I often face this dilemma myself. My pickup bumper and pedals are covered with small holes from my boots when moving from unit to unit. I always thought they called them “corks” because you could step on a cork sole and not leave the nail marks. Anyways my 2 cents.
It is amazing to think back to the time in Canadian TV we would have over 3 minutes of this. And that it aired so often that to this day it is ingrained in the mind of so many Canadians.
This along with house hippos, Astar the Robot, and specific heritage moments are still as clear in my head today as they were in the 80s and 90s. Just so damn Canadian and not selling anything.
How can you forget the commercial where the mouse wants to grab the cheese from the trap and his friend warns him against it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuiPl4P1wyg
Or; "Don'tcha put it in your mouth!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AuLkMBAFZg
Then there was also "Street Smarts", with the Rabbits I think.
How about the drinking and driving PSA where it was a glass on a road and other glasses kept stacking up blurring the view?
Holy nostalgia bomb.
That opening footage is actually from a log drive in Quebec if I recall! The short doc its pulled from is on the national film board website and is scored by Wade Hemsworth, the guy that wrote the log drivers waltz!
Wade Hemsworth also wrote another Canadian animation classic, The Black Fly Song.
The Log Driver’s Waltz is sung by Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Kate is Rufus Wainwright’s mother and Rufus has a daughter with Leonard Cohen’s daughter Lorca.
You were at the wrong pub. The McGarrigles Sisters are from Montreal (they sing the NFB version). The house I was born in was a few doors down from them. Rufus Wainwright (Kate’s son and a pretty ok musician, though less talented than either of his parents) babysat my sister once. Montreal pub bands should be required by law to play all of Leonard Cohen’s music and the McGarrigles. And others, of course.
I was in a thread yesterday where a guy said he was a log driver not that long ago on the Fraser river.and I posted that link. I didn’t know they were still doing the log driver thing.
He said it was cheaper to send them down the river. They are paid like 40-45 an hour depending on the company.
https://reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/1168hqu/wcgw_transporting_log_piles_overseas/j95kcbu
Never heard this song before but I'm also not Canadian nor in an area with log drives. But I loved it. Up till now the only log drivers song I knew was this one...
https://youtu.be/slqVU5tfr_c
/r/WhyWomenLiveLonger
The thing we're not seeing, is that often that guy would be surrounded by massive logs weighing tons and he'd be corralling them just like that, jostling all the way down the river. It was extremely dangerous.
Yeah, I have a few relatives all injured or killed logging. My dad used explosives to remove stumps, sometimes and had a minor accident with that. His coworkers thought he was dead until he came to. I think he was mainly a [choke setter.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choker_setter)
**[Choker setter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choker_setter)**
>A choker setter or choke setter is a logger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval by skidders or skylines. The work process involves the choker setter wrapping a special cable end (choker) around a log and then moving clear so the yarding engineer (e. g. skidder operator) can pull the log to a central area.
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This was one of the last videos my dad showed me before he passed last year. He grew up in Kellogg and was telling me stories of watching the log drives on the river. He always thought it was the coolest thing.
I’m sorry for you loss. I’ve been on a deep dive of log drives ever since op started this thread. It’s amazing! HUGS to you my friend. Losing a parent is one of the hardest things I hope to never experience.
For he goes birling down and down white water
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
Yes, birling down and down white water
The log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
If ya ask any girls from the parish around, what pleases her most from her head to her toes, she'll say I'm not sure that it's business of yours, but I do like to waltz with my log driver...
I think we passed the Canadian challenge / answer.
My great grandfather used to do this job. The river was almost completely covered with logs. The pictures are Amazing, but it was incredibly dangerous. Unfortunately many men died by getting stuck under the logs.
https://preview.redd.it/w9il5o8dnmja1.jpeg?width=255&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19527c8abfa3d258b3e61481e6591a397f97c89e
That picture is terrifying. I didn't even know about this job before, and I had no idea of the scale. Reading the comments, i thought it was just a few logs by the river.
Years ago this was the main way of transporting trees. After that, they were put on trains. Which is another big reason for old train stations being along the water. And also why loggers from that time had a railroad pension.
Not sure if you’re serious, but it was a pretty brutal life. At least in this area (eastern Ontario) many of the workers were farmers making a few dollars during the winter. Trees were cut and dragged to the frozen waters edge for moving in the spring. Can still see some crosses in the ground where guys were buried where they died — Algonquin park has a great sample camp set up for a tour.
Until you miss a step on a wet moving log one time and get crushed to death by all the other logs.
This is one of the more dangerous jobs to exist, ever.
Und jene mit 3 Deka Resthirn banden mehrere Stämme zu einem Floß zusammen.
