Timber Bulletin May/Jun - Minnesota Forest Industries

Harvested spruce bolts wait on the landing to be hauled to White River Hardwoods in Sanborn, Wis.than ever, about environmental issues and this thingand that thing and we just keep dealing with it.“I’ve found that if I don’t get fifty solid hours in thewoods each week, things start piling up and the moneystarts depleting. Really, you have to get sixty hours in.If you back off to 50 you can hold your own. If you putin sixty you can move ahead pretty fair, if things aren’tbreaking, of course. If we’re cutting wood, I’m tryingto put in sixty, even seventy hours each week.”Kallinen also says his religious faith is a big reasonwhy he’s able to adapt and keep working, even throughdifficult times.“I attribute my ability to keep going to my faith,”Kallinen says.Work ethic, adaptability, and faith. These traits allpay off, not only in profitability, but also in helping toclear the obstacles his company faces each day. And it’sthose obstacles that keep the job interesting.“To me it’s a challenge,” Kallinen says. “Setting upa landing so the truck can come and go without anyproblem. Setting up the job so it’s the most efficientas far as getting the wood. I’m not saying I have it allfigured out. And maybe that’s another part. As soonas you think you have it good here, it changes and youhave to do it different over there.“Maybe that’s another part. It’s changing all the time.I get bored pretty easy,” he chuckles. “You have four orfive machines, you get tired of one and you can hop inanother one.” NORTHERN ENGINE AND SUPPLY, INC. DOZERS GRADERS LOADERS SKIDDERS BACKHOESLogging AttachmentsLogging Fork BalerS – Log GrapplesStacking Rakes – Brush RakesPEWAG SKIDDER CHAINSDetroit Diesel – EngineS & PartsRockford-Rockwell-Spicer Distributor PARTS & SUPPLIESDuluth (218) 624-1443 Fargo (701) 232-3284Virginia (218) 741-2980 Proctor (218) 628-2337Wyoming (307) 686-371312Timber Bulletin May/June 2013