Sleeper Cutters

[Meadows Miller]

I thought You all would like this  ;)  ;D This is how My Great Grandfather started out My Grandfather did it for afew years  ;) ;D ;D ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) then he went mechanical  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D  ;D 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X97t2QgWzU

Regards Chris

[terrifictimbersllc]

Enjoyed watching, thanks.

[bandmiller2]

Thanks Chris,I've cut good sized trees with a crosscut saw it taint fun,thats a hard way to make a buck.Frank C.

[weisyboy]

great vid mate.

glad we dont have to do it the way our grandads did.

iv got a few adzes and a half size broad axe that belonged to my graddad.

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Im glad you boys like it  ;) ;D ;D

Carl I think Pappa gave his to one of his workers that collected that sort of stuff Like he said I had no use for it  ;) It would have been cool to have them  ;D but I got the Meadows Mill  ;) :D that put a bee under a couple of my uncles bonnets I reckon "What Did You Buy That For " Its gonna make Me a good living when its going Mate  ;) ;D 8) 8) plus it and the turner only set me back a grand and the turners brand spankin new  the carriage has only done 18 months then they got the auto so she aint wore in yet in the scheme of things also   

Regards Chris

[Chuck White]

That is a nice video, Chris.

Thank you for posting it!

[beenthere]

Thanks Chris
Great to see the past documented for some recollection how much things have changed.  8)

[houtwurm]

nice job
great video thanks

[sigidi]

Wow! ya never think of stuff like that hey? imagine how many sleeper cutters it took to put in a kilometre of track!

Good onya chris 8)

[Meadows Miller]

It was a hard life of a Timber getter and Sleeper Cutter for sure back then But a good one I would think Mate  ;) ;D 8) two pound a day was Big money too in the 40s and 50s   ;) ;D

I never thought Aussie's where lacking anything  You think We are lacking in culture Al  ???  :P  ;) :D :D :D :D

Regards Chris

[sawmillsi]

Awesome!

Makes me ral proud to be an aussie

[weisyboy]

havent seen you on before mate.

wer  been hidin.

[Wrangler55]

I've still got my Grandfather's crosscut saw.  I was 15 in 1966 when we moved from the city to the country and switched from electric heat to a furnace and fireplace! That Summer my dad handed me an axe, a crosscut saw and a bow saw.  Chainsaws were too expensive when you've got a 15 year old who can be motivated.  I asked him what they were for and he pointed to our woods and said: "Winter is going to be cold, if we get low on firewood and I get cold, your butt is going to hurt!" We never ran out of firewood.  It didn't take long to find out what trees split easy and which ones didn't.

Now that I'm older 'n dirt, I'm back in a farm house and the electric bill would be $500 a month using electric heat alone.

Hal

[Holmes]

  Great video   Holmes

[Jerry]

In this country or where I grew up we called them cross ties. Ihave witnessed my father cut down trees and chop ties with nothing but a choping axe and a broad axe. He also cut and peeled poles used for telephone and light poles. When he was in his 70s he was asked by a neighbor to hue a beam for his house he was building and he did it. I still have his axes.

[mad murdock]

I learned from an old sawfiler how to sharpen and care for the old saws, now I have 3 of them.  I am teaching my boys how to use the old tools.  A well cared for quality tool is a real asset, and knowing how to properly use it is a skill that is worth passing on to the next generation.  Thanks for sharing that vid.  Very nice, indeed! 8)

[ErikC]

  Pretty neat video Chris. I have learned to keep those up as well, and have a couple of them I use in wilderness areas. When possible I prefer the chainsaw though. :D

[sigidi]

Awesome!

Makes me ral proud to be an aussie

Hey Simon, what you been up to? last I knew you where heading off to Angola I seem to recall?