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The worker shortage covers all professions and is worldwide. The Covid “stay at home” checks ended a while ago. That’s not the issue. Perhaps the 40% increase in deaths among the 19-64 year olds (working age) is part of the problem. Noone seems to know what to attribute the deaths to other...

I only have a tally for one short job In 2016. On the last day of that day the Super came out in the woods and asked me how many trees I figure I had dropped during the job. I said that I had no idea. He informed me that it was “Over 2200.” I said “You kept track?” He said ”Yep.” This was all...

Dang! I bet you were jumpin up and down by the time you left that shop.

It's his choice. I am unconcerned.

If everyone only dropped trees within their comfort zone no one would ever progress. Such is life. Hopefully that tree turns out to be lesson learned and not something else.

I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than wear a plastic hardhat.

I don't know nuthin' about armored dillos, but I do know what you call a male leper soaking in a nice, warm bath... Stew.

I'm a bit guilt-ridden to this day that I didn't stay in touch with him. Crap.

We've had this conversation, but I really do consider him one of my best-ever friends. Even after all the time that went by between contact. There was never any BS from him. I always felt 100% comfortable around that guy. This is from day one of having met him. He was a very special guy. Life...

May your snoose be always fresh and your gloves free of chips. I'm north bound.

It's a labor-adding device.

Skeans, did you least least repaint that belly pan while she was on her ear?

This is exactly how I was told it went. That's normal operating. There's normal operating then there's Break Up. Then they really put in the hours. Dean once told me that his record week during break up was 125 hours. That's nuts.

Do you mean they work less than that or more? My comment was going off of what the drivers used to tell me when I worked at the Sawyer mill. The guy (Marc) that offered me that driver's job out of White Pine said it would be 60+ hours per week too. The guys around here don't seem to put in...

That's some big hours you will have to log. 12 hours is a short day where I grew up. It's 12 hours if everything goes perfectly. Nothing ever goes perfectly when hauling logs out of landing in the land of snow and ice.

Yeah, I spent about $280 for the written tests and the DOT physical. The driving school would have been $5500. This was for a winter-only job with the Colorado Dept. of Transportation driving a plow. $18 per hour. No benefits and no commitment to rehire you next season. They used to hire for...

I'm told some instructors won't pass you unless you double clutch. Period.

I got my CDL A permit a year ago, but the truck test was going to cost me $5500. They wonder why there's a shortage of truckers.

I love my open cab. It makes it easier to hear the wind blowing through the holes in my head.

In this world you will either go bankrupt buying the health insurance or you will go bankrupt if you get ill.