[AT] Swamp loggers. A log skidder is a tractor isn't it?

[charliehill]

No Al,  it mainly shows them in the woods working.  One episode last night 
did show Bobby's family at his house having some sort of celebration, 
birthday or something but most of it is in the woods working.

Back when I was driving log trucks Bobby Sr, Kenneth and Raymond were all 
logging.  The folks I worked for had a truck stop and a couple of other 
businesses geared toward loggers.  It wasn't unusual for the Goodsons to 
stop in and of course we all wound up at the mills together from time to 
time.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Swamp loggers. A log skidder is a tractor isn't it?


> Charlie,
>
> We only have about 5 channels on the rabbit ears here but I wish I had a
> chance to watch the Goodsons some.  Does the show ever show them having
> breakfast at Baker's Restaurant?
>
> Al
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Date: 1/16/2010 7:56:14 AM
>> Subject: [AT] Swamp loggers.  A log skidder is a tractor isn't it?
>>
>> If any of you happened to see that marithon of the Swamp Loggers series
> last
>> night, I know those folks.  Well I say I know them,  back when I worked
> in
>> the logging industry we often worked along side of the senior Bobby
>> Goodson's crew and passed their trucks on the road all the time.  Bobby
> Jr
>> who runs the swamp logging show crew looks a lot like his daddy did back
>> then.
>> I also found it interesting in one of the episodes last night they
> mentioned
>> working on Caintuck road.  That is where my grandfather grew up over in
>> Bladen County NC.  Interestingly enough he worked in the "log woods" in
>> those same Cape Fear River swamps that the Swamp Loggers are working now.
>>
>> Those shows might sound like they are highly exagerated with all of the
>> machinery problems and mill closings, etc.  However, from my experience
>> logging that is pretty much the way it goes.  Something is always broken.
>> It cost a lot of money to fix and when you get everything running it
> rains
>> too much and you can't get the wood out or the weather is good, everyone
> is
>> in the woods, the mills get overloaded and shut down or put you on quota.
>>
>> That kind of work gets in your blood.  I wish I was still doing it.
>>
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