TreeTrunks
New Member
Hey I’m new here, I’m not a logger myself but my dad and brother are. Dad used to fall, now he’s a side rod, my grandpa hauled logs, his dad was a logger, and it goes back I’m not unsure how many generations but there were a few more fallers, loggers, and truckers in there going back to when they were using steam donkeys and horses in the Sierras...I guess none of us like leaving the woods!
This got me wondering how many loggers in general are multi-generational and how many are completely new to the trade, meaning the first in their family to work in the woods.
So I joined to ask the community this question: Was it handed down in your family or are you the first in your family “to your knowledge“ to hear the call to the woods? This is includes every job in logging: loading, skidding, setting chokers, trucking, driving the water truck, not just the falling part.
This got me wondering how many loggers in general are multi-generational and how many are completely new to the trade, meaning the first in their family to work in the woods.
So I joined to ask the community this question: Was it handed down in your family or are you the first in your family “to your knowledge“ to hear the call to the woods? This is includes every job in logging: loading, skidding, setting chokers, trucking, driving the water truck, not just the falling part.