The firewood business is popular where I live now. And also quite a few logging operations, but nothing all that big. There's a few Amish sawmills mixed in with all the other ones. It's not unusual to see those big overloaded log trucks on the road. Never saw these things on this level before moving here.
There is a Woodsmen's Festival that takes place every year a short drive from where we live. We've gone to it, and it's unlike any other fair that I've been to. They have competitions for the woodcutters, which is neat, but all the manufacturer's displays and the sales tents amaze me. They have equipment that can turn logs into firewood a few different ways, depending on how big your operation is. I even remember seeing them selling a vehicle that could grab the tree, cut it off, turn it sideways and then move it back and forth through the jaws stripping the branches, leaving something looking like a telephone pole, all in less than a minute. Some of the equipment was almost seven figures in cost. My favorite was an area that had a small excavator where people from the crowd would sit in the operator seat and pick up mini basketballs and place them on top of traffic cones in the little area they had blocked off. There were little kids doing this right along with the adults. One guy did it with tennis balls.
August 15, 16 & 17, 2025
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