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19th August 2014, 10:54 PM #1
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Very good video of timber getting in WA
Here
I thought this was a really good look at timber cutting in the old days.If you find you have dug yourself a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
I just finished child-proofing our house - but they still get inside.
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23rd August 2014, 10:53 AM #2
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Hi Ozhunter,
Thanks for posting, very interesting.
At the Busselton museum they had a model of a steam winch used in the south west forest. It was mounted on two big logs and had a mile of cable which they'd tow out with a bullock team as shown. The'd attach the end of the cable to a good size Karri and then the winch would snig itself through the forest. When it got where it was going they'd anchor it firmly to a couple of trees and then they could harvest the trees within a one mile radius. They'd build a tramway up to it to take the logs back to the mill. This might even be the one in the video.
Great stuff.
Geoff.
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24th August 2014, 10:45 PM #3
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Fascinating! We're lucky to have such a good record of the industry as it was.
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25th August 2014, 08:58 AM #4
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Thanks OzH
We see the stills (Photos not booze!) everywhere, but this is the first video/film I have seen. Terrific.
Interestingly at the 1.30 minute mark, you can see another tree being felled to the left of the main tree. I thought "oh dear, this is not going to go well!"
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PaulBushmiller;
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