Earlier this year, Minnesota loggers and others worked a timber sale north of Duluth that’s expected to net roughly $25,000 for the Log A Load for Kids program and Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare through the Children’s Miracle Network.
The harvest was organized by Tom McCabe of McCabe Forest Products, aided by multiple other companies in January and February. “It was a team effort,” McCabe said. “It’s been fun organizing the whole thing. It’s a great cause and we’re glad to help out the kids.”
The sale included 250 cords of aspen, pine, birch, maple, balsam and spruce. Waste Wood Recyclers handled felling and slashing, Watters Excavating provided delimbing, and Rick Olson did the skidding.
Several companies hauled the wood, including Demenge Trucking and Forest Products, Al’s Excavating, Kimball’s Enterprise, Shermer Logging, Rieger Trucking, McCabe Forest Products, Jerry Donek and Chuck Van Dorn. Mills taking the timber included Hedstrom Lumber, Louisiana Pacific, Sappi, UPM Blandin and Lester River Sawmill.