Crosscut skills

Kauri are felled with 2.4m long hand cross-cut saws. The Disston saw company in the USA manufactures a saw with special Kauri teeth to sell in NZ. Larger size Kauri require saws 3m long with four men as shown above. The lad hammers wedges to ease the weight off the saw. The very largest Kauri require 3.6m long saws. In 1923 such a huge Kauri is felled at Dancing Camp; its stump remains there today.*