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Originally Posted by Reggie Bishop
That is odd. There is a newsprint mill across the river from our county that has been producing newsprint for about 50 years I think. I think they may have expanded their products to other paper products due to the decline in newsprint.
But all my life I have seen logging trucks hauling "pulp wood" to the mill and they were always full length logs. The butt ends are always near the cab of the truck with the long slender tops trailing off the end of the trailer.
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I've seen that method, too, Reggie. Here they have these really impressive machines that cut the logs to length in the woods. The skidder brings them in and this machine aligns them, cuts them, and then stacks them. Amazing to watch the skilled workers.
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