That's a Lot of Lumber

[Jim Koepke]

A friend posted this earlier today. Just one truckload would make me a very happy man.

(1930) View showing a Universal Studios Lumber Convoy on Cahuenga Pass Road. Photo Date: 12/31/30

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Historical Notes: Greatest single truck shipment of lumber ever moved over American highways at one time parades through Los Angeles streets as 100 motor trucks and trailers, carrying almost a million board feet representing a year's supply for Universal Studios, is escorted across town from Los Angeles Harbor by a convoy of police.

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[David Lageman]

What a great picture. That's a self-funded retirement account at todays prices...lol.

[Kev Williams]

Before it's 'lumber' in the old days-

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--and only 2 horsepower motors ;)

[Patrick McCarthy]

Gosh, i feel awfully sorry for the horses. I would have expected a much larger team . . . .

[Kev Williams]

I have to wonder if the 'only 2 horses' was just for the sake of a good pic? :D (but then, there's quite a few such pics, and most always it's 2 horses!)

[Kev Williams]

The original Sawsall? ;) Wow...

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[Bill Dufour]

And it's cordless. That is why the giant sequoias were felled by dynamite and turned into grape stakes. The wood shattered when it fell down anyways. they are now trying tree farms of giant sequoia to be cut before they get too tall.
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