Kasey Mann TOP 10 NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS Dale Hoffman …

JANUARY

01/10 John Jurecic

01/16 Shawn Bogear

FEBRUARY

02/02 Adam Buchcuski

02/05 Dale Hoffman

02/27 Cale Boyd

02/28 Stacey Lantagne

MARCH

03/02 Hawk Puttonen

03/04 Patrick Scott

03/24 Mike Trindall

T I M B E R T O P I C S 1 S T Q U A R T E R 2 0 2 1

THANK YOU

Happy Anniversary

this quarter to:

1 year with us:

William Adams

3 years with us:

Kasey Mann

4 years with us:

Dale Hoffman

6 years with us:

Jim Stedman

13 years with us:

Ann Walker

TOP 10 NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

(www.thriveglobal.com)

1) Quit Smoking 2) Yoga and Meditate 3) Leave your Phone 4) Prioritize Family

5) Do Charity 6) Find Some Time For Yourself

7) Be Social 8) Raise Your Voice

9) A Day Without Car 10) Live Your Dreams

Truck: 1221 Owner Op: Cody Egan

Girls Night Out Has Been Temporarily Postponed Due To COVID. We Will Notify Everyone In Advance When We Decide to Resume.

5 WAYS TO IMPROVE FUEL ECONOMY (Great West Casualty Blog)

1. SLOW DOWN

2. MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT 3. MINIMIZE IDLE TIME

4. PLAN ROUTES BETTER 5. REDUCE AERODYNAMIC DRAG

3 FACTORS THAT AFFECT FUEL ECONOMY

1. ENVIRONMENT

2. EQUIPMENT 3. PERSONAL BEHAVIORS

Samsara Support

(415) 329-6900

Congrats to Art Lockwood’s Daughter for her Artist Spotlight: (Photo Featured Lower Right) "Bubbly" by Olivia Lockwood "Bubbly" is one of six pieces Marinette campus art student Olivia Lockwood created for Professor Lydia Dildilian's Two-Dimensional Design class. Olivia says, "In this assignment, I took a walk around a local park and found inspiration to draw 24 thumbnails. After that, I chose six of the thumbnails to blow up into 8x8's, made them more abstract, and then attached a feeling to those works." View all six drawings in the series on Olivia's website. Art by Olivia Lockwood "Bubbly" was part of an assignment asking students "to create six abstracted drawings using line and shape," says Profes-sor Dildilian. "The assignment is conceptually inspired by a dérive-style exercise. A dérive is to study the terrain of a city or community (Psychogeography), its emotional affect or orientations on the area's inhabitants, and/or the impact on an individual’s psychological response. Working with the element of line to create symmetrical and asymmetrical balance and to understand compositional organization, this project uses different types of lines to express given themes, feelings, moods, harmony, variety, and balance."

Benefits Contacts

AFLAC:

Ellie Schatz (906) 241-4183

LIFE INSURANCE:

Heather Mosher (906) 315-7235

RETIREMENT:

Rick Gingras (906) 774-1665

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Comments.

As a reminder newsletters are done on a quarterly basis but feel free to send

photos or ideas to Stacey at any point. We have albums on

our Facebook page for pets and landscape photos. Keep them coming!

Above: Jamie Kuester, Cheri Carlson, Kevin Kuester

Above:: Cheri Carlson & Kevin (Cubby) Petermore

Above: Halloween at Spring’s House

WINNER: Kevin (Cubby) Petermore 9 points, 13.5 inch spread, 5.5 inch tine = 28 total

RUNNER UP: William Adams 8 points, 11 inch spread, 6 inch tine = 25 total

Left: Bill Buchcuski recently celebrated his 65th birthday on a whitetail hunt with his sons in northern

Wisconsin. Bill harvested this incredible 21 point buck which dressed out at 237 pounds and measured an impressive 200.1 inches. Bill is pictured here with

his sons Brent and Adam.

Above: Kolten Buchcuski got his first buck this year with this beautiful 6 pointer. Congrats

Kolten!

Above: Sarah Buchcuski bagged this 7 pointer on

Thanksgiving Day in Michigan

TIMBER FAMILY PETS!

