Logger King LS-2 - Mayerhoff & Sons Trucking Inc. / Nokian Tyres

THE ULTIMATE WORKHORSE FOR THE FULL-TREE FORESTRY WORK

A scorching day in the state of Mississippi gradually turns dark and cloudy. Suddenly a heavy afternoon rain starts soaking the steep slopes of forest where Mayerhoff & Sons Trucking Inc. is harvesting timber today.

There is a loud roar of the heavy machinery and the smell of diesel in the air as the skidders climb the hillside one after another pulling massive pine trees.

“The problem is that not everyone has these same tires on their machines.”

– Mr. Caleb Haney

“When the rain gets really heavy we just have to stop working. The soil type here is such that when it gets wet, the trucks can no more come and get the timber. These slippery slopes are not so easy for us either”, says Caleb Haney.

Caleb is just pulling the day’s last truck (Mack E7-460) off the site due to the pouring rain. The rain doesn’t seem to bother him, though. “I really wouldn’t need to quit just yet because my tires work just fine. The problem is that not everyone has these same tires on their machines”, Caleb grins.