Big trees

[Silver]

Went on a little trip over the weekend to see my wife’s family and got to do a little sight seeing.
I’m sure @Dave has tipped over his share of these, but we have nothing like this up north. Pretty awe inspiring really. I’m also kinda glad I don’t have to cut trees like this off my fences.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Big old cedar and a monster Douglas? Nice

 

[Dave]

The biggest cedar I fell was over 13 feet on the butt. The biggest Doug Fir was 10' 8" inside the bark and I think it had about 12 inches of bark. Where are you at? Those are some pretty nice sticks.

 

[wbvs58]

A bit too big for my sawmill.

Ken

 

[Mountaintown Creek Ranch]

Here is a popular tree that's in N Georgia. Pretty good size tree.

 

[jltrent]

Here is one that has been a few years since it was cut. They had strong mules and big sawmills then.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Here's a big Spruce stump in the Olympics.

 

[ClinchValley86]

Here is one that has been a few years since it was cut. They had strong mules and big sawmills then.

I wonder how long it took them to cut through one of those. That's just mind blowing every time I see it.

 

[Dave]

The biggest cedar and a number of others I fell were like that picture with the young lady standing inside it. Those burnt out old cedars will certainly hold your attention when cutting them. I wish I had taken more pictures back them.

 

[Silver]

The biggest cedar I fell was over 13 feet on the butt. The biggest Doug Fir was 10' 8" inside the bark and I think it had about 12 inches of bark. Where are you at? Those are some pretty nice sticks.

We were on Vancouver Island, this little park is called Cathedral Grove, north of Nanaimo.

 

[Philip-TX]

I'll just take this opportunity to post a pic of my GRAND-daughter in a little ol TX Live Oak.
Now dubbed the "Piper Tree"

 

[Rafter S]

I'd love to see those big trees some day. I guess the largest we have are pecan trees, and they probably don't get much over about Ø36".

 

[Dave]

The wife and I in front of a big fir (about 9 foot) in the big tree grove Lake Quinault. If I had taken the picture looking from the right side there are three of these big pumpkins lined up side by side. The summer of 2015 before we got married. I took her on a date to see big trees. Isn't that romantic?

 

[jltrent]

The wife and I in front of a big fir (about 9 foot) in the big tree grove Lake Quinault. If I had taken the picture looking from the right side there are three of these big pumpkins lined up side by side. The summer of 2015 before we got married. I took her on a date to see big trees. Isn't that romantic?

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Love it.

 

[MurraysMutts]

The biggest cedar I fell was over 13 feet on the butt. The biggest Doug Fir was 10' 8" inside the bark and I think it had about 12 inches of bark. Where are you at? Those are some pretty nice sticks.

How old ya reckon trees like that are?
Or were?

I can't imagine a cedar that big!

 

[Dave]

How old ya reckon trees like that are?
Or were?

I can't imagine a cedar that big!

They sure didn't pay me to stand there and count rings. I have seen some displayed where they did count. 1,500 years give or take a century or two.
I have seen or even set chokers on bigger ones. Western Red Cedar get pretty big in the right environment.

 

[Nesikep]

This was one of the biggest around here, about 4ft at the base.. HORRIBLY twisted unfortunately, about a 1/4 turn ever 12 feet.. LOTS of firewood in there
Wish it hadn't fallen on the irrigation line though.. and the root ball threw gravel into the bark all the way up the tree, lot of chain sharpening






We also have what's probably the biggest willow in the province, planted in the 1930's, it's got about a 5 ft trunk.. this is the best pic of it I can find just now

 

[MurraysMutts]

Love everyone's pics!
Thanks @Dave
Amazing how long some of those trees been around.

 

[sstterry]

This is my son inside a California Redwood just outside the High Sierras.

 

[EasTex]

This is my son inside a California Redwood just outside the High Sierras.
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Wow that is huge!