1940s Lumberjacks felling Redwoods in Northern California

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  • @trey2810
    @trey2810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +831

    I swear, it's just one human man narrating ALL of these documentaries.

    • @lorn2416
      @lorn2416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He's not as nasally

    • @calbreckenridge2192
      @calbreckenridge2192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Morgan freeman of the day. Lol

    • @drgrey7026
      @drgrey7026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      And instructional videos

    • @erikvelazquez9486
      @erikvelazquez9486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yo

    • @MrMexikin
      @MrMexikin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It's true, he worked at the ministry of truth

  • @zz-np2sr
    @zz-np2sr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +304

    At once you admire the skill set,bravery and work ethic of those men while feeling a sense of loss for those ancient trees.

    • @663rainmaker
      @663rainmaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A lot of those giants are still here… I have stood atop tres so old … old as JESUS!… and incredible Sequoias and giants and the Redwoods still there.. National Parks 🏞 and commodities?

    • @Exderius
      @Exderius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@663rainmaker Actually 96% of redwoods were cut, barely any remain.

    • @utahnick
      @utahnick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said

    • @Exderius
      @Exderius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@enturnetrol7869 I am sorry, but the old growth trees capture much more carbon, and are majestic.

    • @Exderius
      @Exderius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@enturnetrol7869 You are correct, they do grow quickly, but the old growth need to be protected for their carbon sink. Trees don’t capture too much carbon until age 20 or so. Some of the giant trees you speak of are 2000+ years old .

  • @blakeprocter5818
    @blakeprocter5818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +596

    Man, this footage is real interesting to see. I cannot even comprehend how physically demanding it would be to cut down trees of any real thickness with axes now that we've had power tools for decades. They worked really fuckin' hard back in the old days, for sure.

    • @traviscooper6675
      @traviscooper6675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Blake Procter back when men weren’t afraid to work

    • @wouldeyed1361
      @wouldeyed1361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Didn't see one overweight person. What they don't talk about is the amount of injuries and deaths. With the use of new machinery it's getting better but still a dangerous profession.

    • @DD-du9ip
      @DD-du9ip 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      would eyed13 that definitely true. Commonplace for guys to get hurt bad or killed back then. If you survived you were a worn out old man by age 40. Tough times tough people.

    • @Shyzah
      @Shyzah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      now think about the pyramids

    • @blakeprocter5818
      @blakeprocter5818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Alex Llg No one really takes feminists seriously anymore. They've become the punching bag for the rest of society by now.

  • @jakiosborn1274
    @jakiosborn1274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    My Uncle Bob is probably in some of these videos. He was a faller in the 30's and 40's, and talked a lot about felling some of these giants. He ax cut the back cuts so smooth that you put a level or protractor on it.
    Had a tree barber-chair during a final cut one time. As it was falling, it twisted and broke branches off and chased him around the stump like a pirouette! When he passed away many years later, he still had a broken chunk of redwood limb stuck under his collarbone when one of those branches speared him.
    Loved listening to his stories. Great guy and favorite uncle....❤👍

    • @drydesert8036
      @drydesert8036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No doubt a good man and uncle. Now a memorial part of American history. Thanks for sharing... RIP.

    • @PeerlessYT
      @PeerlessYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for sharing, sounds like a real man if I've ever heard of one

    • @bryansmethers2020
      @bryansmethers2020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He also walked uphills both way in foot deep snow to get to school.

    • @yourfreedomisanillusion
      @yourfreedomisanillusion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@new.Creation.In.Christ -And this, children, is why we have “Pepsi” today.

    • @amosbackstrom5366
      @amosbackstrom5366 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shit I can't imagine one of those big fellows barber-chairing, that's an absolute nightmare.
      I've never barber-chaired a tree but I saw my buddy do it once, it must've split the tree 10 ft up the trunk and it was only a 2 ft diameter trunk.

  • @greatalaska6429
    @greatalaska6429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3006

    Then those houses were bulldozed to make a concrete starbucks.

    • @chadgillotti6687
      @chadgillotti6687 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      sad

    • @waspgaming9077
      @waspgaming9077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      you can't make recycled concrete. So more accurately those houses were bulldozed to create empty space for Starbucks

    • @heretichazel
      @heretichazel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Sorry but we actually don't have starbucks here, we have dutch Bros instead

    • @cleveland2286
      @cleveland2286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@heretichazel lucky man...

    • @thechickenmaster6543
      @thechickenmaster6543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@waspgaming9077 you can recycle concrete tho

  • @tombrown7449
    @tombrown7449 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I'm 66 years, old it saddens me too. I live in Mississippi and a friend offered me some reclaimed lumber from a local job he was working on turned to be redwood. The reclaimed wood is now my new picnic table and chairs, proud of them. Still serving mankind!

    • @johnmoyer5515
      @johnmoyer5515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good job my friend , a lot of my oak kitchen is reclaimed stair tread here a pc left over on a job any cabinet grade plywood big enough to make a cabinet side +much more.

  • @collinashley4947
    @collinashley4947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    I clicked on this video thinking it would be a joke video but after realizing it was real, I couldn’t click away and just kept watching. It’s more interesting than I thought it would be.

    • @rodyn2023
      @rodyn2023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Collin Ashley same 😂

    • @lordfuckwad
      @lordfuckwad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      What made you think it was a joke video?

    • @johnsmith-wc8gs
      @johnsmith-wc8gs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's tragic really. Granted felling some is okay. It is wonderful building material. However most forests, as I'm sure you know, were completely decimated. We can't grow these back.

    • @jgoembel
      @jgoembel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@johnsmith-wc8gs They can be growed back by us. We wont see them as they were when we took the originals. "The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now" Chinese proverb.

