Traffic jam in the woods

[WI Dan]

The warm winter has wreaked havoc with the loggers. Wednesday it froze up enough to get trucks back into the woods. They hauled for over 30 hours, six trucks. About half went to the mill, the rest they just forwarded up near the barnyard where they could get at it regardless of weather.
This picture: four trucks ahead of me on my way back from feeding the Bison.

 

[WI Dan]

Some of the trailers were straight bunks, no loader. So they had one guy who basically spent all day loading the other trucks with his self-loader.

 

[WI Dan]

This pile was about twice as big. They had it cleaned up in about 3 hours.
It was a mile back in the woods from the barnyard.

 

[Larry H.]

Nice! Thanks for the pictures.

 

[Russ from MN]

Same thing in N MN! We gave a logger permission to haul across our land, I'm not looking forward to the ruts, but they agreed to fix it next summer, they have a road grader.

 

[plattman]

This pile was about twice as big. They had it cleaned up in about 3 hours.
It was a mile back in the woods from the barnyard.
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Is that pulp wood?

 

[SweetFeet]

This pile was about twice as big. They had it cleaned up in about 3 hours.
It was a mile back in the woods from the barnyard.
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Interesting pics. Thanks.
Would be fun to see pics of the bison too.

 

[Destroked 450]

This pile was about twice as big. They had it cleaned up in about 3 hours.
It was a mile back in the woods from the barnyard.
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Where's the hills and hollows, how's one supposed the log on flat ground, the log yard at our mill wasn't that flat

 

[showcrop]

I don't see anything on the front ends of those two trailers that are getting loaded that would keep the logs from taking out the hood ornament of the tractor in a wreck.

 

[Brian B Glynn]

Same thing in N MN! We gave a logger permission to haul across our land, I'm not looking forward to the ruts, but they agreed to fix it next summer, they have a road grader.

I'm in Bemidji too but own 200 acres just south of Akeley near the Badoura Nursery and have had loggers trying to work this winter but it's been too warm and they're struggling with soft ground.

 

[WI Dan]

Is that pulp wood?

The logger calls it "hardwood pulp". I believe it's going to PCA for box making.

 

[WI Dan]

Where's the hills and hollows, how's one supposed the log on flat ground, the log yard at our mill wasn't that flat

haha. There's less than 100' elevation change across two miles here.

 

[T in NE]

I don't see anything on the front ends of those two trailers that are getting loaded that would keep the logs from taking out the hood ornament of the tractor in a wreck.

They don't always tie the logs down, they wrap a chain or strap around them and tie them in a bundle.