Old Logging Photos from the Pacific Northwest

[mike ash]

I spent much of my career in the woods and find these photos bring a proud smile to my face. You may enjoy them too!



https://www.facebook.com/LoggingRigg.../photos_stream

[Paul Engle]

Mike, way cool fotos. I logged in Central ID and currently ( retired ),I model N scale logging rail road here in Sagle Id , near Sandpoint. Thanks for sharing !

[charlie knighton]

thanks for sharing, what was Elvis's connection?

[mike ash]

Glad you liked them Paul and Charlie! I have no idea why Elvis was in the photo stream.....maybe he was a wannabe logger???

[robert baccus]

I was a management forester in the south for 35 years but we managed trees. What are these big things.

[mike ash]

Robert - these are one log loads and now days there VERY FEW mills that can handle them!!

[Dennis Nagle]

Very cool link. I spent two hours going through the pix. I saw guys I used to log with in some of the pictures. I logged out of Estacada Or. in the late 70 and early 80s. It certainly is young mans work, but it sure was fun.

[mike ash]

Dennis - I just missed you at Estacada as I didn't arrived in that area until '86. There were some BIG pumpkins up the Clackamas drainage!!! Used to be that 120MMBF/yr came down through Estacada. I bet it isn't any more than 15MMBF today.

[Stan Smith]

Thanks for sharing those pics. Very interesting. I was not in the logging industry, but I've hiked through a lot of redwood forests, mainly on the coast but a few in the Sierra's. We've visited some logging museums here in nor cal, too. The Fort Bragg area was the best place to see a lot for us since we hiked the forest, visited a mill/museum, and also a redwood nursery. Man, there are some really huge doug fir in those pics, too. We see logging trucks everyday here, but it's rare to see one with just a single log on it.

[Marc Himes]

Amazing pictures of amazing wood. Thanks for sharing them.

[Dennis Nagle]

My brother still lives in Estacada. We cut big timber and our average load only had 4 logged.