Look in the front right - the large tree and the man arm out.

The wedge cut by axe from both sides so a thin wedge remained in the
center. They then sawed that wedge off until it fell - Might have
cleaned the split out of the base, but the base in the foreground
is a massive one spreading out in the left foreground.
That was so large, it isn't likely the same stump.

Martin

On 5/14/2015 3:03 PM, jloomis wrote:
Yes, and the son of a "itches" left a holy mess in the Redwoods.
No care for anything, streams, animals, vegetation.
Just come and take the forest, burn down the slash, and leave....
Following this assault they again logged about 3 times, and with
continuing selectivity as to what the market would bear.
Now when you go in an Old Growth forest, there are few and far between
trees left.
We wonder why the salmon spawning grounds are slack, and the forest is
struggling to survive...
Yes, they left a mess.
I am cleaning up a logging operation from about 1950 on my property.
They came in with bulldozers and pushed over trees in the way, oaks, and
redwoods, firs, rhododendrons, etc.
to take what trees/logs were left from the first and 2nd assault.
Leaving the old skid roads there, and the trees upover.
Some have grown back sideways, and out of the logs pushed over....it is
a mess.
I am clearing the oaks that grew like wheat grass, and cleaning up the
stumps, and crooked bent trees, salvaging the forest, and making it a
bit more healthy for the redwoods, and also the large amount of wood
that grew that poses fire threat.
I always wonder what went across their minds when they cut down these
giants.....
I know, they were starving and hungry, and making a living......
Thank the lord we now have some forest practices, that help not only
make a viable timber industry, but save the forest for the future.
john in Redwood Country.....

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do not know much about felling trees but i suppose they cleaned up
the bottom cut on the log to meet the 20 foot mark or so

but the stump portion that is visible seems to also be cleaned

https://imgur.com/iY73ujp

maybe the photo just does not show enough and the stump is ragged
but it does seem like it is cleaned up

maybe they do that just to make it easier to haul the logs out

interesting photo no matter what