Edition #33
June 2024
MONTHLY WOODFLOW EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARIES APRIL 9 YEARS - DALE BUNNIK 6 YEARS - MATTHEW TILBY
MAY 15 YEARS - MARK MERRETT 10 YEARS - MITCH BAUGH 7 YEARS - CAMERON BARKER 6 YEARS - JOSH JENNINGS
JUNE 6 YEARS - HADDON LAWSON 5 YEARS - RAY CASTLEMAN
HOGGYS HAULAGE HEADLINES What a whirlwind time to be in the logging game… plenty of ups but just as many downs in the markets. Nothing we haven’t weathered before but to be brutally honest it’s when the management team must be at their best, and the staff (everyone in every position), needs to be understanding and react daily to changes that are out of our control… When things are running smoothly, we can pretty much go on “auto-pilot” and only need small changes here and there. But we are busy and that’s the main thing. The blue gum game has come to a sticky stop locally but just like 2020 and the world ending… We managed through it and up on the other side. Employees get to reskill or challenge themselves out of their natural habitat and we strive for them to enjoy the challenge. Midway has come to the rescue, and we are much appreciative that they have let us put another crew on to clean up the ABP burnt timber. Gunners has diverted back into a cool Kenny and is beaming with delight delivering blue gum instead of driving his 1910e forwarder while we have the long-distance carting. Jim Aitken has fallen on his feet and is back in the log game after doing interstate work. Jim is a Millicent resident, along with Jason from the same spot, they have been carting out of new OFO T1 job from Noolook to Portland. Always a win when people live on route for a long-haul job Road trains – They have been great for our business and move bulk wood. Smithy’s K220 which would need the dust cleaned off it, should hit the road in early July, we also have another 610 arriving shortly which will again add to the fleet of wood hogs that keep the forwarder drivers on their toes…