And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yes, our forefathers were badass, tough-as-nails mofos, but it still wrenches at my heart that trees that were older than Christianity were cut down and turned in to shingles and such. I'm no tree-hugger, but seeing these magnificent creations being turned into "man-made" objects just strikes me as wrong, and just another example man's hubris. (Back to lurking.)
SO long ago I never even knew fir grew that big! And I've been around a very long time. Those ARE fir. In North Bend, WA. Still, not as big as even Coast Redwood, but getting right on up there. Amazing pic. During the era of old growth carnage, those trucks might've been able to haul half a redwood log. --nines
"...those trucks might've been able to haul half a redwood log." Not hardly. My sister had coastal property (Big Sur) with big redwoods. 200-250 ft tall, IIRC. Just a branch from the top of that big one (whispering/whistling death) would be a truck load. When one fell on the gravel driveway, it took a backhoe to dig it out so it could be reduced to lumber.
There are numerous incense cedar trees here over 6 feet and a gnarly old oak 6 ft+ with seven limbs coming out just above the base that are a ft or more in dia.
Wow, I remember those trucks and listening to them being shifted. REO, Diamond T? I don't see the Mack dog on the hoods on any of them.
ReplyDeleteYes, our forefathers were badass, tough-as-nails mofos, but it still wrenches at my heart that trees that were older than Christianity were cut down and turned in to shingles and such. I'm no tree-hugger, but seeing these magnificent creations being turned into "man-made" objects just strikes me as wrong, and just another example man's hubris. (Back to lurking.)
ReplyDeleteRedwood? Does anthing else grow that big?
ReplyDeleteOld-growth Douglas Fir can get larger that 12’ in diameter, but most of them were harvested a long time ago, probably about the age of these trucks.
DeleteSO long ago I never even knew fir grew that big! And I've been around a very long time. Those ARE fir. In North Bend, WA. Still, not as big as even Coast Redwood, but getting right on up there. Amazing pic. During the era of old growth carnage, those trucks might've been able to haul half a redwood log. --nines
Delete"...those trucks might've been able to haul half a redwood log." Not hardly. My sister had coastal property (Big Sur) with big redwoods. 200-250 ft tall, IIRC. Just a branch from the top of that big one (whispering/whistling death) would be a truck load. When one fell on the gravel driveway, it took a backhoe to dig it out so it could be reduced to lumber.
DeleteThere used to be an 8' Doug Fir half way up the hill between Goodyears Bar and Mountain House. I wonder if it's still there. It was pretty amazing.
DeleteThere are numerous incense cedar trees here over 6 feet and a gnarly old oak 6 ft+ with seven limbs coming out just above the base that are a ft or more in dia.
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