On November 21st Candy Buchcuski and Stacey Lantagne participated in a virtual 5k to

raise money and awareness for pancreatic cancer in honor of Bill Buchcuski. Their team

name was “The Purple People Sneakers.”

Winter Is Upon Us: We strongly suggest purchasing a bag of kitty litter or sand to keep with you. This can really help for icy spots in parking lots/yards. Com-pany drivers can turn in a receipt for reim-bursement. Be sure to plug your trucks or communicate with Jim ahead of time if you need the mechan-ics to help with this. Be sure to write up any problems with your bunk heaters. These should really help reduce idle time. Be careful in our parking lot. We do have sets of yack tracks to attach to your boots for added safety. Feel free to ask Adam for a set. If you notice things seem extra slick please let us know so we can attend to it immediately.

Thank you for your volunteer service Lee Steppig!

Greetings Timber Associates, We are concluding a crazy year to say the least. With the first doses of Covid 19 vac-cines literally going into arms as I write this I am hopeful that by the next time I write we will have a whole new outlook on things. I will take this opportunity one more time to thank you all for your efforts and persistence in what has certainly been a trying year. Timber Products is going to come out the other side just fine and we could not do it without the efforts of everyone on the team. Thank you. Our CSA scores have improved quite a bit throughout the year and we are now out of alert stage for vehicle maintenance, and our ISS "stop light" score is 44 which is green. We have seen the amount of inspections increase significantly towards the end of the year. Likely a combination of normal year end quotas to meet and the fact that so few inspections were done during the Covid shutdown. Please stay diligent with your inspections. We have had a couple of minor findings but for the most part have come through pretty clean. We are working on a contract to allow for government hauling which would open up some new doors for a lot of you but our scores must remain favor-able to be on that list. As always, when in doubt, check it out. If it's not safe or DOT compliant we don't run. I've been asked a lot about what I think is going to happen with the pending change in leadership for our country and the short answer is I really don't know but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. As long as there is a balance of power nothing too crazy will get moved through. Goods have to move and trucks have to move them so we'll just fo-cus on the things we can control right now. Rates are pretty good and I expect them to stay that way for the most part. Don't be afraid to look at some short hops when you're out there working the load boards. We've seen a lot of 100-200 miles loads paying $4-$5 per mile and more. Winter is upon us. As always we expect you to be the eyes and ears when it comes to running safely. We'll always trust your judgment so play it safe and communicate what you're doing. Make sure you have your tire chains and know the rules by state. We have a state by state guide if you need it. Carry some sand or kitty litter with you to help with the annoyance ice and snow. Please communicate your plug in needs with me or the shop. Stay safe and healthy out there. We look forward to getting together soon. We definitely want to get back to in-person safety meetings and some sort of group get to-gether this summer. Again, your efforts are greatly appreciated. We have a great team and everyone contributes. Keep up the good work and we'll see you in 2021. Thank you

THANK YOU’S

We dedicate this page to some thank you’s that we have received through-out the past few months from both drivers and customers. We are a great

team and appreciate from each of you! THANK YOU!

Thank you to Adam & Sarah for the Christmas Bonus checks and for being wonderful people to work for. While our Christmas party had to be

cancelled we can promise that when it is safe to do so we’ll have one big celebration together!

“When I signed on you told me that you thought I would like working here and you nailed it, I have been respected by eve-ryone and enjoy working with a group of people that are noth-ing less than professional and truly take care of the driver, In my almost 30 years Timber has treated me without question the BEST of any other organization, I couldn’t ask for a better place to spend my final years, Thank You Everyone Your the Best”

Motor carriers have always been the backbone of America, but perhaps it’s never been more true than it’s been in 2020. As our nation (and world) faced an unprecedented crisis, you stepped up and made sure that our shelves stayed stocked and that our first respond-ers had the safety and medical equipment needed to address the pandemic. There were many of you who put your personal safety aside for the greater good – working long hours and sacrificing time with family in the pro-cess. Somehow “thank you” doesn’t seem like enough. The holidays may look a little different this year, but we do hope you’re able to get some rest and enjoy time with loved ones.

“Rob called this morning. Said he was re-viewing year end numbers and just wanted to thank us for everything that we do for them. They really appreciate it and want to look for future opportunities to work more with us. Nice to hear. Keep up the good work.”

