A 20-Year-Old Bought the Bankrupt Logger's Skidder at the 1993 Auction — Then the Mill Reopened
34K views · Sep 6, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@FarmFrontierStories-us · 3 weeks ago
Everyone else saw a worn-out 1977 skidder. Gideon saw a machine that still had work left in it. That mindset built his future. 👏
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@HardlandFarmStories · 3 weeks ago
Buying that skidder at 20 probably looked crazy at the time… then the mill reopened. Talk about perfect timing
@TheFarmersCountry · 3 weeks ago
The strongest lesson I took from this was that careful people are not necessarily afraid of risk. Sometimes they are the only ones who understand the risk well enough to take it without letting one bad season destroy everything else.
@Americanfarmstories · 3 weeks ago
This is beautiful!
@VanishingFarmer · 3 weeks ago
Gideon Voss built his logging business by starting with a $1,100 auction purchase of a neglected skidder in 1993. He applied the meticulous maintenance knowledge learned from his grandfather, Anel Voss, using a structured notebook to track machine health and operational costs
@OldFarmWells · 3 weeks ago
A 20-year-old buying a bankrupt logger’s skidder at auction sounded like a huge gamble 😳 But when the mill reopened, that one decision suddenly looked incredibly smart. Sometimes timing and courage change everything.
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@williespear9721 · 3 weeks ago
Watching from Rosiclare,IL. on the Ohio River love these videos/stories better than watching reruns & stupid shows on tv (such as ballgames the walking dead, etc.) watching at 10:58 AM
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@BennieJump-li6fw · 2 weeks ago
Mt-Washington Kentucky
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