flyerdan
Veteran Member
If they were crossways, they could only be 8 feet, so they were probably going to a stud mill. Back in the early 70's, Georgia Pacific bought the Moyie River Lumber Co. and put in a stud mill. I got a 1 ton Chevy flatbed and cut stud logs for a few summers. The reason for loading them that way is it was easier, they secured better with just one chain/cable, and they could be unloaded without equipment as well. Plus, the truck could be used for other flatbed purposes as well since it didn't have dedicated bunks.A couple years ago we took a road trip to the upper midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin) and noticed that log trucks had their loads in cross-wise instead of length-wise. Never seen that before, any particular reason they'd do it that way?
There were still plenty of big rigs hauling in 32 footers as well.