MUSIC BY KEVIN MACLEOD I MAKE NO CLAIM TO THIS VIDEO
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@draco4540 Жыл бұрын
back in 1980, i was 16 years old. i met a 94 year old man, who was a old time lumberjack. this would have been his era. i'm from the u.p. i remember the handshake. he had a grip like vice grips. the first thing i thought of was, "he would have hell on wheels back when he was in his 50's. i thought that was pretty damn old back then. lumberjacks may have been thin and wirey, but they were very strong, due to the physical activity that they did. the henry ford mill wasn't to far from where i live. about 1 hour drive.
@WisconsinDrunkenHistory3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome know a few of these men they are the Saari's of the UP from Finland. AKA My great great Grandparents awesome footage!
@Dano123451004 ай бұрын
My grandfather bought 40 acres about 1948 or so in Gogebic county Mi. The first pictures of it had log long-houses on it just like in the video. They eventually took all but one down and we still own it to this day.
@donnamac20896 жыл бұрын
This is amazing..those men did some hard physical labor to make wood back then....not at all like today's "walk in the park"...compared to these old dudes!! Well Done!
@finpainter16 жыл бұрын
thanks
@gutbucket2605 жыл бұрын
They had more hooks on the end of their arms then a bait store.
@TM-ro7lh2 жыл бұрын
There is a book by a Northern Michigan author called “Daylight in the Swamp”. Insane accounts of what working in those days were like. People would often get “exploded” by fallen white pines and in many cases no one knew their last names or how to notify their families.
@ItsDemonaxio8 ай бұрын
The Routheaux's were loggers in Iron county. My oldest sister Sheila married Roy Routheaux in 1968. He told us stories of his father who was a logger in the 40's and 50's and showed us photos of themselves back in that time period
@fenestrationpro Жыл бұрын
It is so difficult to comprehend just how difficult life and work was during these times. How houses and skyscrapers got built is a true testament to their John Wick focus, discipline, and sheer f*cking will - my forefathers will never stop amazing me. Grace be to them.
@dumptruckdave4232 жыл бұрын
Wow , what a great old movie showing logging in the UP !!! 👍
@finpainter12 жыл бұрын
thanks
@doogals7 жыл бұрын
Looks like every tractor tread idea they could think of actually worked!
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
sure did .thanks
@TheShadeTreeFixitMan7 жыл бұрын
Wow some really cool footage. I have never seen anything like that tractor with the spiral drums for drive system. Some pretty unique looking rigs. Thanks for sharing Stu.
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
yes sir
@gary68882 жыл бұрын
@@finpainter1 I can't thank you enough for this fantastic old movie!!!! I grew up in L'Anse and near Pequaming in the 1950s - we rode our bikes from Aura down to Pequaming all the time and spent many days exploring the old saw mill, power house as it was all pretty much abandoned. WISH I would have had a camera back then!!!
@trinidadwhitewall19483 жыл бұрын
Beautiful piano song!
@3BLADZ4 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s some great footage of the old Fordson’s at work. Really glad to see this posted up. I shared it with some guys from the Ford Fordson Collectors Assoc.
@gary68882 жыл бұрын
I noticed that the Fordsons with tracks had steering wheels instead of levers to control the direction etc and it all seemed to work just fine, wonder when they switched over to using levers? Loved those old spiral drum drive too, there is an old Dodge video of those going everywhere and thru everything, neat!!!!
@cubbeezx7 жыл бұрын
So cool to see that old footage. Those tractors looked like they went just about anywhere! Thanks for sharing Stu.
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
your welcome
@troilusand Жыл бұрын
This footage is amazing. It's almost hard to imagine what it was like to be actually doing the tree harvesting back then. At 7:10, wow looks like the first ever "powered" saw, took 2 people to operate it; a godsend.
@robertfallows1054 Жыл бұрын
Really puts things in perspective!! Can’t imagine the working conditions. Only the tough need apply.
@donjenkins89257 жыл бұрын
That is a great video!
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
thanks
@ceedell7 жыл бұрын
great vid
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
thanks
@jasonwulff83414 жыл бұрын
This was great thanks for the video
@mellissadalby1402 Жыл бұрын
At the time, these were the tireless wheels of progress. Nobody gave a thought to the devastating consequences of complete deforestation. Some areas are only now beginning to recover from that.
@finpainter1 Жыл бұрын
These forest have more timber on them now than before.
@geargriden197 жыл бұрын
Great video share here Fin! Have a good'nnn
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
thanks
@timvb27 ай бұрын
At 11:07 I think that may be my grandfather Art Mcdonald he was a head sawyer at that mill
@shergc3 жыл бұрын
My family, the Strong's and Wilder' s were loggers in the U.P.
@finpainter13 жыл бұрын
I Know who they are.
@snocrushr7 жыл бұрын
That was cool
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
yes ,interesting also
@JAKPM7 жыл бұрын
We used to find logs with log marks every spring after the floods subsided in Saginaw
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
a few always get away or sink.
@ShayTezTvEntertainment3 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@erbewayne68682 жыл бұрын
Great to see the snow being panked around Alberta,eh.
@JerrysThisandThat7 жыл бұрын
Cool man. Do they still got some old growth in the UP Stu or has it all been harvested?
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
just a couple spots
@ronmueller3074 Жыл бұрын
My parents had a home on a lake south of US. 2. They cut all the Hemlocks down years ago, except for about 50 yds From the lake, Virgin Hemlocks on their property. An old logging Rd was the only way to get there.
@JohnReyst5 ай бұрын
Estivant Pines near Copper Harbor.
@joavkof Жыл бұрын
There were no fat lumberjacks
@FrostyCranmer2 жыл бұрын
9:00 - 9:20 what kind of tractor is that? I’ve never seen such a thing. Thanks
@finpainter12 жыл бұрын
some are called cleat tracks
@straybullitt Жыл бұрын
That is a Fordson Snow Motor.
@anmcclo97316 жыл бұрын
Superior
@gl47707 жыл бұрын
worked there asses off
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
yep
@ziggassedup7 жыл бұрын
You're not going to tell me that;s you in the younger years now are you Stu.?..lol.
@finpainter17 жыл бұрын
nope
@uhadme Жыл бұрын
Are all woods dangerous? Helping some narrative.. bye then