Kielder Forest – from axe & crosscut saw to computer
Northumberland, Forestry, Kielder, mechanisation, tree harvesting By Clive Dalton & Donald Clegg The first harvest When the first trees planted on Smale in 1927 were ready to be cut down 50-60 years later, the technology available to forest workers was the axe to scarf the tree and a crosscut saw to cut it down. The … Read more