backup log with truncate only doesn't shrink the file. Actually truncating log needs transaction to truncate. A simple way to reduce the log file size to 1KB.
dbcc shrinkfile (2, notruncate)
dbcc shrinkfile (2, truncateonly)
create table t1 (char1 char(4000))
go
declare @i int
select @i=0
while(@i < 100)
begin
insert into t1 values ('a')
select @i = @i +1
end
truncate table t1
backup log pubs with truncate_only
drop table t1
go 
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