re: #318 teleskiguy

Most of them probably have rifles in their trucks. And loggers that venture into more remote terrain are probably carrying a sidearm, bears ‘n’ all.

Years ago, in Oregon, a logger I worked with kept a hand gun tucked in the opening between the seat and seat back. One day one of his workers had to move the pickup a short distance to get it out of the way. Somehow the gun fired. Now this was an older pickup with the gas tank behind the seat. The bullet punched a hole in the very bottom of the tank letting gasoline pour out. On top of that, the the tank was full with 20 gallons.

To make matters worse, the logger used the space under the seat as his “field office” where he kept all his Cat manuals and other important paperwork

When I arrived he had all his papers and manuals spread out on logs and stumps trying to get them to dry out.

The individual who caused the mess? He was last seen walking to town.