“Thanks again for working all of that out. Trying to find another carrier when it didn’t look like you’d be able to move our rag was a great reminder of just how valuable you are to us and I hope you know how much we appreci-ate you. This is an important part of being able to keep our business running during this VERY uncertain time. You are indirectly, but very significantly, helping us feed a growing number of needy families in Baraga, Alger and Marquette counties.”

Thank you very much for the load, and thanks for accommodat-ing the fact that we are a receiver of truckload freight. I also need to say that Dan Kelly does a great job for you folks! Enjoy your week.

Congratulations! Your project44 shipment visibility performance for August 2020 has been perfect across all shipments, and as a result, you have earned the distinction of a project44 “Gold Preferred Carri-er”. This recognition means that you beat out tens of thousands of full truckload carriers on our network by providing automat-ed visibility updates to your customers more accurately, timeli-er, and with higher quality data than your peers. Your commit-ment to serving your customers by prioritizing shipment visibil-ity has been noticed, and this achievement directly reflects your drive to provide superior customer service. What is a project44 “Gold Preferred Carrier”? A project44 “Preferred Carrier” is a qualifying full truckload carrier on the project44 network that has consistently shown elite visibility performance and has been designated with the project44 quality Badge. This distinction signifies that project44 is recognizing and confirming the carrier’s visibility perfor-mance on the project44 carrier network and indicates to Shipper + 3PL customers that the fleet can provide top tier shipment visibility services via project44.

Please be sure to keep your trucks clean both INSIDE and OUT. We have accounts set up at Blue Beacons and at the Country Express in Green Bay. Out of respect for our mechanics, we are asking all drivers to please practice good hygiene and to please wipe down/disinfect your trucks when you get home. They, in turn, will wipe them down when they are done working on them as well. Thank you for your cooperation.

Several shippers and receivers have implemented extra policies and safety guidelines. Please be sure to ask in advance what will be expected of you and be pre-pared to follow their protocols.

This may involve wearing a mask when you enter their build-

ing, having your temperature checked, etc. Thank you for

your cooperation.

Good Inspections

Level 3 = $250

Level 2 = $500

Level 1 = $1000

Special Thank You to

Chad Puttonen for your good in-

spection during Quarter 4.

Keep up the good work!

FUEL SAVINGS Currently we are getting the following dis-counts: Quik Trip $.03/gallon Kwik Trip $.36/gallon (varies by station) Love’s $.15/gallon (with Love’s card only) Saap Bros $.16/gallon Country Express $.03/gallon Pilot $.15/gallon Flying J $.15/gallon TA: $.25/gallon Petro: $.25/gallon

LOG REMINDER • We do still audit logs rou-

tinely. Here are just a few things that we look at:

• Shipment and Trailer Numbers Added to Logs

• HOS Violations • Unassigned Drive Time • Logs not certified • Fuel Times Logged On

Duty • No Misuse of Personal

Conveyance • Logging enough time for

proper pre trips

Does your truck need a good cleaning in-side or out?

Jake has a separate business and can ac-

commodate these needs.

Likewise, Spring has done nice interior de-tailing in the past too. Let us know how we

can help!

Thank you to those that participated in our Christmas Card Photo Contest. We appreciate your entries.

Congratulations to Rick Lato (Truck 426) as this years winner! You will see how the cards turned out when you

get our Christmas cards!

Congrats on your new truck Dan Kelly Truck # 105

Above: Congratulations to Jim & Kim Stedman’s daughter, Missy and her husband, Paul, on their recent wedding in Colorado

Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Cody Egan on the birth of your beautiful baby girl. Welcome to your Timber family Matilda!

Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Jake Schmitzer on the birth of your baby girl Haliey Grace. Welcome to your Timber family!

Congratulations to Kelsey Newman, daughter of Stacey Lantagne on your re-cent college graduation. Good luck with your future career as a teacher!

Santa (AKA Adam) made a special visit to Shawn’s house this holiday season!

Congratulations to the new Mr. & Mrs. Cale Boyd on your October 2020 wed-ding with a 20s theme. Best wishes for a lifetime of happiness!