VISITING GERMAN LUMBERMEN IMPRESSED U. S. TOGGING TECHNIQUES WITH rW

1-rr"rrrr, Johannes H.rt.t, i"hwig

A group of \\Iestern Iinropean luu.rber experts has just completed a totlr of lumlter and r'voo<l manufacturing operations in the Unitecl States. The tour began u'ith a visit t<r a furrriture manttfzrctttring plant in \\risconsin, from there to liugene and Coc,rs l3ay, C)regon, :ind on dolvn the rvest coast. One of the highlights of the trip rvas their visit to the California redrvoods in Humllolclt countY, Northern California. The group, made up of 12 German and one French lumberuen, rvere guests of Georgia-Pacific Corporation's subsidiarr'. Hammond-California Redrvood Co.

Karl Reder <.,f the Trade & lnrlustry Tours Association was the interpreter for the group, and Ken Noble, rvith the redrvood company, u'as the guide during their visit through the Hammttr.rd Red'nvood timller stands.

The group u'as particnlarly impressecl u'ith the high de- gree of mechanization in the operation and l'ith n.rethods for transporting logs to the mills. Thel: \\-ere also very interested in the falling and bucking procednres in the redrvoods. Sorne of the redu'oocls thev sii\\- nlcilstlrecl 18' in cliameter and n'ere 35CY tall.

During their tour in the C.alifornia redrvoo<is, the Tirrropeans \vere guests at a typical logger's lunch at GeorgiaPacihc's Big I-agoon caltll), l,here they had lrn opportunitv to discuss American loggilrg methods l'ith Georgia-Pacific emplol'es.

Fr.,llou'ing their r-isit through the redlv<.rtlds, the group travcled to Santa Itosa, California, San Francisco and back to their respective cottntries via XTenrllhis, Tennessee, llnri Neu' York, visiting various fttrniture manufacturing and llrmber concerns along the tvay.

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