(BIG) Log Buying and Selling

Gilman · July 01, 2004, 04:15:34 PM

Your welcome Cktate, It's amazing what you are able to find on the internet when you're avoiding work.

Ron Wenrich · July 01, 2004, 04:35:24 PM

They used to raft logs down the Susquehanna River in PA. I'm pretty sure they rafted them down the other big rivers like the Ohio and Mississippi.

On the older barns in the area, you can still find lumber and posts that have holes where they were attached to the rafts.

Fla._Deadheader · July 01, 2004, 04:40:11 PM

I've tried to get a couple members to check out the Susquehanna for sinkers. NO WAY !!! Y'all don't even have them water lizards up there. :

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;D :D :D :D

etat · July 01, 2004, 04:41:00 PM

Gilman, I can tell right off, me and you gonna be BUDDIES!!! Thinking alike like we do an all!!!!! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Fla., if you could find ya one of them sunk log rafts I'm a thinking you'd be set for life!!!! :D :D :D

Furby · July 01, 2004, 04:41:48 PM

Hey Ck, I've got it on tape, but I'm sure it will replay soon. ;)

Fla._Deadheader · July 01, 2004, 04:48:50 PM

CK, recently heard about a fleet of river boats that was sunk on purpose, a long time ago. We's gonna go have us a look-see. Might be able to sell them as Anteekeys. 8) ;D ;D ;D

Furby · July 01, 2004, 05:07:57 PM

:-/

Fla._Deadheader · July 01, 2004, 05:35:10 PM

What, What ??? Got dandruff there Furby ??? ;D :D :D :D

etat · July 01, 2004, 06:30:06 PM

:D :D :D

:P"Man has been a seafarer for at least 40,000 years, and must have used raft or boat on lakes and rivers at an even earlier date. Maritime archaeologists seek evidence for such activities from earliest times until written records predominate. Direct evidence for water transport is not available before 8,000 B.C. and is biased towards Egypt and Europe" :P

Ron Wenrich · July 01, 2004, 06:54:56 PM

Fla

I'm thinkng I heard of someone taking logs out of the Susquehanna up around Williamsport. At one time, Williamsport was the lumber capital of the world, and had 29 sawmills. They had a log boom on the river that stretched for 8 miles. Maybe Den Socling could enlighten us.

A lot of that stuff gets flushed out every spring and when we have some of those massive floods. I would imagine a lot of those sinkers would be fairly recent stuff.

We don't have any lizards, but we do have some muskies that can be pretty mean if you get close to their nests.

Fla._Deadheader · July 01, 2004, 07:08:00 PM

Ron, you are probably right. When we went to jersey in May, my son was checking out the Susquehanna, when we crossed over on I95. He saw many logs along the bank. The water was very low. He said lots of them were square cut, no limbs or tops or stumps.

Muskies, huh ??? Don't think they will bother you, other than striking at the chrome regulator stuck in your mouth :

;D ;D

That river sure was muddy for being so low. Don't remember it being that muddy 30 years ago ???

Ron Wenrich · July 02, 2004, 09:53:59 AM

If you were on I-95, you weren't even in PA when you crossed the Susquehanna. You were at the beginning of the Chesapeake Bay. There's probably all kinds of junk in there. :D Williamsport is about 150 miles north.

I think the river always looks like its down, when you're in MD. We've been having a real wet time for the 1 1/2 years. The muddy conditions must be from recent storms. You were also below the Holtwood dam. I believe its a hydro dam, and they may control river levels below that.

You get further north and you don't get too much mud, unless its a real hard rain.

Fla._Deadheader · July 02, 2004, 09:59:49 AM

Yep, Maryland for sure. :D :D Didn't know about the dam. Must be TONS of logs up against the dam.

Your Hardwood sinkers would be worth much more than this Pine and Cypress. Can't imagine why someone isn't doing this today. :

Furby · July 02, 2004, 12:58:34 PM

Just trying to figure out what ya mean about them river boats.
Ya gonna try and float the boats and then sell em, or just the wood?
With all due respect Deadheader, this one sounds a little nutty...............................even for you! ;D
But if ya need help................................. :

;) ;) ;D

Fla._Deadheader · July 02, 2004, 01:26:40 PM

  Furby, once upon a time, a looonnnng time ago, all the folks that lived on the river, used small boats for transportation. They also used them as work boats. Some folks even had several boats (fleet), that they would use for crabbing and dragging nets. ;D ;D

  These boats were around 25-28 feet long. There was a very small front deck, for shelter, maybe. The boats were completely open and most of them had flathead 4 or 6 cylinder inboard engines and a rudder from a straight steering tube, where the wheel was mounted flat, like a bus.

  THIS is what we are going to look for. ;D ;D ;D I can get a picture the next time I am near the one that has been rebuilt with cypress that we sawed. 8)

  Nutty ??? Wouldn't have it any other way. ;) ;)

Y'all can HAVE them "regular" jobs. ;D :D :D :D