This is how you make wood:

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Saw a whole show, IIRC on the History Channel, about the lumber industry that was something along this line. VERRRYY interesting.
 
That is a great machine, does the work of what 30-40 men, and can cut down a maybe an acre or two a day. That is what we all need, we can up the unemployment rate and deplete all our natural resoures faster than before. What ever happened to going out, working hard, and being tired in a healthy way at the end of the day? These machines should be banned.

Please understand that this is my opinion and I have the right to have my opinion without being harrassed about it. Thanks
 
wolftat said:
That is a great machine, does the work of what 30-40 men, and can cut down a maybe an acre or two a day. That is what we all need, we can up the unemployment rate and deplete all our natural resoures faster than before. What ever happened to going out, working hard, and being tired in a healthy way at the end of the day? These machines should be banned.

Please understand that this is my opinion and I have the right to have my opinion without being harrassed about it. Thanks
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Them newfangled computers ought to be banned too. Back in the good old days, there were lots of jobs over at the Underwood typewriter factory.

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I've seen on TV a giant version of this...

It is mounted on the tree in a similar way but cuts all the branches first then cuts the tree in segments from top to bottom. The biggest difference...the one I saw cuts 4 feet diameter trees (or maybe bigger).

It doesn't strip the bark like this one though.
 
I live in an area that is being not just clear cut, but decimated by machines like that, There used to be 5 sawmills with in 6 miles of my house, now there is one sawmill and a lot of ugly poorly logged ground. Sorry folks, I think it's wrong, we need trees to breath, provide places for Deer, Turkeys, Squirrels. It was said when the first Europeans came to Tennessee, a squirrel could cross the entire state east to west and never touch the ground,
Not any more, I had a guy offer to buy the little bit of old growth Oak and some Poplar on my place, about 3 acres, I may have been rude but I still have my trees and I hope my kids have the good sense to keep them after I'm gone, Stewardship of our earth is far more important than a few dollars in my pocket. I realize this is just an opinion, I'm not a tree huger but it's got to be stopped, or it'll be "take all the trees and put'em in a tree museum, and charge the people a dollar and a half just to see them"
 
It is almost certainly a tree farm. Why else would someone go to the trouble of harvesting those tiny trees? I understand not wanting to strip the earth bare of trees, but I think that's a giant leap to take based on this simple video. In most states, there are very strict regulations as to what can/can't be harvested. More realistically, nature dictates how long it takes trees to grow. Most tree farms have sections planted in intervals such that one section is ready for harvesting every several years while the others grow. We need wood to build things -- it's pretty simple, and it's a renewable resource.

I wish the land were better preserved too. Then again, if no one had settled Tennessee, those squirrels jumping from tree to tree would still be the only inhabitants.
 
:biggrin:I really hate it when I see farmers tearing up the beautiful corn fileds and stripping them bare. Them big old combines take the place of a bunch of laborers. Why can't they just pick the corn by hand!:biggrin:
 
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