Brodie Webster, of Barnard, tops off the hydraulic fluid in his feller-buncher while doing maintenance in between log jobs in Barnard, Vt., on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Webster has run his own logging business for seven years and has been impacted by diesel fuel costs that have more than doubled over the past year. "It definitely takes a bite out of the bottom line," he said of the roughly $3,000 he spends every two weeks to power the machine which requires about 10 gallons of diesel per hour. "But I can't stop, so I grin and bear it." (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Brodie Webster, of Barnard, tops off the hydraulic fluid in his feller-buncher while doing maintenance in between log jobs in Barnard, Vt., on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Webster has run his own logging business for seven years and has been impacted by diesel fuel costs that have more than doubled over the past year. "It definitely takes a bite out of the bottom line," he said of the roughly $3,000 he spends every two weeks to power the machine which requires about 10 gallons of diesel per hour. "But I can't stop, so I grin and bear it." (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valey News โ€” James M. Patterson