Damn bro, you do get around! I'm guessing Montana wasn't the easiest to make a living. But damn beautiful!! My neighbor across the street came to Texas from living in Montana for years. He was a logger up there. Worked with dozers and heavy earth moving equipment.
Yes it was tough. Ask him if he worked for Plum Creek. I worked in a huge lumber yard, and plum Creek was a mill we got some lumber from. We always saw log trucks on the roads...it seems weird now thinking back, but then it was so normal!