[Woodcarver] Re: Joe's Christmas present - Please replace yourdivot!

[RAY MIGHELLS]

I meant to add this little squib before, but forget.  I think most of you 
are aware of the log salvage operation in the Great Lakes, the recovering of 
log that had been submerged a hundred years or better.  Someone involved in 
that operation developed an articulating arm boom to aid in their recovery 
operation.  They got wind of tropical wood trees submerged behind dams in 
Brazil that were not harvested before the dam back-filled.  They surveyed 
the areas, modified their articulating arm boom so they could secure a tree 
and cut it at the base.  Their cutter could cut through a 5 feet (60 inches) 
diameter tree in under 20 (twenty) seconds.  Amazing???  They estimated it 
would take 35 years to harvest the one area they started on.  A great side 
benefit  is they don't need cut down a rain forest to get this  great wood, 
some of which is not available because it was pretty much timbered out. 
Enviornmentaly friendly woodworking.  Ray Mighells  6760 Rt 417 Killbuck NY 
716 945 0098 Please view my work at: 
http://www.picturetrail.com/razaxnstuff
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor Hamburger" <VHamburg at bellatlantic.net>
To: <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 4:22 PM
Subject: [Woodcarver] Re: Joe's Christmas present - Please replace 
yourdivot!



> DONATIONS to the Woodcarver Mailing List can be made using PayPal OR 

> regular mail. Click this link: 

> http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html

>

>> "Merrilee Johnson" <merrihat at hotmail.com>

>   If this log is that big and its so hard to take out

>> how in the world can they "fix the area to its orginal contours with no 

>> effect on  environmental consequences"?  Wouldn't just removing it change 

>> the environment?  And would that matter really?  Just a thought.

>

> Merrilee,

>

> In strip mining, the company is required to recontour the area that they 

> may have stripped a 20-30' deep seam of coal off of.  The company uses the 

> topsoil originally removed and lays it back, creating a smooth area with 

> some gentle slopes and hills to it.   In a case like these trees, I assume 

> the company does the same thing, they refill the hole left, and replace 

> the topsoil or peat or whatever, so that the remaining land is again 

> smooth and unblemished after a year's growth of vegetation.

>

> Yes, removing and then replacing the top surface material does affect the 

> environment, but once replaced, it is not a long term problem.  I don't 

> know what the problems are in a place like these logs come from, but in 

> coal mining, you want to cover the acidic material associated with the 

> coal that will foul the water table and kill surrounding vegetation.

>

> I am only assuming my understanding/comparison of coal mining is similar 

> to what the log salvaging operation goes through.  Someone from that area 

> of the world may know better how it is done.

>

> Vic H

>

>

> _______________________________________________

> Woodcarver mailing list

> Woodcarver at six.pairlist.net

> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/woodcarver