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vvolumeolume 4242 NNumberumber 1111 To Advertise Call (800) 462-8283 NNovemberovember 20152015
AND SONS
ST. MARIES, ID.
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REPORTING IN FROM...
Located in north centralia Idaho near the south of Lake Couer d’ Alene, St. Mariesserves as a hub for Potlach’s surrounding timber lands. Now with a population of2,402, St. Maries has the St. Maries River to the east and the St. Joe River to thenorth. The town’s site was selected by Joseph Fisher just southwest of the conflu-ence of the two rivers, to provide a good place for a sawmill. The mill was built in
1889 and floated logs down the rivers. Steamboats were also used to move fin-ished products to the market. The city was officially established in 1913 when
Benewah County was also created and also serves as the country seat.
IN THIS ISSUE
ON THE FRONT: Mike Minier’s 2016 West-ern Star 4900 is loaded up by Valmet oper-ator Rob Lundy out on the landing in northcentral Idaho.
See “Heavy Metal Hauler”starting on Page 4
2. REPORTING IN FROM...
4. HEAVY METAL HAULERMIKE MINIER AND SONS HEAVY HAULINGI by Brandon Hansen
20. BLAST FROM THE PASTA LOOK AT OUR HERITAGE by Quinn J. Murk
21. ADVERTISERS INDEXWE’VE GOT WHAT YOU WANT
LLogog TTruCkerruCkerFounded in 1975 by Finley Hays
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Mike Minier grew up in St. Maries, Idahoand was a foreman at the local PotlachMill for 13 years before the recession hit.
Minier got in a log truck and has neverlooked back. He recently upgraded to a
2016 Western Star’s 4900 with a 16L De-troit engine and 18-speed transmission.
Minier hauls for Pine Creek Logging basedout of Deary, Idaho.
MIKE MINIER AND
SONS HEAVY HAUL
ST. MARIES
IDAHO
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INDUSTRIAL, LLCLOG TRAILERS
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4 MIKE MINIER AND SONS HEAVY HAUL - ST. MARIES, IDAHO
HEAVY METAL HAULER
Photos by Kevin CoreStory by brandon HansenFor Loggers World
Growing up in St. Maries, Ida-ho, chances were Mike Minierwas going to get into the timber
industry. “It’s kind of the central hub for
Potlatch and their lands aroundhere,” Minier said. “They log allover here, there are probably 40-45 independant log truckerswithin a 15-mile radius of the
town and there is very few peoplearound here that aren’t somehowtied to the timber industry.”
Minier was no exception in the
There’s no Slow
Down for Mike
Minier and his
2016 Western Star (Continued on Page 14)
See “Minier”
HOOKING UP HIS ALPINE TRAILER FOR THESECOND LOAD OF THE DAY is Mike Minier.His 2016 Western Star has been tough and ev-erything the log trucker needed in an upgrade.
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MIKE MINIER getshis trailer ready forthe second load ofthe day. Minier us-es all Alpine gearon his short logger.He spent thirteendays painting andsandblasting histrailer in partswhile setting it upfor his new 2016Western Star 4900.
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PAY IT FORWARD. Rob Lundy puts someof the final short logs on Mike Minier’strailer before he heads off to the StimsonLumber Co. mill in Plummer, Id.
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L O O K I N G S H A R PHEADING OUT OFTHE MILL with thetrailer hopped on forthe next load, is MikeMinier’s 2016 West-ern Star 4900 withAlpine trailer gear.Excalibur Paint outof Lewiston, Idahodid the black paintjob on the truck.
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WHILE HE’S GETTING A LOAD,Mike Minier gets the wrappersready for the trip down to themill in Plummer, Idaho.
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TIME TO FUEL UP isMike Minier’s WesternStar 4900. Minier saidhis new truck gets 1.8mpg higher than hisold truck and that thesavings in the fuel billpays a significant partof his truck payment.