    • @johnsmith-wc8gs
      @johnsmith-wc8gs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jgoembel that is not certain. These trees take a thousand years or more to reach what was taken down. There are alot of variables now. Climate change, forest fires, disease, land for use etc. By no means is this an excuse not to but nothing is certain except for that they are gone

  • @zachtaylor9597
    @zachtaylor9597 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Fun story: my great grandpa was a child laborer at a logging camp back in the 1900’s-1910’s. His job was to lubricate downhill log chutes with pig fat, as to help the timber travel downhill easier to the landing. He told my family that his “position” was known as a “Pig Fucker.”

    • @jmccormick1490
      @jmccormick1490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That confirms that 100 + years ago rough necks gave the "greenhorn" as much shit as they do today.

    • @dinkidavis
      @dinkidavis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jmccormick1490 LoL. Some things never change

  • @sjones3575
    @sjones3575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    My grandfather and his brothers did this work in the 1940's. Always knew he was one hell of a man. After watching this I realize I didn't have a clue as to how badass he really was.

    • @MP-ef6mc
      @MP-ef6mc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, he was a real mans man.

  • @rogerrobinson4446
    @rogerrobinson4446 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1867

    This video would make an OSHA inspector's head explode.

    • @mjtechnoviking44
      @mjtechnoviking44 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      TheBigGiant Head good those bitches deserve it.

    • @dougcarter1924
      @dougcarter1924 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      TheBigGiant Head YA it would be GREAT.

    • @isaiahslawncare8600
      @isaiahslawncare8600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah it would be great to see

    • @recklessmeanie
      @recklessmeanie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This kind of stuff was alot safer back then:)

    • @travisbrown1520
      @travisbrown1520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      mjtechnoviking44 oh yah the people keeping you safe yah fuck those guys

  • @darealb1163
    @darealb1163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1942

    This cigarette and coffee voice is mandatory for any video before 1980😂😂😂😂

    • @ulyssesgrant4324
      @ulyssesgrant4324 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      It’s the microphone.
      I believe

    • @sluggish._
      @sluggish._ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      R.M.S Olympic r/wooosh

    • @ghouby342
      @ghouby342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@sluggish._ how is that a woosh?

    • @jjvv7195
      @jjvv7195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      R.M.S Olympic r/itswooooshwith4os & r/ihavereddit

    • @jlucky11
      @jlucky11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Those voices are so nice

  • @beachbum5118
    @beachbum5118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I took my son on a trip through the redwoods back in the late seventies. We did a tour at the Scotia mill which is the mill in this video. I think they only ran the mill one 8 hour shift 4 days a week because of the growing scarcity of the trees they could harvest and I think it was the only redwood mill in the area. It was an amazing place. The California redwoods are one of the most amazing places on the planet to see and at least they have left enough to get a sense of what once was.

  • @monstadable
    @monstadable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +729

    I hear they replanted. 1956 years to go!

    • @yomansam4689
      @yomansam4689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They're waaaaaaaay older than 1956 years old

    • @aaronfogg302
      @aaronfogg302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      YoManSam not really

    • @yomansam4689
      @yomansam4689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aaronfogg302 yeah nvm

    • @lepre4720
      @lepre4720 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wooo

    • @driftertravelerman6893
      @driftertravelerman6893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      True people are disgusting with absolutely no Idea Of what theyre doing.

  • @adrjackpencur8847
    @adrjackpencur8847 5 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    Its funny how the narrator mentions all the reasons why not to remove the trees. Lol

    • @shawnwelch7371
      @shawnwelch7371 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I mean at least he said thw biggest were set aside to continue living and parks were made where they werent cut at all

    • @Nazgul-sk9cs
      @Nazgul-sk9cs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      shawn welch it was a lie

    • @ir8free
      @ir8free 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      shawn welch
      yet, redwoods are still endangered.

    • @GroovesAndLands
      @GroovesAndLands 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would it have been better to NOT use the resource - and consequently - NOT had the railroad link the coasts togetehr, and NOT enjoyed the benefit/utility that lumber provided the country? Gotta break an egg to make an omelette. Trick is to not consume ALL the eggs and ALL the chickens.

    • @myousickoflife
      @myousickoflife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GroovesAndLands Yea man the only way to make a railroad is from the oldest trees on the planet, you're brilliant!
      What are railroads made of today?
      Your egg analogy its piss poor considering chickens lay eggs daily. It took thousands of years to grow these trees. They weren't planted by man, the ignorance and greed of the people of that time will be haunting us for thousands of years to come.

  • @SinVice
    @SinVice 5 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    Another win for TH-cam recommendations.

  • @MP-ef6mc
    @MP-ef6mc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I’m a modern logger, all I can say is these were real men to say it lightly, and they did this work while being dressed better than most people do today when they go to church.

  • @shadow-Sun
    @shadow-Sun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Hand cut !!! Hand cut with axes the tree topper at the beginning of the upload -his axe was cutting like a razor blade through hair, that is the sharpest axe I have ever seen
    these men earen every cent of their wages tough men doing a VERY physically tough job much respect to them .

    • @davidhardy2583
      @davidhardy2583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Having done just about every physically tough job at least for awhile over my 57 years, I can say this kind of work is bar none the toughest I’ve attempted. These guys are beyond tough.

    • @scooterdogg7580
      @scooterdogg7580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "give me eight hours to chop a tree I'll spend the first four sharpening the axe" I more than just an old saying

    • @MrCheaterpipe
      @MrCheaterpipe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Redwood is quite soft so it makes sense that an axe will take big chunks out

    • @theswampfox9584
      @theswampfox9584 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man watching those guys chop and cut so close to that rope gives me the heebie jeebies

  • @rusty2959
    @rusty2959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Being a lumberjack now is dangerous, imagine 80 years ago

    • @tommoore2012
      @tommoore2012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      A whole lot of people died from those kinds of jobs. The men that took them on knew that they were probably either going to die or suffer a permanent injury at any point.

