During my early timber marking days, there was a store that sold fried chicken and the grease from it actually removed the tree marking paint easily from our skin.
There's a certain member who has not chimed in yet, who recommends that people who want to become loggers slam their hands in a pickup door a few times to simulate the work.
Then, to mimic our PNW conditions, I recommend finding a nice mud puddle and do a face plant in it on a cold, windy morning. Get up and yell, "Embrace the weather!" Then wring out your cotton gloves and repeat the pickup door treatment. This ritual is to be performed at the break of dawn or earlier.
If you live in the flat country, find a tall building and lug your saw, gas, shovel, files, extra chain and other necessary stuff up and down the stairs for 6 hours. Then climb in your vehicle and drive two hours--with somebody else who has also done the above and has eaten beans and cabbage.
Make sure the springs are sticking up through the upholstery of your car or pickup.
I'm sure other folks can add more helpful hints.
There's a certain member who has not chimed in yet, who recommends that people who want to become loggers slam their hands in a pickup door a few times to simulate the work.
Then, to mimic our PNW conditions, I recommend finding a nice mud puddle and do a face plant in it on a cold, windy morning. Get up and yell, "Embrace the weather!" Then wring out your cotton gloves and repeat the pickup door treatment. This ritual is to be performed at the break of dawn or earlier.
If you live in the flat country, find a tall building and lug your saw, gas, shovel, files, extra chain and other necessary stuff up and down the stairs for 6 hours. Then climb in your vehicle and drive two hours--with somebody else who has also done the above and has eaten beans and cabbage.
Make sure the springs are sticking up through the upholstery of your car or pickup.
I'm sure other folks can add more helpful hints.