Stick or Round Wood Haulers-East or West

Oil has hazards related to the load, 90 degree Celsius oil under huge pressure is a severe burn risk if a line blows or other leak, fires, etc, but the roads are often much safer than logging roads. I'm currently hauling oil with 3000+ ppm H2S, another serious danger you don't get with logs. Some areas I've hauled you do use the logging roads as well.

Both types of hauling have serious dangers, but driving wise the log haulers often face much worse situations.

 

You wouldn't know this because we've never met, but I'm probably the most relaxed person you've never met. If I tried to relax any more my heart would probably stop. I hauled a few 105 howitzers myself in the reserves. Good times. I only point out the dangers of working in the bush in BC because it sounds like maybe you haven't been here yet. The roads here do present some challenges that you won't find in the rest of the country. I'm talking about the paved roads of course, the forestry or logging company roads can be down right treacherous. I know guys that love working on those roads. Most of us don't like them at all. A while back a guy was telling me he was hauling jet fuel to a helicopter pad out in the middle of no where. There was a hill he couldn't make it up pulling his quad trailer even with chains on. So he left the trailer, delivered the fuel in the truck and went back to the trailer. He pumped the fuel from trailer to the truck and did another load. He had to do that twice. Before he was done he dumped a few pails of jet fuel in his truck because he didn't have enough diesel to make it back to town. The point of the story is that I don't have the patience or inclination to do this sort of work. If you do, have at'er.

cheers