    • @07slowbalt
      @07slowbalt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And this is why unions were formed and osha put in place....now people keep allowing right to work legislation to be passed that strips away workers safety, pay, and benefits.

    • @kennethquesenberry2610
      @kennethquesenberry2610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are other dangerous jobs. Think of coal mining. I am from southern West Virginia and I've known of men who went off to work in the morning with their lunch bucket and didn't make it back home. When accidents happened, it was always the employee's fault.

    • @geoffbell166
      @geoffbell166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kennethquesenberry2610 Yeah using banjo shovels all day,coal dust and cave ins and rockfalls,explosions,i logged for 30years but i rather do that that than be underground!

    • @collinstiernagle3553
      @collinstiernagle3553 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We got rid of most of our idiots back then.

  • @ALKUKES
    @ALKUKES 6 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    This older videos seems to be better than new ones

    • @MightyJustas
      @MightyJustas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ALKUKES its because old videos lack dramatic discovery format

    • @burnedburrito
      @burnedburrito 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      seem* sorry :/ i had to

    • @johnmcdyer7297
      @johnmcdyer7297 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Of course they are no modern crap or elf and safety

    • @omegalgo297
      @omegalgo297 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Real film, no computer enhancement

    • @randiD123
      @randiD123 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because it speaks truth! Not the lies our news (not mine, though) feeds the sheeple.

  • @johnmccaffery5186
    @johnmccaffery5186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Loved my trip so much to redwood national and state parks that we’re going back again this year. It’s so amazing to walk in An old growth redwood forest. Such a shame only 2% are left for us to enjoy…

  • @cheikhdiagne4846
    @cheikhdiagne4846 5 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    When they slide the logs into the ponds is the original idea for splash mountain at Disneyland

  • @scribtoon7146
    @scribtoon7146 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    ive watched this video many times on sleepless nights. It never gets old

  • @nancymcdade3909
    @nancymcdade3909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Amazing and incredible trees. I was fortunate to see the Redwood forest as a child. So glad they aren't harvested any longer.

    • @johndong4630
      @johndong4630 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nancy McDade
      Yes, they are still being logged.

    • @jamesreilly5921
      @jamesreilly5921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They're still harvested. There's protected areas now that can't be logged. But these big trees are definatly still harvested.

    • @SDeww
      @SDeww 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      a person who cuts down a 2000-4000 year old tree should be thrown in jail!..

    • @Jack_rabbits_sage_brush
      @Jack_rabbits_sage_brush 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I live next to a mill that turns them into boards and shingles. But wforest management they can be harvested and protected.

    • @jasoneverett
      @jasoneverett 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@SDeww put your money where your mouth is and move out of your house and go live in a tent.

  • @anthonycristofani6856
    @anthonycristofani6856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I’m blessed to live close to Yosemite and can see these things regularly. Every person should at least one time in their life go to the base of these trees and lookup you will be speechless

  • @apuuvah
    @apuuvah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    While I have to respect and somewhat admire these hard working real lumberjacks, I do feel sorry for the devastation of these majestic, magnificent redwoods... some of which were as old as our civilization. Way, way back in the day men were tough...they had to be.

    • @mainodio4420
      @mainodio4420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I feel the same man.

    • @sniperwolfgamer1976
      @sniperwolfgamer1976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      100% same

    • @areus2016
      @areus2016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They used to be logged. Now, they are illegal to cut, so don't you worry.

    • @anthonyjh02
      @anthonyjh02 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ivannaattention
      That’s exactly what he’s referring to, there are Redwood farms but these trees in reserves in nature are protected.

    • @74KU
      @74KU 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, now shit like this is "locked up" behind national parks with so many access rules it may as well not be there..

  • @flashkraft
    @flashkraft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    We need to build twenty new houses. How many trees do we need for that?
    One.

    • @theuniversewithin2065
      @theuniversewithin2065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      We need to exterminate 20 people for each tree cut down. Also retroactively. That would actually do some good.

    • @Sorelizard
      @Sorelizard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Loll

    • @theuniversewithin2065
      @theuniversewithin2065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @White Aus no, I'm thinking like a planet.

    • @theuniversewithin2065
      @theuniversewithin2065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @White Aus yes, we planets do think. And this one is fed up with the disease known as humanity.

    • @theuniversewithin2065
      @theuniversewithin2065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @White Aus you limit yourself. Go species wide.

  • @creativeworld4237
    @creativeworld4237 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Amazing human voice, Crystal clear pronouncements. Great video

  • @owentolley3308
    @owentolley3308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I’ve love this video. While redwoods are not the oldest living things on the planet, the oldest is still in CA. Bristlecone pines. Some are between 4 and 5 thousand years old. The oldest was discovered in 1957.

  • @joshbryan4573
    @joshbryan4573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    At least they left 3% of the forest for our "entertainment"

    • @bradwebster4979
      @bradwebster4979 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Kendall J Ocean?? Never heard of her.

    • @joshbryan4573
      @joshbryan4573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Kendall J and? thats irrelevant for my statement. We also know little about space lol

    • @Holimajster
      @Holimajster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@joshbryan4573 how is it that ur so interested in space when you know so little about our planet. So much to explore on earth yet yall push for mars

    • @brianshissler3263
      @brianshissler3263 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Holimajster I think its because we have a pretty good idea of whats left unexplored on earth. Mars, space, etc really is a mystery because we barely have more than photos of it.

    • @mike-ws8yh
      @mike-ws8yh 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kendall J do we look like fish

  • @hankhammer869
    @hankhammer869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1101

    "These are the tallest oldest biggest trees in the world"... lets just cut them up into lumber :p

    • @Sol-os5pk
      @Sol-os5pk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Reagan the dickhead supported this. “Once youve seen one redwood, youve seen them all”

    • @BrickedUpp
      @BrickedUpp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      damn yeah yeah well..... he wasn’t wrong

    • @yourboiigrey1628
      @yourboiigrey1628 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      If you listen for like literally another minute they say they’re not cutting all of them down

    • @PlanetGamingOfficial
      @PlanetGamingOfficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      damn yeah yeah there are thousands of redwoods, and more are planted daily. There was no problem cutting them down

    • @thegamedevil5632
      @thegamedevil5632 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@PlanetGamingOfficial ... some are cut every day ... now you need to wait for a couple of thousands of years to for the new one to grow ...

