Some folks here surely already know this, but I just learned something interesting. According to this video, Hayes Forest Services was founded by the same folks who started manufacturing Hayes log trucks, obviously to fill their needs first and foremost. A story similar to Al Peterman and the Peterbilt nameplate. The great Finley Hays wrote an account on him being invited to come to Alaska, I believe, to work for an
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