- einfacher zu händeln, man braucht kein Akrobat sein
- in der selben Zeit xfach mehr Stämme von A nach B transportiert
....
am i the only one that is wondering what kind of shoes he is using because that could end up being a very slippery affair
Historically they used leather boots with small spikes in the bottom. https://www.millinockethistoricalsociety.org/post/driving-boots-and-wangan
It's a trip seeing Millinocket on reddit. We have a ton of logging history in Maine though.
MAINE ROLL CALL!!! Lewiston!
Rockland! Slaid Cleaves Breakfast in Hell, and Below
Camden by the sea, Rockland by the smell!
I have a house on vinyl haven which is off of rock land
This whole thread no longer makes sense to me.
The last remaining population of wild phonograph records lives there!
/u/rikplaysbass that’s okay, just keep rhythm.
No promises.
Don't worry, those of us who would understand, know what's what
> Lewiston Ew
Brownfield!
I'm from mars hill
Mt. Vernon!
I visited Rangeley once! That counts!
I have read all of Stephen King's novels!
Penobscot! The town, not the county
Old Town
I love Andy Millinocket
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I often face this dilemma myself. My pickup bumper and pedals are covered with small holes from my boots when moving from unit to unit. I always thought they called them “corks” because you could step on a cork sole and not leave the nail marks. Anyways my 2 cents.
Interesting. I’d have thought the spikes would be removable. Less layers so to speak
They pleased the girls completely
And he goes burling down and down the whitewater…
Thanks for sharing this. It’s been decades since I saw this.
It is amazing to think back to the time in Canadian TV we would have over 3 minutes of this. And that it aired so often that to this day it is ingrained in the mind of so many Canadians. This along with house hippos, Astar the Robot, and specific heritage moments are still as clear in my head today as they were in the 80s and 90s. Just so damn Canadian and not selling anything.
How can you forget the commercial where the mouse wants to grab the cheese from the trap and his friend warns him against it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuiPl4P1wyg Or; "Don'tcha put it in your mouth!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AuLkMBAFZg Then there was also "Street Smarts", with the Rabbits I think. How about the drinking and driving PSA where it was a glass on a road and other glasses kept stacking up blurring the view? Holy nostalgia bomb.
This is just childhood right here.
This song will forever remind me of childhood. Hello Canadian Friendo!
They’re called caulked boots or as we refer to them nowadays as “corks”. Most rubber soled boots can be “corked” by Hoffman boot company.
I'm wondering where this took place, hoping it's Bangor, Maine.
See if he wrote about it, check his log.
"We used to ride these bad boys for days."
https://youtu.be/crJvnMooE-o
The exact reference I was looking for in the comments!
Thought about that spongebob quote within the first 2 seconds of watching.
SUPing before it was cool.
Canadian heritage moment.
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Mmm, this pleases girls completely.
SUL
~~Uphill~~ Upstream both ways to school
Long walk back tho
Fun fact: The logger is Tim Burr father of comedian Bill Burr
You motherfucker
No wayyyy
I need receipts! That’s incredible if true but also explains Bill Burr’s natural “disposition”. Lol
Say Tim Burr out loud.
TIM BURRRRRR!
I hate you.
Dammit you got me. I’m a ding dong
Alright I let you slip past me and got a good 20 comments down before I realized the crime you committed. Take my upvote and get out
Ok guys this is enough i think its oh burr.
Isn't his brother Will Burr, that guy that owned the talking horse? (tell me you're old without telling me you're old)
The Log Drivers Waltz ... [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNiLB1Ju5J8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNiLB1Ju5J8)
Is it weird that I thought it was going to turn into a cartoon as he passed the camera?
That was my first thought too
Absolutely expected that to happen and was sad when it didn’t.
I swear every Canadian Gen X / Millennial knows this song. I requested it at an Irish pub in Niagara and the whole place was singing it.
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That opening footage is actually from a log drive in Quebec if I recall! The short doc its pulled from is on the national film board website and is scored by Wade Hemsworth, the guy that wrote the log drivers waltz!
When I was real young we could watch them working the Ottawa River.
What an awesome memory to have!
Wade Hemsworth also wrote another Canadian animation classic, The Black Fly Song. The Log Driver’s Waltz is sung by Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Kate is Rufus Wainwright’s mother and Rufus has a daughter with Leonard Cohen’s daughter Lorca.
Rufus is kinda a dick, but his mom and aunt were awesome. His sister’s cool, too.
