Bob "Granny" Irwin looks forward to the new
steel tower because it can be set up in 3 or 4 hours
instead of 3 or 4 days. However, it costs between a
quarter and a half million dollars. Irwin says the
old method "kept more men working. Now it
looks like a steel tower will replace man power."
The shovel loader lifts the 20 ton tree. It's
then pulled in three directions into an upright
position. The cables are anchored and the next
day more guy lines are rigged. Occasionally a tall
enough tree can be found in the right location.
At this landing in Merna-
loose, high lead logging and
slack line logging require a spar
tree to pull the logs up from
the canyon below so they can
be loaded on trucks. Directing
the crew by radio is company
owner. Bill Anderson, who gets
a
personal satisfaction from
raising the wooden spars.
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