chris_girard
Treehouser
When I was a teenager back in the early '80s, I had plenty of work as a logger in the hill country around NH. There were numerous cable skidder loggers around and I was able to cut my teeth working for these independent old timers, setting chokers and learning the finer points of selective cutting and how to fell trees properly. All this work helped me to become a better tree climber and arborist in later years.
Now a days, all I see around NH is feller bunchers and grapple skidders and the small independent logger is all but lost. Maybe I'm being old fashioned, but God I wish for the old times when a logger with a just a cable skidder and a few saws could hack out a living in this mountainous region in NH. AND on top of this, 90% of ALL our saw logs go to Canada!
Sorry guys for the rant, but I guess I'm just frustrated with the way our timber industry is being run these days.
Now a days, all I see around NH is feller bunchers and grapple skidders and the small independent logger is all but lost. Maybe I'm being old fashioned, but God I wish for the old times when a logger with a just a cable skidder and a few saws could hack out a living in this mountainous region in NH. AND on top of this, 90% of ALL our saw logs go to Canada!
Sorry guys for the rant, but I guess I'm just frustrated with the way our timber industry is being run these days.