  • @jabawib8691
    @jabawib8691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    3:24 1940s lumberjack asserting dominance over fellow crewmates

    • @blakebabcock8890
      @blakebabcock8890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A comment about T-Posing with 69 likes. Nice

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's showing how it was placed between the two trees.

  • @howardiknow1133
    @howardiknow1133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There's a protected redwood forest in Australia...up behind Apollo Bay in Victoria..me and the wife went for a walk thru there...in awe of these trees....thought we were in there for about an hour...it was so serene and peaceful.....four hrs, yep 4 hours we wandered around just looking at and being in awe of these majestic trees...

    • @adamamato4889
      @adamamato4889 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @howardiknow1133
      Most of them are importanted from America

    • @howardiknow1133
      @howardiknow1133 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@adamamato4889 yeah, some Victorian foresters planted them as an experiment in 1936, think they were thinking to get some good timber out of them, luckily now, they're protected and will stand majestic for ever hopefully...

  • @hansbraun2726
    @hansbraun2726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    amazing. sad and inspiring all at once.

    • @jeffalbillar7625
      @jeffalbillar7625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For real

    • @sbryant1993sb
      @sbryant1993sb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very true I work near the redwoods if only the huge ones were still standing

    • @michaelmccall5945
      @michaelmccall5945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just what I thought.

    • @latouselatrec
      @latouselatrec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Inspiring what the hell is so inspiring about that

    • @michaelmccall5945
      @michaelmccall5945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@latouselatrec can you say more on your opinion? I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm really just wanting to know your perspective.

  • @BL-zi9wb
    @BL-zi9wb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    Only a 1940s reel could make environmental destruction seem so necessary and quaint.

    • @DEDZED
      @DEDZED 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Seriously though

    • @Postoficedweller
      @Postoficedweller 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Well, you can always go live in a cave, and not cause "enviromental destruction".

    • @mrbiscuits915
      @mrbiscuits915 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Postoficedweller there are alternatives to wood fucktard. Ever heard of bricks?

    • @nuck-
      @nuck- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      mr biscuits
      The emmissions caused by making bricks would almost match the harm done, fuck tard,
      Just like a Prius is actually worse for the environment than a petrol engine in the long run.

    • @rhysf.505
      @rhysf.505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      mr biscuits, oh yea go ahead and make a table out of brick, see how that works out.

  • @firstlast7719
    @firstlast7719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    And those houses built with those logs are now mostly tear downs. So the 2,000 year old tree was only useful for 80 years or less. What a waste. Short-sighted thinking.

    • @mikebrisebois
      @mikebrisebois 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Gave a few families a place to live for a century though.

    • @posmoo9790
      @posmoo9790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      they'll salvage that wood for sure. you could pay for the teardown with it.

    • @rogerwilco2
      @rogerwilco2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Unfortunately still short-sighted thinking is very common place. Especially among the politicians in places like the US Congress.
      They will all be dead when Climate Change will really start to bite.

    • @emeraldhunter1
      @emeraldhunter1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@mikebrisebois "American houses lasting for a century" nice joke there.

    • @firstlast7719
      @firstlast7719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@posmoo9790 They might salvage 2% of that wood, initially, the rest will be land fill and the trees that could have been around another 500 years of more are gone forever. - just wasteful really.

  • @skgate
    @skgate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man stuff back then was made with such quality materials, theres still usable stuff from then. Barely anything made today will last that long..

  • @FastSloW-qt8xf
    @FastSloW-qt8xf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    I bet thoseguys topping those redwoods got some interesting stories

    • @dougcarter1924
      @dougcarter1924 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fast4SloW 717 AND some strong LEGS.

    • @cardenasjr1406
      @cardenasjr1406 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Had

    • @ooee8088
      @ooee8088 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A video of just those dudes topping huge treez with an axe would have been incredible. They should add that event to current lumberjack competitions

    • @ROGER2095
      @ROGER2095 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I bet all their stories end the same: "but then it fell the wrong way. . . .:

    • @anitarussum4590
      @anitarussum4590 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fast4SloW 717 ...wonder if they saw big foot?

  • @lesterclaypool2194
    @lesterclaypool2194 6 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    Just think of the first guy that cut, fell, and split a red wood for firewood heating just to find out it didn't burn worth a crap Lol

    • @kx65andyx85rider
      @kx65andyx85rider 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lester Claypool 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @BigKeithDog
      @BigKeithDog 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      You'd need a really hot fire before you put redwood on, but it is amazing for heating. It's burns very hot for very long. It's dense and stores alot of energy, wouldn't be a good choice for kindling, but split and seasoned it would burn just fine.

    • @GardenerEarthGuy
      @GardenerEarthGuy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@BigKeithDog
      And does like nothing else... Great to toss in the stove before bed.

    • @nb6584
      @nb6584 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@BigKeithDog I agree I had a neighbor cut some smaller ones down and I kept it split it waited for it to dry and burned it in the fireplace great hot fires and very dense like you said. Plus it smells a lot nicer than other wood burning too!

    • @danfromga3002
      @danfromga3002 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      PORK SODA.

  • @n40tom
    @n40tom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    There is a Hotel on the coast in Northern California. This hotel was made entirely of one redwood tree with Lumber left over . I read a book a few years ago about the construction of this hotel and it was amazing. Plus many many pictures of the ongoing building. Very cool. I don't remember the name of the book but I think the hotel was called the Redwood Hotel or something on that order. Take care. T
    Edit . I just looked up the name it's the Curly Redwood Lodge in Crescent City California. On their website you can click on to the history of the lodge.

