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Started by oldbones, March 31, 2011, 08:04:00 PM

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oldbones

book about NH logger, featured on NPR. my wife mentioned it.

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/03/31/brush-cat-logging

perhaps you gents all know about this.

JDeere

oldbones, Great article, thanks for sharing.
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Doc Hickory

I really enjoyed this article. The tone strikes me as pretty DanG realistic. Not too many prima donnas out in the woods. The guys who do this for a living aren't usually rocket scientists, and tend to be a bit rough around the edges.
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grassfed

Never heard the term brush cat but I have heard woods monkey.  If we are gonna start coming up with local nicknames then you can call me a Timber Lion ;D. I brush the cat at night when I watch TV.  
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lumberjack48

Very good article, brings back the old days when logging was fun.

On Friday evenings the pub was full of us loggers exchanging stories of what happened that week.

I used to take the whole crew to the pub some Friday nights, I'd tell them now's the time to get anything off your chest that you don't like on the job, will by Sat. morning I'd ether fired them or they'd quit, we got everything straightened out. Monday morning they were all back on the job ready to start a new week to find some thing to complain about, we would take care of that Friday night again.

I payed my crew every Friday night cash on the hood of my pickup, these were good times.

When i walked in the bar with my crew i used to holler, [[ Whiskey for me and Fresh Horses for my men ]] late 60's and early 70's

My nickname was [[ Easy Money ]] because of the volume of wood i could pull so easy
Third generation logger, owner operator, 30 yrs felling experience with pole skidder. I got my neck broke back in 89, left me a quad. The wife kept the job going up to 96.

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