VICTOR, Mont. - It would be hard to calculate what an important role horses played in Montana's logging industry. Long before mechanized tools, loggers depended on horses to do the heavy lifting. In ...
Jan. 26—"Don't cut the logs too long — they're just little guys," Nancy Kalal advised me. She was giving instructions on how to prepare for the arrival of her "little guys," Bright and Star, 13-month ...
As workers go, Travis Thorson and his buddies, Mike and Prince, are a rare breed. Just ask the stream of gawkers watching them toil along Kitchen Road in Bay County's Fraser Township this week. "We've ...
Join us for an exciting journey as we take on the challenge of cutting down trees and skidding logs using a Massey Ferguson tractor. Watch as George selects standing dead trees to cut and send to the ...
CORVALLIS, Mont. - A family in Corvallis has started sawing the logs they skidded with horses this past winter. NBC Montana brought you the first part of this story a few weeks ago. The Plochers used ...
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