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Lumberjack measuring maple logs in Elizabethtown

Lumberjack measuring maple logs in Elizabethtown

Lumberjack Phil Jackson using an orange measuring stick to measure large, soft maple logs. The measuring stick is four feet long. Atop the pile of logs is a 1978 John Deere 440C skidder. Jackson says the logs are some of the largest soft maple he’s ever cut. Spring 2016. Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of Phil Jackson.

 

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