Image ID:  FHS5245
Image Date:  [no date]
Image Title:  Bucking.
Image Caption:  Caption 1: "Bucking" is the process of cutting up a long log into shorter sections which can be readily transported by rail, truck, or water to the mill. It is man-killing work as one can judge from this picture of bucking a large Douglas fir log. In some localities this process is now being mechanized.

Caption 2: Man killing work in any man's woods is the job of cutting up long logs into short sections for ready transportation by truck, train or water to the mill. This logger is a one-man team manning the crosscut saw used to buck up this big Douglas fir log.

Caption 3: Fallen trees supported at their ends present problems for the bucker, who cannot cut from the top without having the settling logs bind his saw. Here the solitary bucker undercuts, using the springy handle of his axe as an assistant. the bottle, which is hanging by a hook, contains kerosene to splash on the saw whenever it gets too pitchy to pull easily.
Photographer:  Brown, Kenneth S.
Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.