Well, they are not really cedars. I didn't explain my intentions very well if at all in my hurried post. The wood of the giant sequoia's is more like a soft cedar and not anything like a redwood other than its color. Redwood can be used for construction purposes but the giant sequoia wood is useless for anything but making pencils. I'm not knocking cedar as to weak for construction, many cedars are great.

It's a tree rival thing among a few, redwoods are stronger and taller, giant sequoias are weaker but bigger. You have to see them up close to apperciate their size and innocence.
SteveS