Loading heavy logs into a truck - GIF

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They got one chance at taking logs illegally, as they are in small enough chunks to be human moved. Otherwise they would be using real logging trucks with the long trees left intact, with the needed hydraulic claw. Also looks like they are taking a second growth as the trunks seem smallish, but if I were hustling trees, with a selected crew, and knowing the risk vs reward for exotic wood black market sales, take what you can haul quick. Others were photographing this. I wonder if my conjectured story is the BS it is. But who would think a smart phone camera could get anyone in trouble.