I couldn't imagine already knowing a lot about the industry and going to a show like that and leaving without utilizing equipment that would do so much for you. I would be in trouble in your shoes.
Think about it for a minute. It's
because I know so much about this industry that I'm able to walk away empty handed but with my bank balance still fairly intact. I know so much because I made enough bad decisions over fifty years of logging that the resultant lessons stayed with me like scars.
I've been through the "buy more equipment, bigger is better, and there's no problem that can't be solved by throwing more machinery and people at it" stage of my career development. Been there. Not going back, either.
It got to the point where I didn't even go to the woods very much. I didn't have time. I was too busy with employee meetings, phone calls, conferences with lawyers, meetings with vendors, depositions, meetings with suppliers, more phone calls, meetings with insurance people, meetings with bankers, meetings with my side rods, meetings with the shop people, meetings with DOT, meetings with the Highway Patrol, and more phone calls. This isn't even counting meeting with the occasional sleazoid lawyer or bail bondsman when one of my key people had a little too much fun on Saturday night and I needed him back in the woods Monday morning.
Did I mention that there was a lot of time spent in meetings.?
I finally decided that bigger definitely wasn't better and dropped back to a more comfortable and less stressful level. I really think I lived longer without the stress.
But...that new shovel that Cat came out with last year sure looked good!