    • @MG-ok6nu
      @MG-ok6nu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Curly Redwood Lodge in Crescent City, CA

    • @RiceReaper
      @RiceReaper 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll

  • @jaredjames7046
    @jaredjames7046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Guys that work for tree services around my area in Northern Wisconsin think they are the strongest hardest working guys ever. But these guys are on another level when it comes to work

  • @snigie1
    @snigie1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    My favorite part was him dry humping the grinding stone at the beginning.

    • @MicroWaveLasagna
      @MicroWaveLasagna 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      r/cursedcomments

    • @dawson2800
      @dawson2800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      r/cursedcomments

    • @backatownboy9819
      @backatownboy9819 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lolololololololololololololol!!!!!!!!@!!!! Too funny

    • @daleleibfried8648
      @daleleibfried8648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice

    • @pongodongo645
      @pongodongo645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Chris Powell no, he was grinding on the grindstone

  • @russkish8628
    @russkish8628 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1001

    Not one MAN BUN in sight

    • @bilbobaggins5962
      @bilbobaggins5962 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      we call them "douche donuts" on the east coast

    • @dickjohnson5025
      @dickjohnson5025 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bilbo Baggins Yes!

    • @dickjohnson5025
      @dickjohnson5025 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      das wright I know I shouldn’t judge, but damn, how does anyone think that is a good look? Only sumo wrestlers should wear those.

    • @fatherdank1759
      @fatherdank1759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Big Bill O'Reilly hell no

    • @lepiee
      @lepiee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bilbo Baggins We call them gay in Texas.

  • @lancecalderon2700
    @lancecalderon2700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    The Lorax:
    Humans : We boutta end this man's whole career

  • @andrewgilblom1741
    @andrewgilblom1741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I've been cutting trees since 1987. I couldn't even imagine how hard this work was!!

  • @tonyalways7174
    @tonyalways7174 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Looking back it’s a tragedy that we felled so much giant lumber but times change. Either way you cant help but be in awe of these men with balls and muscles of steel and skills to marvel at.

  • @TruSciencePro
    @TruSciencePro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the kind of old fashioned American hard work we need to rebuild our country. 🇺🇸

  • @garyrichards9680
    @garyrichards9680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Saw mills back in the day looked incredibly safe.

  • @JG-tk7ov
    @JG-tk7ov 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My dads been doing it for 35 yrs an ive been doing it for 19 yrs. There is a huge difference in generations. There are alot of young people getting seriously injured early on in their lives. Complacency has replaced respect

  • @pcdubya
    @pcdubya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I cut up a 2 foot thick pine tree with a chain saw and think I did something, guy at 1 minute climbs up 100 feet and then cuts through 6 feet of tree with an ax, wow

  • @81trevorj
    @81trevorj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +579

    1940= I'm going to climb this tree and fell it with only a rope and axe.
    2018= I have a sliver and I would appreciate it if you told Peter not to bring peanut butter on account of my allergy

    • @JstnW
      @JstnW 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Haha!

    • @JohnSmith-zn2tx
      @JohnSmith-zn2tx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You want me to do WHAT??

    • @rbeck3200tb40
      @rbeck3200tb40 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      1940 = look at the oldest living thing on the planet . Hey lets go cut it down

    • @filthyanimal1067
      @filthyanimal1067 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@Nyuhkkus slavery was more than normal for thousands of years before that.white Europeans being enslaved in huge numbers by Nubian's.you won't hear that history from us because we got over it and rebuilt. We don't endlessly talk about it and that we need reparation from long dead people

    • @Brad-R
      @Brad-R 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Trevor Capstick Haha love your comment! I was going to make a similar comment as all I could think of was this is a great example of what men were. There’s many still around but the pussification is sadly growing.

  • @seamur3937
    @seamur3937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    'Cutting their way into trees that might be as old as our civilization...''

    • @justpettet3506
      @justpettet3506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      fucking retards all of us

    • @thewhitedeath586
      @thewhitedeath586 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@slashermcgirk1274 I for one dont like the modern world. We traded all those things you mentioned for the same shit in different forms. There is no less misery in the world. There is no less greed or evil, infact the main thing that has changed is population growth, people are further apart and self interested due to social media, people are dumb due to reliance on technology for everything. Yeah people suck.

    • @slashermcgirk1274
      @slashermcgirk1274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@thewhitedeath586 I'm sure you don't believe that. Living as a serf with rotting teeth, no electricity, being cold and wet all the time, watching your brothers and sisters/parents die of disease and starvation, rotting away from syphilis or any number of other horrible diseases, which is basically how people lived until about 100 years ago, is way worse than however you're living now. Social media is for insecure sheeple. If you're not one of them and you have the strength to be true to yourself then you'll rise above all of those unoriginal slugs. If you make it a lifestyle to put yourself in environments that challenge your insecurities eventually you'll acquire that strength. Remember, if there's a problem it's you, not the world.

    • @josemezatorrez
      @josemezatorrez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@slashermcgirk1274 it is a fact many aboriginals lived longer back when they were not yet invaded by the so called advancement races, their food and water was natural and clean with out cancer causing preservatives.

    • @slashermcgirk1274
      @slashermcgirk1274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@josemezatorrez That isn't a fact. Warring, high infant mortality, famine and disease are a lot more dangerous than trace carcinogens in modern food.

  • @ManChildMaineiac
    @ManChildMaineiac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love watching anything from the olden day!! This is so interesting!

  • @lm1584
    @lm1584 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    That is some VERY high priced lumber now. Reclaimers are making a killing.

    • @Fbarts
      @Fbarts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Reclaimed wood, the wood of the 21st century.

