The reason why a VHF radio and knowledge of your logging road frequencies could be important

[rgallant]

The trucks shown below used to be a pretty regular sight on Vancouver island, they are in less use now but they are still out there. I do not know if trucks this large travel anywhere else on resource roads but monitoring the road frequencies on active a haul routes is always a good idea. And yes it still runs.

When they are on a FSR they take up the whole road and there is little room for anything else

 

[Road]

Same here in Maine along the Allagash & Machias Rivers and on other state lands where both logging and public are allowed. Logging trucks have the right of way and public in their 4-wheelers are told repeatedly to pull over for trucks going either way, not to travel on single lane roads, and not to park on blind corners, etc.

I haven't seen much about what frequencies or bands are used here by the logging trucks, but it sure would be worth looking into if venturing into the Maine woods. Been a long time since I've ventured up that way.

Last stats I remember, from years ago, is that around 85% of Maine's population lives within 15-20 miles of the coast and that 85% of the state is forested. Back then three paper companies were said to have rights to most of it.

The coastline of Maine only measures 228 miles as the crow flies, though the tidal coastline--including inlets, coves, bays and islands within Maine's borders--measures 3,478 miles.