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buckeyefarmer
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I wouldn’t put it past him to try. He has cut a lot of trees down in his life.
In the late 60s, early 70s we cut mining props on the farm, used in the coal mines. They had to be a certain length and size. Larger trees we would split. Most Saturdays in the winter we would cut and split, haul to the house, stack in a large pile. As a kid our job was to hold the measuring stick, and to split and load the trailer. Whoever bought would bring a truck and haul off the pile. I know there is a picture somewhere of a pile of props, but I can’t find it.
The mines transitioned to bolts to anchor the ceilings.
Where we live is hilly, and roads will slip out. In late 70s we cut and sold locust trees used to make cribbings. In late 70s early 80s I worked for the county and built a few of them. Dig out the slip to below the slip, then build a box with logs, pinned together by drilling hole thru 2 crossing logs, and driving cut rebar pins to hold them together. Once near road level it was filled back in.
We cut our farm, and neighboring farms on share. Dad did all the cutting, I or my brothers did the pulling out. We used the 8n, and when we got the little 1010 John Deere with a winch, we were able to get them from the steeper hillsides.
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