is made entirely of clay there’s very little room for argument.

@@elinor6525 Because they're greedy? Spiritually empty?

Very little. From California to BC, only a tiny fraction of the ancient forest remains, maybe 5% at best. And if no one had taken action, it would be 0%. Logging companies are not our friends...

You've been brainwashed. Go there and figure it out for yourself, don't just believe what you've "heard".

Could it be that the trees are at the end of their lifecycle? There are lots of people that don't realize that that is a real thing. It of course differs per species. I'm not saying it is the case here, but I've been harassed for cutting down a tree that wasn't yet dead, but clearly dying.

Even if it isn't the truth, (i don't know the facts) just for mentioning the phrase "preserve for future generations" and putting that tought out there, deserves a like from my part. Great documentary btw, the guy with his family, look as real as it gets, beautiful to see, happy and joyful.

Sounds like you've never ventured more than 1k from the forest service road. Try going outside for a change

@@someguy8109 Hehe, i feel you, i love nature and i take any day (when i can afford to do so lol) that extra leap to enjoy the beauty thats not visited by the most. Without cars people mostly don't go further then a 15-40 min walk. I mean after the road stops. Just to be clear i love hiking, i got your point, just wondered away a bit so i can share this with others as well! ;) Might i live in Toronto, but just a few hours up north you can find a different world here as well. Lets keep it that way, preserve that beauty and all that is feels like that to you and love. Not just the woods but everything that should be on that list. I kept it very general again because every people who reads this can enjoy and contribute to what they really love by realizing that we not just consumers, we need to have some kind of responsibility in life. Just to stay true to my original comment. :)

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And what would we do without the Karens of this world?

So wrong to destroy nature for stupid profits, there are other ways to profit from nature other than destroying it

If you live in a land of ice you make your home out of ice. If you live in a land of trees you make your home out of wood.

@@adilhakam887 and your solution is? Don't be providing complaints; that part is so easy, , tell us a better way, with proof; that part takes brains and thoughtful process. What say you now Adil??

hug a logger friendo u never go back to hugging trees

In 1200 years there will millions more that were planted by tree planters hired by the forest companies as part of the B.C. Forrest Management program and no not all old growth is harvested in B.C. some is protected. Meanwhile enjoy 🏕 in your 🛢Oil Industry provided Nylon tent.

@@garnetdurham4643 .8% of old growth is left in BC. Second growth and new growth forests create completely different kinds of ecosystems - it's not just about the wood.

I could be wrong but it meant falling trees with axes.my other guess is jack was common name for a faller back then. I am wondering if the boards they put into giant trees to stand on were called jacks?

It's not a question of geography. it is chronological. A logger has never heard of a whistlepunk, and a lumberjack wouldn't know how to sharpen a chain saw. (Roughly speaking, give or take a couple of generations)

@@Bear39224 Whistle punks are loggers. Anyone who knows West Coast logging history would know about whistle punks . My aunt was a whistle punk on Vancouver Island during WW2.

It's an insult to call a west coast logger a lumberjack. I'm not shitin you. Go to west Westport Washington into the notty pine and call a logger a lumberjack and see how quickly you and your teeth part ways.

@@dneuman7455 Those boards were called `springboards".

@donald darnell - Probably for the same reason he keeps calling loggers "lumberjacks". F**king NOBODY uses the word lumberjack. Plus there's the uncomfortable detail that this documentary about logging pretty much completely skips over the actual logging part. There is literally over thirty times as much footage devoted to beachcombing as to actual logging. And yes I did time it. "...which has now become a trunk, also called a log." The sheer cluelessness of this beggars the imagination. This is arguably the most cringeworthy logging "documentary" ever. Oh and they censor out critical comments - watch this space. PS: Learn how to pronounce "Hecate".

Wow that'sawesome e safe

Feed yourfa.ily bro

That's why we pay so much for lumber here in Canada

Heartbreaking ISNT it. Our kids won’t have a D thing left.