The scene of lumber sliding down is very spectacular and very dangerous.
Before the popularity of mechanized skidding, eight out of ten work-related accidents in forestry operations occurred at this time.
If the ice channel is too slippery, or the route design is too straight, the sliding wood will run faster and faster due to the inertia generated by sliding into the ice channel.
If you slide halfway up the mountain, you may deviate from the original trajectory and fly into the sky, flying straight towards the rocks or trees on the opposite side.
The wood is full of water, half a meter or one meter in diameter, four to six meters long, and weighs tons.
In the severe cold of minus 30 degrees Celsius, it is actually a giant popsicle, and the wood will become extremely hard and brittle.
If it hits the cliff on the opposite side, there will be a loud noise and the wood will turn into countless small wooden strips.
They dispersed in the air, and then fell down the mountain like rain, becoming a stack of wooden slats.
If it hits the woods, the huge impact will break all the trees and knock them down, causing huge losses.
And once the flying wood hits a person, the person will be crushed into a pulp almost instantly.
So when the wood was sliding down, it wasn't just Sheng Xiping who was watching.
The forest farm's safety officers and production dispatchers are all on site, so we're just worried about any danger.
Fortunately, the ravine Sheng Xiping chose was good, and the slope itself was not that steep.
There are a few not-so-sharp turns in the middle, which can reduce the speed of the wood sliding, but will not let the wood directly rush out of the ice channel.
Giant trees slid down the mountain valleys and rushed to Lengchang at the foot of the mountain.
Over there, there is a group of people who are responsible for "grabbing" the wood that has been slid down and stacking it into wood stacks according to length and grade for future transportation and loading.
The ruler will also come forward to inspect the wood at this time. Only the wood that has been inspected by the ruler can be regarded as the output of the work team.
When collecting wood, we follow the requirements of the drawings and collect the wood one ditch after another. The principle of proximity is adopted and the wood is piled near several ice channels.
When sliding, it is also sliding from ditch to ditch.
The wood saved for more than two months took nearly half a month just to slide and put.
In the Lengchang at the foot of the mountain, there are also several tall Lengduo piled up.
When all the wood in the last ravine was slid to Lengchang, Sheng Xiping could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Currently, most of the logging area assigned by the forest farm has been logged.
According to the current progress, before the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, everyone can take a vacation and go down the mountain to prepare for the New Year.
On the eighth day of the new year, go up to the mountain, cut down the remaining wood, and then clear the forest. This year's logging task will be completed.
"Xiping, hurry up, go over and take a look. There's a problem at the other end of Li Dazhuang's logging."
Just when Sheng Xiping was relieved and before he could feel happy, Zhang Zhijun hurried over and shouted loudly.
"What's going on? What problem did you encounter?"
Sheng Xiping's heart trembled, could Li Dazhuang do something wrong again?
"I met a Hadaya tree over there. It was too thick." Zhang Zhijun said breathlessly.
When Sheng Xiping heard this, he knew what was going on.
Almost every lumberjack will encounter a kind of tree called "overlord tree" in his logging career.
This tree is actually the king of trees.
The Changbai Mountain area is dominated by "Hadayang" trees, which are large and thick poplar trees.
The diameter of this kind of tree is too thick, usually more than two meters in diameter. The guide plate of the chain saw is not long enough, and the saw cannot cut through it in one cut.
Of course, this kind of tree is not a problem for even smart and experienced lumberjacks.
After they have cut one side of the tree, they will then turn the "wood ruler" around and connect it to the previous saw cut on the other side of the tree.
If they still can't cut through, they will make more cuts at the top and bottom of the tree to pull out the wood pieces.
Sit the chain saw directly into the tree and cut progressively.
Sometimes, it takes only one day to cut down this tree.
This kind of tree is very laborious and requires very experienced lumberjacks.
It has only been two years since Li Dazhuang turned from an apprentice to a formal lumberjack. He had never encountered this kind of tree before just watching his master handle it.
He followed the master's method and sawed through the upper part of the tree, but the tree would not fall.
This made Li Dazhuang and Wang Jianshe worried, so Wang Jianshe sent Zhang Zhijun to come to Sheng Xiping for discussion.
If that doesn't work, you have to find a security officer or someone else to handle it.
When Sheng Xiping arrived, Li Dazhuang was looking at the Hadaya tree that had been sawed through but was still standing, helpless.
"Xiping, what do you think we should do with this? How about we throw in a coat and give it a try? Or, why don't we pay homage to the mountain god?"
There is a saying among lumberjacks.
If you encounter a situation when the tree refuses to fall even though the hawthorn has been sawed through, you can throw a cotton hat or coat in the direction where the tree is about to fall.
The wind caused by throwing things will cause the wood to fall.
If that still doesn't work, you have to burn incense and worship the mountain god.
But these days, those bad habits are being eradicated. Who dares to burn incense to worship the mountain god?
"Stop fooling around, there's no point in worshiping a mountain god with this thing?"
Sheng Xiping glanced at Li Dazhuang and said speechlessly.
"Jianshe, where's the saw wedge? Bring it."
The saw wedge mentioned by Sheng Xiping, commonly known as hawthorn saw, is generally used when the tree is "reflected" or falls in the wrong direction.
For example, when a tree is about to fall and a sudden gust of wind changes the direction of the tree's fall, a wedge saw comes in handy.
Put the saw wedge into the saw kerf, use the steel ingot ax to aim at the tail of the saw wedge, and push it forward.
The root of the tree has tilted upward by one inch, and the tree body has tilted almost one meter.
After all the saw wedges are smashed into the saw kerf, the felled wood will make a squeaking sound and fall to the ground with a creaking sound.
"Xiping, will the wedge saw work?"
Wang Jianshe and several others had no experience in this and were quite worried, fearing that something might happen if someone wasn't careful.
The force of falling such a thick tree is too great. If it is really injured, the life of the child will not be over on the spot, right?
"It's okay, don't worry. Just give me the saw wedge."
Sheng Xiping shook his head and asked for all the saw wedges in the pocket on Wang Jianshe's back.
From the upper haw opening of the tree, stuff it in several places, then pick up the steel ingot ax and hit the saw wedge to make it enter the haw opening.
Logically speaking, as the saw wedge hits the saw edge, the tree should gradually tilt and slowly make a clicking and creaking sound.
When all the saw wedges are driven in, the tree will slowly fall down.
But Sheng Xiping smashed the saw wedge in more than half way. Although the tree body tilted, it did not tilt as much as expected.
"Li Dazhuang, are you sure you've sawed it through? That's not right, your hawthorn has clearly not been sawed through."
Sheng Xiping frowned, something was wrong. If it was really sawed through, there would be movement by now.
"I, I saw through it."
When Li Dazhuang was asked this question, he immediately choked. He was actually not sure whether the saw had penetrated or not.
The key was that he had never cut down such a thick tree before, so he didn't know what to do, so he stopped sawing when it looked like it was about the same.