Michael Durant

My name is Mike Durant, I just happen to come on this website by accident. I went to work for REDWOOD CONSTRUCTION in 1962 I worked there for 10 years. When I went to work there they had around 20 trucks. When I left they had close to three hundred. It was the best job I ever had. I have so many fond memories of that time. It was a fantastic job at a fantastic time. My first truck was a yellow Peterbuilt with A 250 cummings # 27 It was designed for the highway for hauling out of Big Lagoon. I put several hundred thousand miles on that truck and had it in some of the most God Awful places you could imagine and never lost a rear end. After a while Lardy put a 5 speed progressive in it which made it a lot better. We had a woman truck boss, Audrey Griffith, She was the best boss I ever had. Over the ten year period I had three more new trucks, All Peterbuilts. I wish I had taken more pictures than I did. I think I have a side shot of #27 where you can see the logo pretty good. I will see what I have and if there is any interest I will download them and send them. I worked for Bob Canevari for one season after I left Redwood and after that I never hauled another log. Glenn Legg called me that year and asked me to come back and keep my seniority but I had already gone another direction. I did a lot of different things as time went on. Worked for other people but mostly for myself. There was never another job like that and I have so many great memories. I think I was only 22 or 23 when I went there and Jim Cyphers was a couple of years younger than I was but most of the guys were quite a lot older and I am sure most of them are gone. Some of them died in the woods. I will be 80 Aug 1st and am selling Real Estate in Surprise Az. Anything you want to know about that Company during the 60s and early 70 I might have an answer. You can email me at pjmd6856@gmail.com. Mike, Durant,

I was a log truck driver for Redwood Construction Trucking based in Samoa Ca. and later in Manila Ca. I worked there for approx. ten years from 1962 to the early 70s. I have done a lot of different things in my life but my fondest memories are those years. We had a woman truck boss and she was the best boss I ever had. Her name was Audrey Griffith. I was 23 when I went to work there and almost all the drivers were quite a bit older than me. I will be 79 this Summer so most of them are gone. When I went to work there they had 20 trucks and when I left they had well over 300 trucks. Most of the new drivers wanted to join the union and when they did it ruined the job for me personally. If there is anyone out there who would like any info on this company I might be able to help them out. I noticed there have been some inquiries. Michael Durant, I plan on building model logging trucks and will need some help.