I wanna be a logger

Hammertime was a forester till he realized there was no money and bailed... He can give you info...

You just need to get you a used bucket truck and trim trees for people.

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Right now id drive T-post all day if it would pay the bills

I think you're better off being an owner-operator hotshot

You will barely make enough money to pay your bills unless you own the company or are the cutter. Every cutter I've ever met had been running equipment for at least 10 years and was also the go-to guy for problem solving, and was poetically a mechanic at some point or has a very good grasp of all things mechanical. The cutter is typically smarter than the company owner, and is normally in charge of everything going on. They also have a pretty solid grasp on most forestry practices and why they are done. They are the guys on site who are not allowed to say, "I don't know". It is really impressive once you meet a few good ones.

You won't be a cutter because someone won't trust you to:

1) run a machine worth $250k
2) be in charge of cutting hundreds of thousands of dollars of wood
3) run a crew of knuckle draggers driving a million dollars worth of equipment
4) make sure all equipment is maintained and running
5) make sure every single foot of every single log of every single type goes to the correct mill
6) a whole bunch of other shite


Running a skidder is much less responsibility, but you still need either a few years seat time, or be smart enough to handle it and figure it out quickly. I've done it 4 or 5 times, and it is too much for someone who hasn't ever been around equipment to handle. It was overwhelming at first.

Running a dozer isn't hard, but the companies we used were always just one guy or one guy and his son.


If you like being legitimately broke, waking up at 3-4am, and getting home at 6 or 7pm, then consider it. It is too much of a hassle. My suggestion is to go buy an axe at Home Depot and just start cutting down trees around your house.


*Most of the loggers I knew could barely read, write, and didn't know how to use a computer.

How about a Marsh Buggy.

Growing up in the forestry capital of the state I can tell you stay away. You'll work terrible hours and just barely get by. I loved working in forestry but the money just wasn't there.

We had a crew who would drive to and from Hattiesburg to White Castle every day because we had long-term work for them.



FTF, become a heavy equipment operator(crane, backhoe, dozer, etc) for a big company. You'll get paid union money and have full benefits if you do that. I've run damn near every type of equipment there is, and IMHO, a cutter and a motor grader are the hardest. Everything else is basically the same.

Move to Dulac and start a shrimping business