I think it's a great idea to show both the 'little guys' and the 'big guys' in the logging business. I do identify more with the smaller crews trying to scratch out a living, make do with what you got, improvise, that was pretty much MY life in Oregon. Work hard when you can because winter is coming and you KNOW you will be laid off.
We had a few milk cows (hand milking mind you) and some horses and grew most of our own feed (hay), sold some of the milk in town. We used a HORSE DRAWN mowing machine converted to be pulled by the tractor (a really old cranky tractor). We used a horse drawn (tractor drawn) rake to make windrows and forked the LOOSE hay onto an old wagon. Off to the barn, used the tractor to pull the rope that raised and lowered the 'hay hook' on rails to lift the hay and then bring it into the barn. Bailing machine? We didn't have such fancy stuff. The neighbors would help bring in our hay and we would help bring in theirs, and thats the way it was well into the 70's when Grandpa finally (thank God) decided to retire. Back breaking work it was. Sure miss the the various home made dairy products though...
Back hoes? Dream on, we dug the foundation for the new two story 'shed' by hand. Every day after school, wheel barrow, pick and shovel.