Next weekend on the 27th we will be at the Ricker Library in Poland to celebrate Earth Day. People probably wouldn’t associate loggers with Earth Day but it is important to recognize that we are a key part of maintaining forest health and we are excited to be a part of this event.
Read MoreWe may be fairly young relative to most folks in the logging business but we have already seen how quickly doom and gloom can turn into excitement and innovation.
Read MoreObserving a wood harvest operation looks, to the majority of people, like a methodical, mindless series of cutting a tree, making a pile of felled trees, dragging said pile to the landing, and loading a truck.
Read MoreIt’s been a couple weeks since we told you what we’ve been up to…. Mud season is officially in session and I took a week off. Just kidding. I didn’t. I haven’t learned the art of vacation yet, but my wife keeps working on that.
Read MoreHey there! It’s Chrissy, the supporting actress of Kimball & Sons Logging and Trucking. I tend to be busy raising the “sons” part of the operation but I wanted to take the opportunity to write a little bit about the articles I have been reading lately regarding the recent study conducted by the PLC of Maine siting low pay as a barrier to our industry and also the bill that Angus King and Jared Golden are introducing, Future Loggers Career Act.
Read MoreWe are happy to see day light savings roll around, although waking up an hour late (even on a Sunday) makes me feel like the day is already half done.
Read MoreSitting on the front porch this afternoon enjoying the vitamin D from the sun as I hear the melting snow drip through the gutters. The hustle before mud season is officially on.
Read MoreMy wife tells me I should write about what I did this week. Sounds pretty boring to me but I do what she says. So I looked back through some pictures to try to remember what the heck we did this week.
Read MoreI can’t believe the response I got on Social Media for my post about speaking at the hearing in Augusta on the posted roads bill. It is incredibly important that the people of Augusta and the municipalities hear our voice loud and clear. I’m looking for your help…..
Read MoreI recently had the opportunity to finally make my voice heard about a subject that any one who knows me, knows I am extremely passionate about.
Read MoreIt’s the dead of winter in the Maine woods. It always surprises me that a lot of people don’t realize that this is when we work the hardest and longest.
Read MoreEvery job in the woods is a new opportunity for a unique obstacle. Recently we were presented with a pipeline running straight across where we needed to make a skidder trail.
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