The Prep at North Garden

70,000 lbs of gravel was raked:      The last of the cherry got ripped:

(Colleague Dave Brogan with Paul's Alaskan sawmill):     More of the Alaskan:  

Tree Pros at Work

19 and 27 August 2004

The guys from Van Yahres arrive on Aug 19th:      Adam, Steve and Jeremy

Adam climbs first:                      Steve runs up trees! 

Adam swings:           Jeremy, one coming down!: 

Jeremy awaits:         These guys are 90' up:    

After topping, Steve takes in the view:     and Adam tops his: 

Jeremy's mess          goes into the woods via chipper: 

The locals were jumping out of their skin: 

Steve starts his back cut on Adam's tree:       Going once: 

Going twice:         Only two feet off the mark: 

Crosscutting 17 footers:      

Second tree, Steve lines up the fall:       and does his back cut: 

Timb:                 er:        Bang!  

More 17 footers:                  And no harm done:      

                    Waiting for Jim Hart:  

The Wood Mizer arrives on the 27th:      

Jim lines up his first cut:     and double checks: 

and rips away:                  If only they grew like this:  

First yield, all prime.  Six 2 x 12s, a 2 x 10 and some one inch stock not in the picture:

It's not all automated: 

The only sunny spot on a 300 foot driveway: 

Where'd that trunk go?           Last board: 

1800 board feet, the magic saw and Craig. She hauled trashcans of sawdust, piled slag and stacked boards for the whole day:  

How to move 17' lumber on a pickup with a 6' bed: 

Stacked and stickered for drying; ready in 2005: 

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