The giant "Drive-Through" tree has been knocked over in a storm.

[meppers]

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[QUOTE] One of the most famous trees in the world was felled by a huge storm in California this weekend, according to the Los Angeles Times.The Pioneer Cabin Tree, which was known as a "drive-through" giant sequoia located in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, topped around 2 p.m. on Sunday.
It was believed to be hundreds of years old.
Jim Allday, a volunteer at the park, told SF Gate that the tree "shattered" as soon as it hit the ground.
In the 1880s, the Pioneer Cabin Tree was hollowed out so cars could drive through it.[/QUOTE]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/mSoy1py.jpg[/t]

[URL]http://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/01/09/legendary-drive-through-tree-knocked-down-by-storms/21650971/[/URL]

[😹 WHO DID THIS]

Fucking tragic, I always wanted to visit this tree.

Oh well, guess it has to be the narrow one in Crescent City.

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[T553412]

Over a hundred years old, damn

You had a good run, gentle giant

[thisguy123]

It's not necessarily dead, trees CAN survive fallen over if their roots can grow into the ground and they get enough sunlight. It's not perfect but it's possible.

[Jeff the Hobo]

[QUOTE=T553412;51647526]Over a hundred years old, damn

You had a good run, gentle giant[/QUOTE]

A hundred years old?
That's only when it was hollowed out, it was a thousand years old already.

[Metaru]

[QUOTE=thisguy123;51647527]It's not necessarily dead, trees CAN survive fallen over if their roots can grow into the ground and they get enough sunlight. It's not perfect but it's possible.[/QUOTE]

granted you dont mind waiting another millenia for it to grow back to the size it was prior to falling.

[Dougz]

[QUOTE=thisguy123;51647527]It's not necessarily dead, trees CAN survive fallen over if their roots can grow into the ground and they get enough sunlight. It's not perfect but it's possible.[/QUOTE]

-snip, read the post wrong-

Of note: There's still some trees in Humboldt State park you can drive through (and more that you can walk through)

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=T553412;51647526]Over a hundred years old, damn

You had a good run, gentle giant[/QUOTE]

these are giant sequoias, they're hundreds to thousands of years old

the sad part was that they had almost no commercial use as the wood is garbage for anything but novelties and the trees are so heavy they shatter when felled but we still harvested them

[no]

Damn, I've driven through there before. What a shame.

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=Metaru;51647561]granted you dont mind waiting another millenia for it to grow back to the size it was prior to falling.[/QUOTE]
while not as large, many trees planted even 30 years ago are over a hundred feet tall. These giant trees are relentless growing machines that can survive quite a bit

[gukki]

It's not a very good idea to make a giant hole in a tree if you want it to live

[bourgogne]

wow thanks 2016

[nox]

Its almost like taking out a huge amount of what supports an enormously heavy tree might impact its structural integrity. I'm just surprised it lasted as long as it did.

[gukki]

[QUOTE=nox;51647672]Its almost like taking out a huge amount of what supports an enormously heavy tree might impact its structural integrity. I'm just surprised it lasted as long as it did.[/QUOTE]

It also makes it lot more easier for mold and parasites to start eating it out

[Metaru]

but it did not collapse due its weight tho? the recent storms and landslives had an impact on the tree's roots.

also god damn the comments on that article.

[laserpanda]

[QUOTE=thisguy123;51647527]It's not necessarily dead, trees CAN survive fallen over if their roots can grow into the ground and they get enough sunlight. It's not perfect but it's possible.[/QUOTE]

Having half half the base carved into a tunnel probably doesn't help on that front though. Also it mentioned that the tree shattered when it hit the ground.

Also the tree in the OP with the car driving though it isn't the same tree. That one fell in 1969.

[viperfan7]

[QUOTE=laserpanda;51648006]Having half half the base carved into a tunnel probably doesn't help on that front though. Also it mentioned that the tree shattered when it hit the ground.

Also the tree in the OP with the car driving though it isn't the same tree. That one fell in 2012.[/QUOTE]

It shattering is fairly standard for trees this big.

Think about how much force it hit the ground with

[SirJon]

[QUOTE=gukki;51647693]It also makes it lot more easier for mold and parasites to start eating it out[/QUOTE]

well at least she had alot of fun :smug:

[Spazi]

[QUOTE=Sableye;51647577]these are giant sequoias, they're hundreds to thousands of years old

the sad part was that they had almost no commercial use as the wood is garbage for anything but novelties and the trees are so heavy they shatter when felled but we still harvested them[/QUOTE]

whyyy

[KamikazeZombie]

As a resident of the Bay Area that storm was pretty good (minus Californian drivers who drive like they've never seen rain before,) wasn't expecting this though.

[1/4 Life]

[QUOTE=X6ZioN6X;51650054]As a resident of the Bay Area that storm was pretty good (minus Californian drivers who drive like they've never seen rain before,) wasn't expecting this though.[/QUOTE]

Sort of. This storm was the first time I've ever seen Highway 37 completely closed.

[Ajacks]

[QUOTE=Sableye;51647577]these are giant sequoias, they're hundreds to thousands of years old

the sad part was that they had almost no commercial use as the wood is garbage for anything but novelties and the trees are so heavy they shatter when felled but we still harvested them[/QUOTE]

Redwood is one of the most amazing woods. It's exceptionally stable, rot resistant, straight grained, good strength to weight ratio, workable and beautiful.

[Govna]

I went through this tree in June 2015 with a friend when we went to see the sequoias. Later on, we found a side road and camped out there for the night among the redwoods on the Avenue of the Giants. Big trees are awesome. It's sad to see this one go, especially considering how old it was.

[General J]

while I imagine it's easy to complain that if they didn't put a huge hole in it- it would still be around: yet on the inverse I bet it generated a lot of tourism and funded nothing but good things for the surrounding wildlife area.

RIP car tree

[Stormbuster]

[QUOTE=thisguy123;51647527]It's not necessarily dead, trees CAN survive fallen over if their roots can grow into the ground and they get enough sunlight. It's not perfect but it's possible.[/QUOTE]

The tree practically disintegrated on impact in the pictures from the sheer force of it's mass slamming into the ground, it's unsalvageable unless you want to talk about tiny grafts.

[thisguy123]

[QUOTE=The Duke;51650414]The tree practically disintegrated on impact in the pictures from the sheer force of it's mass slamming into the ground, it's unsalvageable unless you want to talk about tiny grafts.[/QUOTE]

And I should think that just for the sake of legacy you should lop off a living branch, use rooting hormone on it and plant it anew.

At he very least it'd be a bit of a scientific curiosity to see how long you could make it last.

[Headhumpy]

[QUOTE=Ajacks;51650086]Redwood is one of the most amazing woods. It's exceptionally stable, rot resistant, straight grained, good strength to weight ratio, workable and beautiful.[/QUOTE]

This is the Giant Sequoia, [i]Sequoiadendron giganteum[/i]. The wood from the Coast Redwood, [i]Sequoia sempervirens[/i], is the valuable one.

[Tetsmega]

Man that's fucking sad. I remember many family trips where my family would drop by and drive through it. Even after it was closed due to instability, I thought it would be there for a longer time.