There is a process, often hours long, involved in felling a tree.of such proportions.
Tree was most likely dead or diseased.. hence it's removal.
The girth of the tree suggests an age of at least 100 to 200 hundred years.
This is a relatively young giant Sequoia.
It appears to be diseased or otherwise non-desirable.
Cutting down diseased trees is actually helpful to the forest (for the treehugger idiots)
It made a shit load of firewood!
The protected forest of pre-biblical time Sequoia's still stand.
You can still very much stand before a living creature predating the bible in in California.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_(tree)
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In: Other Entertainment
Tags: logging. tree cutting, felling, Paul Bunyan, Giant Redwood Sequoia
Location: California, United States (load item map)
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Those guys are ok.
They sleep all night and they work all day.
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bypantucci (340.84) pantucci View Channel Send Message
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@pantucci
And wear Women's Clothing....
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bymr-scorpio (360.60) mr-scorpio View Channel Send Message
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@SnakeEyes ...don't remember that part in the song...
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bypantucci (340.84) pantucci View Channel Send Message
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@SnakeEyes lol, no worries
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bypantucci (340.84) pantucci View Channel Send Message
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Dunno bout you guys, but I saw lots of branches with green leaves on that tree.
Posted Jan-27-2012 Byduma1012 (21.90) 
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I see from the description that treehuggers are idiots, but having the desire to stand next to a tree for it's "predating the bible" isn't.
Posted Jan-27-2012 Byd0zs (39.76) d0zs View Channel Send Message
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Why do we have to always apologize for the ecomaniacs, tree hugger idiots. If the world live by their standard, we would still walk on all fours.
Posted Jan-27-2012 By2Phast4Rocket (687.96) 
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-this tree wasnt diseased, they cut it down for fun. This happened on Earth day.
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bymattb1974 (1072.38) 
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@mattb1974 Ha ha!
Posted Jan-27-2012 ByIthinkthat1 (1247.60) 
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The tree will be made into something useful. Don't you have a tent to go into? BTW, your fancy tent polyester was made from OIL
Posted Jan-27-2012 By2Phast4Rocket (687.96) 
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What bullshit!!! Helping the forest - what a moron.
This tree was completely alive. Green branches, live cambium, solid to the core. That tree would be worth about $100,000.00 just in log form and many times that as clear lumber for fine finishing. Fire scars show it predated the surrounding forest, it would be AT LEAST 800 years old. I am a biologist/forester, this is my specialty. These trees should not be cut, over 50% of the world's wood comes from plantations now, will be 80% soon, no need More..
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bynairb (0.60) 
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100% agree. There's absolutely no reason to harvest those giants other than greed.
Posted Jan-27-2012 BypachaKamaq (1198.20) 
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@nairb
Thank you for your comment. It's difficult to not get angry at the idiots posting here. I have worked in the forest industries, both in Oregon and B.C., all my life. I can't stand disinformation about what has happened here. (Read my posts on the next page.)
Posted Jan-27-2012 ByNorwood (150.00) Norwood View Channel Send Message
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I can't help but feel a little saddened that such a fucking majestic looking tree has to be cut down so some douche from Soho can have a new Ikea cabinet or something.
Posted Jan-27-2012 ByTheCrawlingChaos (43.12) 
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Okay, so we "cut" down trees hundreds to a thousand years old to "save" the forest...but isn't said forest thousands of years old? Who was "saving" the forest 5,000 years ago? Lucky thing for the forest we figured this out now!
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bytfwg (67.66) 
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@tfwg im sorry that is like saying, "we did alright without modern medicine for thousands of years who are doctors to give us some." as our understanding of our eco system grows we can understand more ways to help. and yes humans are destroying the environment but this video is not an example of that.
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bysam15mohsen (57.70) 
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@sam15mohsen i agree with you to an extent. if man is meant to do anything it is to exceed himself. there is however a natural process that has existed on this planet for millions of years. modern man has seen fit to interfere extensively with that natural process in the last 250 years or so. the question in my mind is what type of consequences will that interference have on the evolution of species and the planet in general.
Posted Jan-27-2012 Byaureliusva (535.12) aureliusva View Channel Send Message
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@sam15mohsen How do you know?
Posted Jan-27-2012 Byrhapsodical78 (176.58) 
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That was pretty stupid crawling under it like that.
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bygiddagorrilla (208.74) giddagorrilla View Channel Send Message
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Sequoia NP is one of the reason's Teddy is on Mt Rushmore
I bet that smelled heavenly too
Posted Jan-27-2012 ByBlklight (1887.56) 
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@ReplicantDeckard
Right
Posted Jan-27-2012 ByBlklight (1887.56) 
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i'm so brain washed by the usual vids i could almost hear them shouting ALLAH AKBAHH!! when it fell :-/ I mught need counselling..
Posted Jan-27-2012 ByBillyBangcock (493.70) 
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USA there are tons of rules controling clear cutting.Im pretty sure this tree was mark as diseased for them to cut it...but countries like Brazil,South American and Thailand rules are made by the large forest companies and almost everything goes so make sure you buy wood items from approved conservation forest companies that is stamped with the green leaf.I understand they now make shape rope charges that explodes and cuts the tree trunk like hot knife through butter but the USA government wont More..
Posted Jan-27-2012 Bygizmo8 (414.16) 
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@gizmo8 Detonation cord? Yes. It's very controlled. Very few people can get hold of it. Some private industry under very strict conditions, but mostly just the military.
Posted Jan-27-2012 ByOswald2001 (769.56) Oswald2001 View Channel Send Message
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its designed for wood..suppose to not splinter the wood as much as regular D Cords...
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@Grammar Police
I cut down trees,i skip and jump...
Posted Jan-27-2012 ByZeb (632.90) 
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@Grammar Police i like to press wild flowers ,i put on womens clothing and hang around in bars.
Posted Jan-27-2012 Byitsalladream (95.84) 
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That tree didn't look young or diseased. I cringed when the idiots crawl in there with it half carved, but maybe the would've deserved the consequence of not using jack stands.
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