I remember Floyd and Pete very well as you know . Jackson Bros logging was a great time alot of good memories .We had big crews on the Madill 90 foot towers, each side had 3 chokermen ,riggin slinger, hooker , chaser ,second loader ,loader operator and tower operator most the riggin Rat's were haywire young guys . We had alot of fun and got alot of wood doing it . Jackson's had 3 sides running and we always trying to get more wood then the other sides One game we use to play was Run or Die ( not compo approved ) , we leave a talkie tooter on a stump when the rigging was stopped we run in and set your choker and run out , first guy to set his choker and run out grab the bug (talkie tooter ) count to 3 tell the other chokermen and blow go ahead . We had ole Minow Braun running the tower , he would wait around 3 seconds before he started to go ahead on the turn , The 2 other guys setting chokers didn't have much time to get it done and run to get the hell out of the turn . I was the riggin slinger and always have my bug on, if it looked like someone wasn't goin to make it on time iwould blow stop . The guy that didn't make it on time would have to buy round of drinks after work. Don't think Pete knew what were up too ,but i'm pretty sure Dave Parish did ( woods foreman ) . Things you do when you were young , ten feet tall and bullet proof.
