not our actual photo
but a good replica *wink		 Sunny's Logging

Listed below are thee assorted jobs we performed at the sawmill/shop.
It definitely kept us kids and Dad busy and out of trouble but time well spent together as a family.
NO REGRETS.

Thank You DAD for teaching how to work for what we wanted out of life...
I look back at the way I was raised as a child
and use to complain about always having "chores"to do
and then I look at my children now-a-days and their peers
and wonder if they even know what the word WORK means *S*
-- Just kidding kids --
 
DAD STARTED HIS BUSINESS ON A FARM PLACE THAT WE LIVED ON WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD WITH A PORTABLE SAWMILL SET UP IN THE PASTURE.... CUSTOM SAWING FOR NEIGHBORS, DOING HAYWAGONS ETC.... I REMEMBER PLAYING IN THE SAWDUST PILES AND FEELING THE HOT SAWDUST BETWEEN MY TOES IF YOU DUG DEEP INTO THE PILE OF SAWDUST/SHAVINGS. IT DID MAKE A NEAT PILE TO BUILD YOUR ROADS ON TO PLAY TRUCKS ETC.. YES EVEN I AS A CHILD LIKE TO PLAY WITH TRUCKS AND NEVER WAS ONE FOR BARBIE DOLLS! HA-HA-HA-HA
THEN WE MOVED OVER TO THE CURRENT HOMEPLACE WITH THE CHICKEN BARN AND HE SET UP SAWMILL BUSINESS AND SHOP FOR PALLETS. HE ALSO SOLD "STIHL CHAINSAWS" AND "WOOD STOVES". ALSO DIG SOME WOOD CUTTING AND CLEARING AND THOSE DAYS WERE ALWAYS INTERESTING TRAPESING AROUND IN THE WOODS AND HEARING DAD YELL " TIMBER!" I REMEMBER ONCE DAD CUT INTO A POPPLE TREE AND THERE WAS A BEE HIVE IN IT AND WE ALL GOT STUNG OVER AND OVER.
 
*PALLET & PALLET PARTS

*SKIDS

*MINK BOXES 

*CHICKEN BARN SLAT FLOORS

*HOME SAWED LUMBER

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*KILN DRIED LUMBER

*HOME SAWED LUMBER

*WOODEN TOBAGGAN

*BUYING & SELLING TREES

*TREE CUTTING & HAULING
 
 
I REMEMBER AS A CHILD GROWING UP AT HOME WITH THE SAWMILL BUSINESS AND WORKING TIL 10 PM OUTSIDE WITH MY DAD AND MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS. FORGET ABPOUT HAVING HOMEWORK BECAUSE YOU NEVER GOT TO DO IT ANYHOW. WHEN WE WERE YOUNG WE WOULD NOT MISS SCHOOL DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF WE DID WE WOULD BE WORKING BY NOON. WE WOULD BUILD OAK PALLETS IN THE CHICKEN BARN WITH CEMENT FLOORS AND I DROPPED ONE ON MY FOOT AND IT SPLIT MY TOE. IT DIDN'T HURT THAT BAD AT FIRST TIL WE WENT IN FOR DINNER AND THEN I TOOK MY BOOT OFF AND THEN SEEN THE RED SOCK AND PEELED THAT OFF...BOY ! ONCE AIR GOT TO IT; IT HURT THEN!
 
 
WE LOVED IT IN THE WINTERTIME WHEN SNOWMOBILES WOULD COME DOWN THE ROAD AND SWIPE OUR ELECTRICAL CORDS THAT WE HAD STRUNG TO THE MULTIPPLE SAWS THAT WE USED AFTER DARK. WHERE WE WERE CUTTING LUMBER ON FOR PALLETS.
UNFORTUNATELY - DAD FIGURED THAT OUT AND
THAT ONLY LASTED ONE WINTER THEN HE DECIDED WE WWOULD BUILD A SHOP ACROSS THE ROAD AND HAVE ELECTRICITY PUT IN OVER THERE.BUILT THAT IN 1976 AND THEN WE DID LOST MORE WORK. AT THE TIME I WAS ABOUT 11 YEARS OLD. THEN IN 1979 HE HAD TWO MISFORTUNES ... FIRST OFF IN MARCH: HIS CHICKEN BARN COLLAPSED WITH ABOUT 4000 BIRDS IN IT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ON THE ROOF; AND THEN HIS MILLED ALSO BURN DOWN. SO FOR THE NEXT FEW SUMMER MONTHS WE DID ALOT OF REBUILDING AND THE YEAR BECAME VERY PROFITABLE WHEN ALL THRU. ONE THING ALL OF US KIDS LEARNED FROM GROWING UP WIHT THE SAWMILL WAS HOW TO "WORK HARD FOR THE MONEY!"
 
 
CHECK OUT THESE LOGGING EVENTS
Dad Always loved to take time out and enjoyed some of these.
In Late Spring/Early Fall
Dad could alwaysbe found at the
ALBANY PIONEER DAYS

a Few Albany Steam Threshing Show **WebShots**
The tractor Dad engineered ran on steam
and rotated a long leather belt
that ran a huge buzz saw.


Stihl Timber Sports
Incudes 6 competition events annually
A Good Sampling Of What Goes On At These Events
LumberJack Days - Stillwater, MN.
Tahquamenon Logging Museum in Newberry, MI
THe Deming Logging Show in Deming, WA

ATTRACTIONS


Remember the days of our pioneer settlers at the
** Historic Log Village**
in Crosslake, MN {Near Brainerd}.
Features A turn of the century schoolhouse,
logger's shack and bunkhouse
have been restored to their original condition.

** Central Minneosta's Paul Bunyan Land**
Paul Bunyan Trail
{ not exactly Logging related but gorgeous!!}


NATIONAL FORESTS TO VISIT

Superior National Forest - Minnesota

Cascade River along Forest Rt. 170.
Rapids at Trails End campground.
Bear trap at McDougal Lake campground.
Camper's delight - drying the tent after a "restful" night of rain.
Lake Jeanette at Lake Jeanette campground. The RVrs challenge.
Lodge built by CCC in 1933 - South Kawishiwi River campground.
Table hand carved by CCC in 1933 - South Kawishiwi River campground.