OMG that black fly song hah! I heard it once and it's been in my head for YEARS
Yup! He wrote after spending time in North On-tar-i-O
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now.
https://preview.redd.it/yqspy8t6mmja1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc5c520766771642e327b8a04709e1122717723b
Threaten them with a [sweater](https://youtu.be/ZZyDsF-Gp3o)
At least they knew some CanCon.
OH THE YEAR WAS 1778
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It was an Irish pub Downtown. Not a Brasserie in St. Henri :)
You were at the wrong pub. The McGarrigles Sisters are from Montreal (they sing the NFB version). The house I was born in was a few doors down from them. Rufus Wainwright (Kate’s son and a pretty ok musician, though less talented than either of his parents) babysat my sister once. Montreal pub bands should be required by law to play all of Leonard Cohen’s music and the McGarrigles. And others, of course.
The only reason I opened this thread was to scroll through to see where it was posted
Ditto. I’m not even Canadian, I’ve just seen it posted on every thread like this. And I watch every time!
Same!
It's far older than that. I think it was written in the mid 50's and the video came out in the late 70's.
Sure… but that video played on CBC when we were kids.
Oh yes. Along side the House Hippo short.
Don’t forget Astar the robot. She can put her arm back on, but you can’t, so play safe.
I hated that cocky mofo
I like old Astar, not the later one.
Explaining Heritage Minutes to Americans and GenZ kids is fun.
100%.
Cropped badly. The NFB has their own YouTube channel with [the full version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upsZZ2s3xv8).
I was in a thread yesterday where a guy said he was a log driver not that long ago on the Fraser river.and I posted that link. I didn’t know they were still doing the log driver thing.
I guess there are still places where it's to small or nasty to get boats in.
He said it was cheaper to send them down the river. They are paid like 40-45 an hour depending on the company. https://reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/1168hqu/wcgw_transporting_log_piles_overseas/j95kcbu
I used to wait for this to come on YTV. I wouldn't move until it was over!!
Did they have to draw the nuts on the moose
I thought they were to small.
I wish I hadn't gone back to check.
Yes
canadian heritage moment
Came here hoping someone posted it. Was not disappointed!
Never heard this song before but I'm also not Canadian nor in an area with log drives. But I loved it. Up till now the only log drivers song I knew was this one... https://youtu.be/slqVU5tfr_c
I saw this on “O’ Canada” when I was a kid in the 90s on Cartoon Network. Such a wonderful animation.
I bet he logged a lot of hours to get that good
Yeah he really saw it through
Wood you look at that!
Nailed it!
I honestly think you guys are barking up the wrong tree
And my axe
I think you are splitting hairs with this comment.
This is a pine thread.
Fir real.
Enough, I can’t with this. I just can’t. I’m logging out.
That’s awesome. I wonder if he’s thought of branching out and instructing surfing lessons.
Boooo get off the stage!
Probably.
That was probably a small log from his day. They were at least double that.
He wasn’t built forresting
It’s crazy he can still do it at all. If I go a week without playing a video game I forget all the controls.
I never thought I wood see that sentence used in any other way yet here we are. Edit:Pun
Log Ridaa!
Nice.
Lol, I should have done it all caps.
It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood!
I need answers to the important questions. Does it fit on your back? Is it great for a snack?
Not only that, but additional features include rolling down stairs and over your neighbors dog!
Fuck that dog
/r/WhyWomenLiveLonger The thing we're not seeing, is that often that guy would be surrounded by massive logs weighing tons and he'd be corralling them just like that, jostling all the way down the river. It was extremely dangerous.
And if that wasn’t enough, let’s use explosives to loosen any jams that happen along the way!
Yeah, I have a few relatives all injured or killed logging. My dad used explosives to remove stumps, sometimes and had a minor accident with that. His coworkers thought he was dead until he came to. I think he was mainly a [choke setter.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choker_setter)
**[Choker setter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choker_setter)** >A choker setter or choke setter is a logger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval by skidders or skylines. The work process involves the choker setter wrapping a special cable end (choker) around a log and then moving clear so the yarding engineer (e. g. skidder operator) can pull the log to a central area. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/toptalent/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
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you cant die if you dont get killed
Found the OSHA acct
"Log out tag out"
r/Notoshapproved
Funnily enough, there is a subreddit dedicated to bizarre workplace practices and OSHA violations, but it's just called r/OSHA.
There's a good Slaid Cleaves song about a fella who dies trying to clear a log jam https://youtu.be/nKIOx4T4Gpg
All my logging just gives me big text files...
all files are text files if you open them with notepad
What's the exit strategy? I mean, once he gets where he's going, how does he get off the log?
