07/02/2026
This one pine tree DHH Crews harvested produced five 16ft. one 12 ft. logs = 1855 bf.
We focus on optimizing the best possible scale when processing logs, to get the most value and utilization from each tree.
With this hot weather, we will need to haul the pine quickly to sawmills to avoid staining.
Everyone enjoy this special holiday weekend, and remember where we have been and how important Pine Trees were in colonial days and still today.
***In honor of our 250th celebration, take a moment and read this important bit of history and share it with the younger generations.
The eastern white pine tree (Pinus strobus) played an important role in Colonial New England, and especially in New Hampshire.
These trees can grow extremely tall and straight—sometimes more than 150 feet (45.7 m) high—which made them perfect for the long, sturdy masts needed on sailing ships.
Because large white pines were so valuable, many forests in New England were carefully protected and harvested during colonial times.
England looked to the colonies for a steady supply of strong wood to build ships for the Royal Navy.
White pine trees were especially valuable, so the king wanted to control them. Each winter, royal surveyors (officials sent by the king) traveled through the forests and marked the best trees with a symbol called the “King’s Broad Arrow.” This mark looked like three slanted lines forming an arrow.
Colonists were not allowed to cut down these marked trees for their own use. Instead, the trees were saved for the British government, especially for shipbuilding.
Many colonists were frustrated by these rules. They relied on trees to build homes, barns, and their own ships, and they didn’t like being told they couldn’t use the best ones. Some people even broke the law and cut down marked trees anyway. This conflict over natural resources was one example of the growing tensions between the colonies and Great Britain that eventually led to the "American Revolution" and the shot heard around the world.... our fight for freedom and liberty!
D.H. Hardwick and Sons are proud to carry on the historic craft of harvesting our much-needed forest resources and are committed to methods that keep our working forests perpetually renewable for future generations. WOOD is GOOD!
For the full story on this, visit this site... https://natureworks.nhpbs.org/concepts/the-mast-trade/
