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stikine
Treehouser
Something that is historically interesting is that there is a culturally modified tree in that video we protected. Many years ago someone had chopped into a tree with an adze to check out the base. I've found many of these over the years, even an abandoned dug out canoe tree. At this site we are over 2 miles from salt water. The adze scar was from many years ago and long before the road was there.
flushcut
TreeHouser
A dugout canoe would be a sweet find!
stikine
Treehouser
I actually didn't find it but an engineering road location crew did. They relocated the the road to avoid it.
Pretty cool... you can walk buy it and it looks like a rotten log, but a closer look reveals charcoal etc
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Sorry If I missed it.
You mention totem trees and dugout canoe. I assume they are from the native tribes up there in Alaska?
So getting back to the totem tree, is it just a generic term for a tree that would make a good totem pole or it it actually going to to a res or a tribe to be carved into a totem
Pole?
flushcut
TreeHouser
They found a dugout not that long ago in Madison Lake Mendota (I think) dated to 1200 years old.
stikine
Treehouser
Good question Rich. The coastal tribes here are mostly Tlingit and Haida and they have a long tradition of using both Western redcedar and Alaska yellow cedar for totem poles around their villages. Our local tribe here in Wrangell is in the process of re establishing and developing new master carvers to do this artwork.
Federally recognized tribes are eligible for trees for cultural purposes, free of charge from the national forest.
I was contracted by the local tribe to locate and arrange the harvest of these redcedar for future totem poles. I located the trees and did the felling as part of my contract. Our local small mill owner used his log loader to yard them to the road. Tomorrow he and his son will load and haul them to his log yard for storage until the tribe is ready for them at their carving shed.
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biggun
Monkey for Hire
Nice. Thanks for the reply.
The Haida? Are they the people that the logger felled their sacred tree as a protest to logging?
He then disappeared and remains of his canoe found but never a body.
Pete Mctree lent me a book about it a few years back now.
The Haida? Are they the people that the logger felled their sacred tree as a protest to logging?
He then disappeared and remains of his canoe found but never a body.
Pete Mctree lent me a book about it a few years back now.
stikine
Treehouser
Yes they are. The Golden Spruce is the book.
biggun
Monkey for Hire
That’s the one. I got three quarters through reading it and now it is in the house somewhere. I should dig it out and finish it.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
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Easy little crane removal. We were on the fence about using the crane till we noticed the amount of dog crap in the yard. Turned it into a training day so another could get used to rigging and cutting for me
Easy little crane removal. We were on the fence about using the crane till we noticed the amount of dog crap in the yard. Turned it into a training day so another could get used to rigging and cutting for me
SeanKroll
Treehouser
flushcut
TreeHouser
There must be more to this story?
Vid on his channel in tree felling vids
stikine
Treehouser
Loading out the totem logs today.
@lumberjack , how is the One Wheel working out?
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
PITA afternoon. Whole tree is coming down but I took out the two hardest sections today. Lake property with a ton of obstacles. Haul out goes from steep to a tight 47” gate and then past multiple A/C units and sheds and generators then to another 48” wide area between two retaining walls. Tired and sore. I’m still waiting on the young bucks to step up and take over for me. This is one of those jobs that has no equipment access. A barge might work for getting material out but still a MFer. Finding out that we were the only company to even put a bid in (out of ten contacted) I feel a pay raise is due again since the old guy has to do it.
flushcut
TreeHouser
See now your problem is waiting for them to step up. They ain’t going to unless pushed. A polite “git your ass up the tree, I’m tired of waiting on you little bitches” is what’s needed. That kind of encouragement directly attacks the male egos subconscious desire to be alpha and triggers the “I’ll show you old man response”. They grow some balls and confidence and you slide into a comfy chair.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
I’ve had this tab open since Tuesday on my phone, was going to make a longer video but haven’t made the time.
Monday I put 3-4 miles on it driving from my house to the barn, then between the two jobs we did Monday. It was handy being able to leave the guys working and be able to move the MRT to the next job, came back later for the grapple truck, then dropped the grapple truck back off at the first job to spend the night and took the MRT home.
All in all, it’s a handy dude. I still haven’t topped it out speed wise, figure I want some PPE for that.
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