Logging is an important industry in Indonesia, with a long history of traditional logging methods. The following is a brief overview of the most common methods.
The first traditional logging method in Indonesia was pit-sawing. This involved cutting down a tree, then cutting it into logs using a pit-saw. The pit-saw was a large, two-handed saw that was inserted into a hole in the ground, and the log was cut by sawing back and forth. Pit-sawing was used extensively in …