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Yeah, it is mind boggling. Stig, are you saying that way back in the day, logs were being clipper-shipped across the ocean to Europe? I woulda thought that is a thing of modern times.

Nice, Al! Good find!

That's cool. It'd be fun to see a pic of what the king's mark looks like now.

Isn't that cool??

Have you seen one?? I had heard the same thing re trees in Maine. But then I got to thinking, how could any mark on a pine trunk still be discernible after 150-200 years? Edit: not to mention the tree would have to be maybe 300 years old now. Do pines live, or at least stand, that long?

Geez, I didn't squash my first say till I was 20!! That would be a fun thread. Does he have a fair amount of employees to forstall running out of steam?

Chris, Wow, that is a really great story! He sounds super hard core. You sound pretty hardcore too, like the excessive hard work alarm might be going off about you....don't kill yourself by never taking a break! We pretty much all here work stupid hard but when I hear guys working trees since...

That's for sure. I heard that alot of those masts were made of virgin white pine from Maine. They were called King's Pines cuz the king of England had his mark cut into the most desirable trees so they were reserved for that use.

Funny. So he is a contract climber full time. Nice. He hates puters, is he old school taut line climber or new school split tail and hitch tender pulley type? Have you worked with him much? Do tell some more!! edit: these big trees, are they like alot of oaks and tulips, in the Philly area...

Nice! How old is he? I gather he is still climbing despite the hurdles he has encountered, or is it most/all bucket work these days?

Quite the good, wide ranging thread. Paul, good news, keep it up! Sounds like you are busy as hell with the big TDs, nice. Jerry, interesting your thoughts on the Henry tree, one would never know it judging from those pics- the Henry tree has been one of your avatars, right? Maybe on TB...