    • @SmilingDepression
      @SmilingDepression 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Fbarts reclaimed wood aint bad

    • @youtubeaccount9058
      @youtubeaccount9058 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's irreplaceable on a human timescale, so, yeah

  • @steve1311
    @steve1311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Redwoods and sequoia tree should never be cut down. They are a gift from mother nature.

    • @onsight2822
      @onsight2822 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless you need a house to live in 😉

    • @steve1311
      @steve1311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't build houses from these trees. Pine is used in houses. Must be a California Democrat to think that way.

    • @drewzilla4800
      @drewzilla4800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@steve1311 Sorry, but your wrong. I was at Camp Parks in the early 90s and all the WWII barracks were made of "these trees". I did want to pull some planks though as I was into making Adirondack Chairs (Cedar) but I thought a couple redwoods wood be great. Just facts.

    • @jacobdaniels3246
      @jacobdaniels3246 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drewzilla4800 You SHOULDNT make buildings from these trees. There.

    • @drewzilla4800
      @drewzilla4800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jacobdaniels3246 the bldgs were from the WWII era and they were reclaimed in the late 90s there?

  • @joesmitty34
    @joesmitty34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "These men take pride in their strength and courage"

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Joe Smitty thank goodness we have done away with such toxic masculinity! lol

    • @emeraldhunter1
      @emeraldhunter1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      of fucking up living fossils that can't even fight back.
      gg re

    • @michkid5554
      @michkid5554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      emeraldhunter1 you live in a cave or something?

    • @lucasriddle5538
      @lucasriddle5538 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well yeah you hammer at a tough ass tree all day. Shit’s taxing

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dun Hildas apparently you are not familiar with sarcasm!!! fuck off Libtard

  • @tanman__3878
    @tanman__3878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love shit like this for some reason, the narrating style and voice is amazing

  • @vulkris
    @vulkris 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The size of those boards gives me chills...

  • @trygveevensen171
    @trygveevensen171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Remember, this was at the time when elephants and buffalos were shot for next to no reason, incredible how these kinds of things were looked on as positive back then. Times have definitely changed

    • @EvilDuckOfDoom3
      @EvilDuckOfDoom3 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's still common to cut down these

    • @ryansulistyono4001
      @ryansulistyono4001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Catfish Yep, but they mark the specific trees that will be cut. I believe now they cut some of the younger ones, (about the size of an oak (I think) but the large really old ones are legally not allowed to be cut.

    • @EvilDuckOfDoom3
      @EvilDuckOfDoom3 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ryansulistyono4001 oh okay if thats true it's a lot better

    • @Cam12369
      @Cam12369 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro all you fucks been sipping that liberal tea😂 calm down you’ll live you’ll whole life if you don’t die early

    • @Cam12369
      @Cam12369 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ryan Sulistyono yeah and that’s a good thing? You know the government cuts them for more money if we aren’t right

  • @halfpintranch2700
    @halfpintranch2700 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That's a beast of a job , tough men indeed!

  • @616Entertainment
    @616Entertainment 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Cutting their way into trees that may be as old as our civilization."
    If that doesn't hurt your heart, you're not human.

    • @daffyduck9901
      @daffyduck9901 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn't hurt my heart at all, but it is very interesting.

    • @616Entertainment
      @616Entertainment 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@daffyduck9901 Well clearly you're a duck, so, my statement stands.

  • @myquickjab2098
    @myquickjab2098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember watching these in 7th grade 1990 life was simple

  • @FastSloW-qt8xf
    @FastSloW-qt8xf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Love the old cat. May still run today

  • @coleen_aloha
    @coleen_aloha 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The first man in this video is my Grandfather he was a foreman for The Carson Lumber Co. and lived at Falk Ca. where my Grandmother was the camp cook and school teacher for the camp childern. The river is the Eel river and the mill is at Scotia Ca once the largest lumber mill in the world. I am proud of my family and I became a conservationist working to restore the small creeks and rivers and restore salmon habitat.

    • @sidd5938
      @sidd5938 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is why I like reading comments. So cool. Thanks!!

  • @jamesbarnousky1688
    @jamesbarnousky1688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The amount of planning, material, and labor involved should tell you how lucrative the logging industry is. I can only imagine how thrilling it is to see one of these fall at the end of a long day.

  • @EvilDuckOfDoom3
    @EvilDuckOfDoom3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    "Their history goes back to the dinosaurs... but here at the sawmill....."
    (We make it into a table that will be lucky to last a generation)

    • @maverickuhl6546
      @maverickuhl6546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dude that exactly what I'm saying I'm not a tree higher but damn. Leave them alone

    • @thelonewanderer420
      @thelonewanderer420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      A redwood table would probably last 300 years if actually used like a table

    • @ulyssesgrant4324
      @ulyssesgrant4324 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Some of these trees dated back to Jesus Christ.

    • @rhysf.505
      @rhysf.505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The only reason things last one generation is because younger generations throw it away for shiny new plastic crap. So it's kind of your own fault. Wooden stuff can last well beyond a single lifetime if you take care of it.

    • @AMpufnstuf
      @AMpufnstuf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You clearly don't do woodworking or know anybody good at it still alive. I've got a wooden bowl that doesn't have a crack in it yet four generations deep. It wasn't uncommon in the old days for even a poor family to have properly made, sturdy wooden furniture that outlives the family name. Today it's unfortunately mostly wealthy customers who can commission good work, but anyone can learn the species of trees, how to fell them, how to dry them and how to carve them with modern tools or how to split and carve them. What you're describing is shit from modern stores.

