Chet18013
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We're now halfway along our trip up the Alaska Marine Highway. Taking the ferry from Port Angelus, WA to Haines, AK and getting off for 3-7 days at each ferry stop. We are presently spending 7 days at Petersburg, AK, a fishing community on an island about half way between Prince Rupert and Haines. This island, like all the islands has been heavily logged off and all the timber that is readily accessible is second growth. There is no active logging here now.
To import and setup the logging equipment is quite expensive, so the practice is to use the heavy equipment and then abandon it when the timber has been depleted. It's just to costly to move it out in many cases. We were exploring some of the US Forest Service access roads on the island and came across this equipment just sitting off to the side of the road. As near as I could find out it has been in this location for over 10 years. It certainly is covered with a well aged coat of rust.
To import and setup the logging equipment is quite expensive, so the practice is to use the heavy equipment and then abandon it when the timber has been depleted. It's just to costly to move it out in many cases. We were exploring some of the US Forest Service access roads on the island and came across this equipment just sitting off to the side of the road. As near as I could find out it has been in this location for over 10 years. It certainly is covered with a well aged coat of rust.