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What is the daily life of working on a logging crew?

I am interested in working on a logging crew, but I am worried about the daily life. Do these people typically get to come home every night, or do they just live on site the whole time? Is there really any educational requirements after a high school diploma? Are there any special licenses that I will need to get? #forestry

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Parker’s Answer

The daily life you can expect may vary wildly based on geographic location, companies you work with, and your job title. When you say you want to work on a logging crew, I assume you're wanting to set chokers under a yarder, as that's where guys start in my locality...other places differ, on a mechanical logging side you'd probably start out running a skidder. As far as the daily life part, again that can vary wildly... I grew up in a series of different logging camps in SE Alaska, where we lived in a remote camp where the timber sale was, I've also been fortunate enough to cut timber on jobs a few miles from town, so even after over 15 years in the industry, I don't have a solid answer for you there, you may be home for dinner daily, you may not be home for several months at a time. No special licenses, just experience
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Nick’s Answer

I worked with a forester cleaning up a campground after a forest fire. I was on the erosion control with usually 3-4 other people. Every day we would start at 8 am, pick up logs and branches and feed them into a woodchipper. We got an hour long lunch break at noon and ended at 5 Monday through Friday.
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Thomas’s Answer

Here is what one logger had to say:
"I get up 3:30 a.m. every morning, and leave my house at 4:30 a.m. I get to the job, skid logs from the woods to the skid landings. Then, trucks can load them and haul them up to the mill. At about noon, I maintain the machine. And then I go to the unit where I lay strips out for the cutters so they can start cutting. That's pretty much my whole day."

Here is a more information: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/11/logger/507848/
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