I have a (not very sharp) felling axe. I have never used it. My wife believes that should I do so I could do myself permanent irreversible damage. My brother Sean and sister-in-law Sabine recently drove to Leggett to drive through the Chandelier Tree there.
Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree at Leggett
Look at it … can you imagine cutting it down with just an axe and a crosscut saw? Well, that’s what they used to do. Have a peek at these photos I have collected from various sources on the Internet. They amaze me.
Falling a Giant Redwood
Half a tree makes a train load
Starting the undercut
About to start
- Bucking a redwood
Fallen tree in Avenue of the Giants
Large coastal redwood – location unknown
Peeled redwood
Starting the undercut
Undercut complete