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Title: New World's Tallest Ponderosa Pine
Post by: MountainDon on March 08, 2011, 12:26:32 AM

268.35 feet

(http://www.mdvaden.com/images/tallest_pine_tree_500.jpg)

(http://www.mdvaden.com/images/tallest_pine_tree_500B.jpg)

story here (http://www.mdvaden.com/pine_tallest.shtml)

Title: Re: New World's Tallest Ponderosa Pine
Post by: glenn kangiser on March 08, 2011, 12:31:33 AM

[cool] lots of board feet of lumber in that thing if it doesn't bust up too bad when they fall it..... :)

Title: Re: New World's Tallest Ponderosa Pine
Post by: Redoverfarm on March 08, 2011, 06:45:44 AM

[cool] tree. Like the bug too

Title: Re: New World's Tallest Ponderosa Pine
Post by: Ernest T. Bass on March 08, 2011, 11:48:58 PM

Yeah, I wonder how many people are gonna be smudging up their screens to shoo Don's bug away... :)

Title: Re: New World's Tallest Ponderosa Pine
Post by: MountainDon on March 08, 2011, 11:58:37 PM

Bug? What bug? ;D

Title: Re: New World's Tallest Ponderosa Pine
Post by: pmichelsen on March 11, 2011, 11:06:07 AM

Aww, that's just a baby, :) I think the tallest one near us is 378 ft, though they won't disclose the actual location.

268 is big tree! It really humbles you to look up at these huge trees. I need to find the vidoe of the crew trimming our giant redwoods, those guys are INSANE!.

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