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LEFT: Mike Minier’s trailer tags along for the rideto the mill. ABOVE: The custom lettering onMinier’s truck was done by Jeremy Demmingfrom Jerm Designs in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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NOW WE KNOW THE LIGHTSWORK as Mike Minier getsan early morning load oflogs. That’s not fog, it’s dust!
town of 2,400. He had lived inSt. Maries all his life and hisdad had been a timber faller for30 years.
For 13 years, he served as aforeman at the local Potlach Millbut when times got tough eco-nomically in the 2008 recession,Minier made the switch to thelog trucking aspect of the indus-try and has been on the road ev-er since.
“It was kind of on a whim,”Minier said.
He skidded logs in 2008 butwith the recession at its hardest,work continued to be less andless. A deal for an 1996 379 Pe-terbilt short logger with Alpinetrailer presented itself to Minierand he took the dive in. He hadcut his teeth hauling by drivinga dump truck for a summer butthe climate for a log trucker atthat time wasn’t the best outthere. Many people were strug-gling to stay in business and anew log trucker out on the roadwas a bit rare.
“I had never hauled a log buta handful of guys really helpedme out,” Minier said.
Independent loader operatorand now log truck driver RonnieKrueger along with local logtruck drivers Bill Whitney andRon Nelson worked with Minierand showed him the ropes.
“I was like a sponge,” Miniersaid “I was probably asking abunch of stupid questions butthey really helped me along. Noteveryone did that so I really ap-
preciate what they did for me.” Hauling as far away as Kettle
Falls, Wash.- 139 miles away -and Frenchtown, Mont. - 162miles away - Minier racked upthe miles as the market gradual-ly recovered and afforded him away of life and a living as an in-dependent log trucker.
“I like doing my own thing,”Minier said. “It’s a challenge, it’snot easy. There will be toughtimes and there will be goodtimes.”
With an older truck, however,the maintenance began to pileup as the truck’s mileage gotover a million miles and hestarted thinking about upgrad-ing.
“It got to where it was workMonday through Friday then ex-pecting to spend at least Satur-day doing maintenance to keepthe truck running,” Minier said.
An initial attempt to up-grade to a different truck didn’tmaterialize so Minier had decid-ed just to continue the consistentmaintenance of the log truck.That’s when Idaho Truck Sales’Bill Bartz approached him abouta Western Star Truck.
“Bill shot me a number andwe started working through theprocess,” Minier said. “Heworked hard on everything andmade it very enticing.”
Another big force in the up-grading process was Minier’s fi-ancee Lori Stoltz, who is theCFO at the local Benewah Com-munity Hospital.
“She really pushed and reas-sured me about doing it,” Miniersaid. “I wasn’t quite sure andshe helped me decide. Since
she’s dealing with numbers allthe time at the hospital. Whenwe got it, she also picked out thelogos and the colors, so she prob-ably has more to do with thetruck than me.”
The result was Minier’s 2016Western Star 4900 with a 16LDetroit engine and 18-speedtransmission. It has a 16,000-pound front axle, a HendersonHMX Haulmax, 265” wheelbaseand an Alpine trailer and rig-ging.
“Bill was phenomenal is spec-ing out and building the thing,”Minier said. “We went prettybold with it and I did some wildthings.”
The spec sheet for the truckended up being 24 pages andMinier said Idaho Truck Salestreated him great through theentire process.
“They were awesome to workwith and they didn’t treat melike a drop in the bucket, theytreated me like the whole buck-et,” he added.
The result was a heavier dutytruck that Minier enjoys greatly.A heavier front end allowed himto up the gross weight on histruck and the new DD16 enginehas 560 horsepower compared tothe 455 horses on the Peterbilt.With the set-back axle it drivesdifferently but has a tighter turnradius.
“All log trucks kind of havetheir strong points and it kind ofcomes down to a guy's prefer-ence,” Minier said. “But I haveyet to find a weak point on this
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was scary, Minier admits, but itwas also made pleasant by IdahoTruck Sales. The new truck hasits advantages with less upkeepand better fuel mileage.
