Rest In Peace My Friend. I worked with Ken for years in the S/E Yukon woods. My job was to move oil, Kens job was to keep it moving ! I call Ken The Commander. Heavydutymechanic, Logger, Miner, RoadBuilder. Ken took no shit from no one ! My story that comes to mind is early one morning I was having trouble and Ken came out to the face where I was cutting. Feller Buncher and it was a big machine ! Ken had a comealong and was right on top of the buncher doing a pull on the hyd tank. It had come loose. The cable on the comealong let go ! SNAP and ken went flying a good 25 feet to the ground ! And there was blood every where ! Wow, I new my friend was in trouble, big trouble ! I grabbed the box of clean rags and got to him fast, he was completely knocked out ! Ken had cut his throat from his chin in. I grabbed him good from behind and with the rags got psi on it. It was then Ken came back to life and wanted to fight me like right now ! WOW I did a little chatting and let him know just what went down and he melted back into my arms. With a repack with clean rags and a bush jacket to tie it all together. Kens head looked big real big ! Into the truck and off I drove ! 4×4 logging roads for 30km. The men in camp saw us go by and called it in, I was coming and needed help ! Out on to the highway and l drove another 80km to the Watson Hospital and they were waiting for us ! Ken was whisked off for repair. I took the rest of the day off. The call came and Ken was going to make it. He was a lucky boy that day. One week later Ken was back in the woods working. Mr. Kenneth Stuart McNevin one of the toughest men I have had the pleasure to know on this plant earth. God Bless Ken And His Family. He will be missed.
