Michigan Logger Prefers Supplier With Small Town, Hands on Style
L’ANSE, Michigan — Chuck Cavanaugh is from a small town, and he likes it that way. And as a logging contractor, he likes dealing with an equipment supplier where he can have a personal relationship with the owner, and where the supplier is quick to respond to his...
TimberLine Magazine Honors the Memory of Industry Innovator
Patrick James Crawford, age 92 of Shawano, gently passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2018, surrounded by his adoring children and cherished wife, Ruth, of 67 years. While bathed in the radiant light of God’s love from a magnificent sunset on the Wolf River, Ruth...
Bay State Logger Stays Small, but Works Steady
WARREN, Massachusetts — You might not think of central Massachusetts as a hot spot for logging, but Justin McKinney has been able to earn a satisfactory living harvesting timber in the region. Justin, who has deliberately kept his business small through the years, has...
Safety Alert: Logger Hit by Deadwood Lives
BACKGROUND: A logging company in the Lake States Region was harvesting timber in the fall of the year. The leaves had changed color and about half of them had fallen. The wind was calm; weather was not a factor in this incident, but the time of day (late afternoon)...