  • @rossturpin747
    @rossturpin747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those trees even fall beautifully

  • @JoeSmith-om9dv
    @JoeSmith-om9dv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Beautiful trees , glad they cut em down

    • @BestKCL
      @BestKCL 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joe Smith O

    • @heretichazel
      @heretichazel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, redwood furniture is beautiful (and expensive as *fuck* )

    • @anthonyjh02
      @anthonyjh02 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sharing Joe

  • @brian_2040
    @brian_2040 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The beauty of you tube, start out looking at tractors and end up in history class

  • @evghow2
    @evghow2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    8:17 this is a green chain. Apparently the best way to move and stack lumber to this day. I've worked on one of these just a few months ago and let me tell you it's a pain and they are much faster now.

    • @michiganmoto7687
      @michiganmoto7687 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep. I worked the green chain about 25 years ago. It’s heavy fast work and it will either toughen or break you. It separates the wheat from the chaff real quick.

  • @JESUSisLORD24151
    @JESUSisLORD24151 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Really impressive. I don't know if modern machinery was a blessing or a curse, because the men were much stronger then.

    • @daveminuet8114
      @daveminuet8114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That lived short lives and spent fukall time with their family

    • @aidanharley243
      @aidanharley243 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@znk753 Priority #1 is owning the libs. Priority #2 is triggering the snowflakes. I'm sure actually ACCOMPLISHING anything will come later. Probably. Maybe.

    • @yotelodije8943
      @yotelodije8943 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just wait a few more years when you or your own family can no longer breathe due to heat and climate change exterminate us thanks to our own stupidities like this

  • @theflamingtoaster1
    @theflamingtoaster1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I got 99 woodcutting doing the same thing

  • @justabouthadit5872
    @justabouthadit5872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you have the chance DO NOT pass up going to the redwoods in California. Nothing can prepare you, the size of those trees is insane. I saw them on videos plenty of times but in real life it's mind boggling. Excellent experience, one of the best days of my life. Go see them. You'll be glad you did.

  • @thelastjohnwayne
    @thelastjohnwayne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those were beautiful trees.

  • @markblakeway80
    @markblakeway80 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I almost shed a tear watching those big beautiful trees falling. So sad

    • @elil5703
      @elil5703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mark Blakeway what growing the USA and upsetting a soyboy, sounds fine to me

    • @leekohl825
      @leekohl825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your a fucking pussy

    • @complexblackness
      @complexblackness 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Loo

    • @yotelodije8943
      @yotelodije8943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@leekohl825 Just wait a few more years when you or your own family can no longer breathe due to heat and climate change exterminate us thanks to our own stupidities like this

    • @stumpshot9970
      @stumpshot9970 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Torres how about the forest fires that are wiping out huge pieces of wilderness because out of state environmentalists start lawsuits to keep thinning projects from happening to keep the forests healthy. Hmm never hear about that ruining the earth do we ?

  • @zulu6265
    @zulu6265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I know how loud this actually is. It’s insane to hear this big of tree crack and hit the ground from afar. Sounds like dynamite almost.

    • @copperfish543
      @copperfish543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea but if you aren’t there, the falling tree doesn’t make a sound.

  • @bradylouis4174
    @bradylouis4174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What kind of saw were they using at 4:12

  • @beefcakesasquatch6608
    @beefcakesasquatch6608 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Neat and sad at the same time.

  • @jeffdawson7841
    @jeffdawson7841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Grizzly manly hard working dudes. Props for that. But why not use more common trees instead of these rare beauties? Not cool bro

    • @twowheelsclubseals
      @twowheelsclubseals 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Unparalleled size and resistance to insects, fire, and rot. In a home restorer in San Francisco and see 100 year old home foundations made of redwood still in pristine condition regularly. No better wood for buildings

    • @ki113rkkrclips9
      @ki113rkkrclips9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Remember this is 1940s as well to them not a big deal and to me not the biggest deal

    • @leekohl825
      @leekohl825 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your a dumb fuck. They needed those trees you fucking idot. God damn punk ass bitch

  • @xtraflo
    @xtraflo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wow - the Narrator keeps talking about how old the trees are to the point of sadness...

  • @robertkustos2931
    @robertkustos2931 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was an awesome mechanical cross cut . All the best from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @steezymk8815
    @steezymk8815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When Americans took pride in what they do, what a wonderful time

    • @jamontoast1414
      @jamontoast1414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mate times change, don't get stuck in the past and think more in the present and future.

    • @steezymk8815
      @steezymk8815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jamon Toast no shit time change, I’m saying BACK THEN all Americans took pride in the shit they did, you’re comment was literally useless

    • @jimmy5391
      @jimmy5391 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jamon Toast I agree whole heartedly, it’s all we can do in this world. Some people are just meant to be in the past. Society was different and it was a lot easier to get a job, buy a house and socialize with others. Rock and roll was taboo, leather jackets were for hoodlums, girls never wore pants, kids payed attention to their cars and racing cars was dangerous! My grandma was apart of a club who set up balls and dances and my both my grandfathers were greasers who payed more attention to their rides than school. Now what do our kids do? We listen to horrible rap music and smoke weed all day. Shewwwww where’s my time machine?

    • @D3xTRb0y
      @D3xTRb0y 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jimmy Biggums Let me know when you find it

    • @bushwhackermo
      @bushwhackermo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimmy5391 Find it yet? I want in!

  • @RickNethery
    @RickNethery 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Man , one screw up with that ax could cause a horrible fall. It was chopping into the tree just a few inches above the rope.

    • @williamm4812
      @williamm4812 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rick Nethery yeah..that’s what I was hoping for.....

    • @RickNethery
      @RickNethery 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@williamm4812 The Man is just trying to make a living for His Family. I would hate to see Him fall to His death.

    • @RickNethery
      @RickNethery 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Chuck Finley Hopefully He lived His life though, knew love, watched His children grow up. Would You say the same thing about Your Mother or Father ?

    • @RickNethery
      @RickNethery 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Chuck Finley Yes, but the original point I had was that I thought it was wrong to wish a Man to loose His life for Your entertainment, Your comment was that He was already dead. I do understand that in life there are those amongst Us that have no empathy, and its a difficult and frightening fact to know.

