The kauri tree is Mother Nature’s perfect tree. It goes up and up and out and out with no branches for quite a long way (no knots in the wood) and very little taper.
If you are looking for timber to make giant masts without splices or even fancy furniture, you probably want to do what early New Zealand settlers did, which is to chop down huge virgin forests of kauri trees.
Now just a few of the oldest trees are still left standing.
My children, seen here, are poised to defend this one.
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1 Montauk Rider // Jan 26, 2008 at 11:37 am
No cuttee this Kauri!
2 Betsy Devine // Feb 1, 2008 at 7:13 am
Wouldn’t a vertical motorcycle be great? You could ride up this giant trunk all the way to the top — what a view from up there!