u/GrumpyPoorDude

Region: Maine
Map: Yellowrock National Forest, near the Motel
Truck: CAT 745c with medium logs

Just completed Maine. This pic is right before I completed the last logging mission. Previous regions completed in this order: Base 3 regions -> BC -> Ontario -> Yukon -> Kola -> Wisconsin -> Amur -> Austria -> Don. Now after Maine, I'm doing Scandinavia and North Carolina next.

Thoughts on Maine (for newer players when they get there):

1. Don't play Maine until you have done some of the more difficult regions like Kola or Amur. Some people think Maine is the second hardest region in the game behind Amur, but I didn't find it to be difficult as much as it was just tedious. I think because I have already completed Amur, this just wasn't that hard. But new players should have some driving skill before coming to Maine.
2. The amount of cargo (not counting logs) you have to move isn't really that bad. Even the logs were not bad; I did all the long log missions, then the shorts, and then the large number of mediums just required some careful planning. With careful planning for metal beams, I didn't even need to use the metal factory in Yellowrock, which is good because it is stupidly out of the way of anything, and hard to reach before you repair the two bridges.
3. The major difficulty of Maine IMO is the "micro-terrain". You will spend most of your time offroad, and there are vast numbers of little dips or side-slopes that will flip you in a heartbeat. Plus all the cracked ice means you need to often use trucks with really large tires in order to not spend a lot of time just spinning your wheels.
4. Also, the routes. While you have to "learn the routes" on every map, this is really true in Maine. The forest is dense, so you better not wander down paths that are not well scouted. I got the CAT and the medium log trailer (both with logs on them) stuck, because I picked a bad route. On the "Delivery through the Plateau" contract, I tried getting to the Base in the Woods from the NW side of the big rock nearby. I drove down a narrow path only for it to dead end. To make it worse, I pulled a stupid and managed to get a tree stuck in the articulation point on the CAT. Took me about 45 real minutes after I brought another truck to get everything free.

I also like that the statue in the pic very closely resembles a real life statue of Paul Bunyan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan

I was thinking about how fun it would be to have official Kei trucks in the game. There is a mod - I'm not the modder, and I have not tested it, but since I'm using the screenshot from the mod page, I'll link to give the owner credit:
https://mod.io/g/snowrunner/m/z2-kei-truck#description

In the meantime, enjoy my Snowrunner haiku, and give me your own.

Constantly Tipping
With Overloaded Cargo
Recovery Time