    • @RickNethery
      @RickNethery 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Chuck Finley I agree, it is nice to know that Your ok.

  • @magatism
    @magatism 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    These men were insanely brave.

  • @kernracing7677
    @kernracing7677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live 1 hour away from the redwoods and sequoia and Yosemite national parks these trees are so beautiful

  • @block9390
    @block9390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I could never cut such a majestic tree like that down

    • @rustyshackleford851
      @rustyshackleford851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      That's cause you're a soyboy

    • @thehipmyster
      @thehipmyster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@rustyshackleford851 no it's because he has respect for nature

    • @sidd5938
      @sidd5938 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or maybe he has allergies?

    • @scotland2256
      @scotland2256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He is obviously scared of heights and falling trees

    • @There_is_a_duck_in_my_home
      @There_is_a_duck_in_my_home 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s all a mystery

  • @antoniodelfino7737
    @antoniodelfino7737 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    my great aunts house is made completely of redwood. it is a very beautiful home.

    • @queenfie5063
      @queenfie5063 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Antonio Delfino dank

  • @thatxonexguy5438
    @thatxonexguy5438 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "All of the worlds history since christ was born could have occurred during the life of perhaps one of these redwoods"
    Ha, try saying that these days and you'll have atheists going apeshit.

    • @kodyholiday7685
      @kodyholiday7685 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't seem to be going apeshit. What a skewed representation of atheists you have.

    • @Nadz203
      @Nadz203 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What do you expect? Skewed perception is the foundation of religion.

    • @Nadz203
      @Nadz203 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not an atheist.

    • @Nadz203
      @Nadz203 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't have a religion. I'm Agnostic I think (not believe) that there is some kind of higher power out there. However the idea that it can be understood let alone be represented by humanity is ridiculous, contradictory and in some ways even offensive.

    • @n40tom
      @n40tom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whether you know it or not most atheist believe that there was a man called Jesus Christ but he just wasn't the son of any God. And while we're at it why did his mother give him a Mexican name.

  • @skippygirl959
    @skippygirl959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can learn just as much from old videos as you can from new ones

  • @Elvatofeo
    @Elvatofeo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I am enormously proud, amazed and ashamed at humanity. We have held nature back better than any species on the planet before us but at a tremendous cost to every other living thing on this planet.

    • @morrisl7
      @morrisl7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wrong, man is the salt of the earth, what were u gonna do hug the tree ffs?

    • @jasonpagland4389
      @jasonpagland4389 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So true Jose

    • @Elvatofeo
      @Elvatofeo 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL Wut??

    • @jasonpagland4389
      @jasonpagland4389 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Elvatofeo your comment, about humanity, it was a good one, deforestion
      ...ha

    • @Elvatofeo
      @Elvatofeo 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol sorry I was replying to the other guy. That comment made zero sense.

  • @boblangill4676
    @boblangill4676 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Those men...back when ships were made of wood and men made of steel.

    • @cadenhenderson4322
      @cadenhenderson4322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ok boomer

    • @boblangill4676
      @boblangill4676 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      echo.......echooooooh. lol

    • @johnswaim3919
      @johnswaim3919 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Something's made of wood....

    • @yotelodije8943
      @yotelodije8943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just wait a few more years when you or your own family can no longer breathe due to heat and climate change exterminate us thanks to our own stupidities like this

  • @gregkosinski2303
    @gregkosinski2303 6 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    My lord the balls on the guy who felled the top!

    • @FastSloW-qt8xf
      @FastSloW-qt8xf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Greg Kosinski i know right.. its hard to imagine. Hundreds of ft in the air swaying, with tons of wood falling over head... good lord id need a zanax just to climb that high

    • @upsidedahead
      @upsidedahead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'm surprised his huge sack doesn't impede the hefty swing

    • @mickysmithiii1213
      @mickysmithiii1213 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      When Men were actually Men, and not boys! Cuz they still don't have an app that will fell a tree.

    • @mattgates881
      @mattgates881 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some say they were so big they were hanging
      All the way to the ground as he top it

    • @salba90
      @salba90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some say they were heavier than the trees they were felling

  • @4vinylsound
    @4vinylsound 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    500 years to grow and 500 minutes to tear down
    What a shame.

  • @philspaces7213
    @philspaces7213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    what a beautiful art form!
    dont be mad about this... this is a renewable resource, albeit slow. what we have done to "save the trees" is called using plastic and destroying the ocean. (a key component in growing trees)

    • @msheart2
      @msheart2 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, please.

  • @TheCRHKing
    @TheCRHKing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is crazy to watch. Actively acknowledging that they are the oldest living things while they are being killed.

  • @williamsmith4220
    @williamsmith4220 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I like how everyone still wears a suit and tie lol

  • @sancheztv957
    @sancheztv957 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My grandfather used to do this every day in their life till they died making plywood and boards with that 5ft to 10ft long saws. Now this guys are publishing their skills with sthil saws making their selves like no one else is better like they are

  • @JonSwift7
    @JonSwift7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So sad to see, if we only knew and respect what we do now.....we as humans can never truly appreciate what we have until until it is no more..😔💔

    • @onsight2822
      @onsight2822 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      At some point at least one tree was growing where your house / flat / skyrise now sits ! Big or small here or there thats what trees are for , no need to be sad , trees are a gift we all benefit from 😀

  • @trippybruh1592
    @trippybruh1592 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I would of paid big money back then for my house to be built out of redwood lumber if I heard it was resistance to fire and termite's.

  • @capgaming69
    @capgaming69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Red woods get the last laugh. All those guys are dead

  • @M1iguy
    @M1iguy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Keep motivating and inspiring the hardest workers across the entire 🌎. No job is never too hard when we all could work together on any task to make anything look easy ✌️❤️🌻