I couldn’t remember if we had indoctrinated you on Paul Bunyon and babe the blue ox yet. I thought we had, but it was a while ago. 
Here are some 1900s Michigan loggers. No idea how they got it this high without Paul, and there is no way those two horses are gonna pull that without Babe.
Photoshopped? I don’t know. I doubt you could pull that load with even a large tractor. Of course who can deny that there were guys jumping from log to log to free up log jams in the rivers. They seldom had to worry about saving for retirement. Most Michigan logs from that era ended up rebuilding Chicago.
If you look past the horses on Sean’s picture that was what most of Northern Michigan looked like from about 1870 on to the early 1900’s. The whole northern part of the state was pretty much clear cut.
From google AI.
The image is authentic and documented by various historical institutions, including the Hartwick Pines Logging Museum and the Library of Congress.
I can’t compete with my Swedish friends with my equipment, but it serves a purpose…
Fergie works in the field…
this one in the yard
The cart is my favorite tool for transporting long wood or logs, well, the connecting part (the svura) needed replacing.
I thought about installing an iron pipe, but I changed my mind.
I collect dried elm wood in the forest, which requires a steep climb of about 3 km, and the entire route is 8 km long, … then work with a winch and loading the wood …
really imposant logs , tone!
fergie does it, no importance of fuel crisis…
dont be a fuel fool, have gasifier!
I have a bunch of dead elm, but not all the fancy tools. It is part of the reason for my annual chainsaw massacre of brush and especially grapevines. The brush keeps new growth from forming, and the grapevines pull down trees.
More history of chainsaws. I hope someone else finds this as interesting as I do. Mine is a Homelite Super XL automatic. My favorite saw in the 1980’s. Still running 42 year later.
