tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7675325008792086932..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Big TreesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-83973050289448334192020-09-12T17:13:20.930-04:002020-09-12T17:13:20.930-04:00The Texas champion live oaks are quite small by Ya...The Texas champion live oaks are quite small by Yankee standards, though we're attached to them.<br /><br />I once watched a huge Northern California redwood be cut down. It made a boom when it hit the ground like nothing I'd ever heard, but it was nothing special in its neighborhood, where the really old-growth stuff had long since disappeared.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64344445842785732942020-09-12T12:50:36.121-04:002020-09-12T12:50:36.121-04:00I have cut trees on the ground that were over 8... I have cut trees on the ground that were over 8' wide, for firewood. I do live on Vancouver Island though. <br /><br /> Now we harvest what we used to call pencils, stuff under a foot in diameter. As I wander my mountains I have come to know many of the people who work in the woods. What used to take a 50 man crew, is now done by 7 guys and some serious machines.<br /><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CQpSOX_b1p-aPB0pn90nGddQK92Vd-TN/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">Big Grabber</a><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-6040772039406639412020-09-12T12:02:31.462-04:002020-09-12T12:02:31.462-04:00Baobabs have no place on tiny planetoids, though.Baobabs have no place on tiny planetoids, though.Kororahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208444799799287420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-4958233673099871272020-09-12T09:56:52.307-04:002020-09-12T09:56:52.307-04:00Technically if you removed all the water out of yo...Technically if you removed all the water out of yourself, your waist’s girth would shrink as well. What’s the worst that could happen?GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-18956767522005577682020-09-11T21:24:50.027-04:002020-09-11T21:24:50.027-04:00Wikipedia on the Baobob: "Tree diameter fluc...Wikipedia on the Baobob: "Tree diameter fluctuates with rainfall "<br /><br />I wonder if there's some girth measurement technique that would decrease mine...jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com