Farmwrench, hauling logs is pretty unique in that when you leave in the morning, usually 2 to 3 am, you don't know where you will be sent when you get to the landing and the shovel operator loads you, he decides. You don't know how many loads you will get in a day (usually 2 - 4) which depends on how far the mills are and how busy they are, some busy mills can get backed up and you sit for an hour and a half or you are in and out in 15 minutes. You have no idea when you will get home and probably don't know the rates to know how much money you made. 12 to 14 hour days are normal. Some hauls can pay really well, others terrible. Hopefully you get enough good ones that it works out. Each mill has it's own way of doing things and it takes a while to get comfortable going all the different places there are to go. Yet after all that you keep going back because the alarm goes off again the next morning and nobody makes any money until the logs get to the mill. It makes no difference how many logs a logger can get to the landing in a day, it's how many loads to the mill in a day. I enjoy it.