“I’m getting 1.8 m.p.g. betterthan my older truck and that'scovering a good portion of mytruck payment,” he said. “And Ialso don’t have a parts bill any-more.”
It’s a new, more comfortableand safer truck and withMinier’s own flair. He added sev-en-inch stacks while ExcaliburPaint out of Lewiston gave it ametallic black paint job and alsopainted the grill shell. The cus-tom lettering was done by Jere-my Demming from Jerm Designsin Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The St.Maries trucker also added Super40 rear ends.
The comfort factor, however,did go down when he was settingup the truck over the 4th of Julyweekend this year. With temper-atures outside reaching into the100s, and those inside Minier’sshop reaching into the 120s,Mike and his fiancee’s father-in-law Stirley Cochran had to toilin the heat for 13 days.
“I might farm that processout next time,” Minier said witha laugh.
With the help of the 68-yearold Cochran, Minier broke downhis trailer, sandblasting and re-painting it to get it ready for thenew truck. They eventually justswitched to working at night andthe early morning to avoid theheat.
“Stirley did an immenseamount of work and it was toughgoing,” Minier said of Cochran.“He is pretty invested and inter-ested in the truck.”
With his new Western Star,Minier now independently haulsfor Pine Creek Logging, ownedby Steve and Diana Henderson.They have a handful of their owntrucks and keep 15-20 trucks intotal hauling logs for them.
When he gets off time, Mikehas a few hobbies. First, he’sbeen an avid dirt bike racer forthe past 25 years and is a mem-ber of the St. Joe’s Cycle Club.He does racing with his futurestep son Tyler.
Mike is also a hunter, andhas the monster of all moose
hunt stories from 2007. After getting an Idaho bull
tag with his great uncle, Minierfound himself on a once-in-a-life-time moose hunt in the state.His great uncle got a moose firstand after a day break, the twowere back at it in the sameclothes they did the cleaning anddressing with their first kill.
The scent and their buglingwas able to bring in a monstermoose. The log trucker foundhimself staring down the behe-moth at point blank range andhis first shot from a .270 Weath-erby Magnum just grazed off themoose’s forehead. Minier’s sec-ond shot that made contactbroke the moose’s leg and itrolled up on him. The antlerscaught and stuck into his legthree inches and pinned himagainst a tree. Minier was final-ly able to shoot the moose in theneck but he still had to deal witha flopping around animal and aleg wound.
It would end up being the38th largest moose taken in theworld and when Minier had themoose mounted he made surethe blood from his leg stayed onthe antlers. After all, what goodis a story if you have no proof.
Minier should have plenty ofsuch stories hunting and drivinglog trucks for years to come. Af-ter being treated well by IdahoTruck Sales, getting a truck thatsatisfies and continuing to workin the community he grew up in,it looks like Mike might spend afew more years in the timber in-dustry.
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The moose from Mike’s hunting story now hangs on the wall inhis shop. The moose was a monster, ranking as the 38th largestmoose taken in the world. You can’t see it in the picture butMike left the blood from his knee injury on the antlers. Not youraverage hunting story.
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The Logger’s Memorial Parkat the corner of Main Avenue
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benches. A garden there isalso maintained by volun-
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ABOVE: The logging camp food inmost regions of North America waslegendary. Loggers wanted, demand-ed, and got some of the best any-where in the country. Camp cookswere some of the best, as most werepaid better than what hotels andrestaurants were willing to pay. Alsothe camp cooks got to work with thefinest ingredients of the day. Armedwith lots of cookhouse help, excel-lent pay, good ingredients and theability to be their own boss, just lookat the food they put on the table.LEFT: This is a wonderful old publici-ty photo from the redwood region ofCalifornia’s coast. The trailerequipped with a wooden reach is car-rying the bulk of the load. But don’tthink that the single axle, gas-pow-ered truck is not doing its share ofthe work. Thinking about the high-ways of the 1930’s and 40’s, it’samazing that feats like this were doneevery day.
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