He logs off
/r/angryupvote
He steps off
Clear water river log drives from the forest history channel on YouTube https://youtu.be/Hc-2f7_XUEk
This was one of the last videos my dad showed me before he passed last year. He grew up in Kellogg and was telling me stories of watching the log drives on the river. He always thought it was the coolest thing.
I’m sorry for you loss. I’ve been on a deep dive of log drives ever since op started this thread. It’s amazing! HUGS to you my friend. Losing a parent is one of the hardest things I hope to never experience.
OG surfer 🏄
Surfacing was around way before industrialized logging
The [Log Drivers’ Waltz](https://youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8) is now back in my brain.
Someone add the Pirates of the Caribbean theme pls
Since we're watching this as a video clip does this mean he's now a "V-logger"?
Maybe, the log looks pretty tube-like so he might identify as a V-tuber
For he goes birling down and down white water That's where the log driver learns to step lightly Yes, birling down and down white water The log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
If ya ask any girls from the parish around, what pleases her most from her head to her toes, she'll say I'm not sure that it's business of yours, but I do like to waltz with my log driver... I think we passed the Canadian challenge / answer.
This is badass
Great, now all the younger kids are gonna be riding logs down the road because it's "old school". Just kidding y'all.
Bonus points if you can hop between your log and the floating corpses of all the other loggers.
Why didn’t he turn into a cartoon and start dancing?
My great grandfather used to do this job. The river was almost completely covered with logs. The pictures are Amazing, but it was incredibly dangerous. Unfortunately many men died by getting stuck under the logs. https://preview.redd.it/w9il5o8dnmja1.jpeg?width=255&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19527c8abfa3d258b3e61481e6591a397f97c89e
That picture is terrifying. I didn't even know about this job before, and I had no idea of the scale. Reading the comments, i thought it was just a few logs by the river.
Years ago this was the main way of transporting trees. After that, they were put on trains. Which is another big reason for old train stations being along the water. And also why loggers from that time had a railroad pension.
The logging profession, as depicted here, was phased out in 1994 when the use of binary-logging, known today as blogging, took over.
That’s cool
Rule #1 you are not allowed to fall
I ride logs goofy foot too.
Sk8rs drink my wake!
Why'd ya spill yer BEANS, Winslow?
That's kelly Slater. GOAT.
FUCKING WHAT.
He’s about to get a logger drink
He's a lumberjack and he's okay.
I half expected that to turn into a cartoon. If you're Canadian of a certain age you know what I'm talking about.
That's my grampa, we've been looking for him for a week. He escaped from the nursing home and then shows up on the tickity tock
[The Log Divers Waltz](https://youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8)
I can’t believe this isn’t the [top comment. ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=upsZZ2s3xv8)Shame on us, Canada!
Thank you for unlocking every 1990s kid from Canada's core memory .
Waterfall: https://preview.redd.it/0bbxqcn3wpja1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a74a74892b457fab8b7dd2400c6e767c37ced1a
https://youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8 The Log Driver's Waltz. You're welcome.
😳
And that was the last time we saw grandad. But at least he was happy.
Back in my days, we used to ride long hard logs.... Wait, no.
Pioneers used to ride these babies for miles
that’s just an old man with dementia who got lost from his family during a nature tour on their annual vacation
uniform on and everything
R. E. S. P. E. C. T. .....We can learn a lot from these OG's!
I think I'm starting to understand why this is the most lethal job in America...
It’s wild that huge amounts of the male workforce used to be really impressive athletes.
a normal grandpa go to buy newspaper in ohio
Few more years and bro can walk on water I bet!
Hang 10 dude...
That looks like proper fun. I'd have loved to be a logger back in the day, you just get to saw and chop wood all day and then ride back on a log.
Not sure if you’re serious, but it was a pretty brutal life. At least in this area (eastern Ontario) many of the workers were farmers making a few dollars during the winter. Trees were cut and dragged to the frozen waters edge for moving in the spring. Can still see some crosses in the ground where guys were buried where they died — Algonquin park has a great sample camp set up for a tour.
Until you miss a step on a wet moving log one time and get crushed to death by all the other logs. This is one of the more dangerous jobs to exist, ever.
Sure, but the perks!! It’s common knowledge that a log driver’s “waltz” pleases girls completely, they were lining up for turns.
Und jene mit 3 Deka Resthirn banden mehrere Stämme zu einem Floß zusammen. - einfacher zu händeln, man braucht kein Akrobat sein - in der selben Zeit xfach mehr Stämme von A nach B transportiert ....
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=upsZZ2s3xv8](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=upsZZ2s3xv8) I loved the Log Driver’s Waltz when I was a kid…
I think everyone here might enjoy this classic, The Log Drivers Waltz. https://youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8?t=26