April 2019
COVER STORY
Making A Way – Perseverance has paid for Charles Greenleaf in east Texas. The young logger just started his company Double G Logging, two and a half years ago. He’s worked nearly 24/7 to breathe life into it and has faced, and overcome, numerous adversities, both in the woods and on the home front.
Greenleaf grew up wanting to be a logger, but his family had discouraged him from pursuing that dream. “I heard all the horror stories about it: stay away from logging, there’s no future in logging, don’t do it. Everybody said go to college, get a degree, get a job with benefits and retirement,” said Greenleaf. And he did. With that good salary and good credit Greenleaf bought all his equipment. As for the horror stories he heard growing up – “All those horror stories are true. But if you enjoy doing it then you make a way through it.”
Article by David Abbott, Managing Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times
Southern Stumpin’: Black/White
This month, in addition to the usual news items, a look at a Georigia-Pacific mill in Alabama, a review of the Carolina Loggers Association annual meeting and a preview of the Mid-Atlantic Expo in North Carolina in May, Southern Loggin’ Times brings you a trio of logger stories. Our featured articles this month represent a wide geographic territory: Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina. Article by David Abbott, Managing Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times
Urban Logging
Lovell Logging has found its niche in the Chattanooga area by doing what Howard Lovell calls “urban logging” and purchasing smaller tracts of timber because the competition isn’t nearly as intense. Article by Jay Donnell, Associate Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times
Bulletin Board
World Of Roads Photo Essay; The Rose: Living Out The Lyrics; Ponder On These; ‘Reganisms’ Worth Remembering’
Mid-Atlantic Expo Slated May 3-4
Thousands of forest industry professionals and related vendors will converge in Scotland County, North Carolina (some 10 miles north-west of Laurinburg) for the fourth Mid-Atlantic Expo.
CLA Annual Meeting: Blue Ribbon Event
The meeting was themed ‘Your Voice Matters: One’ and unfolded with new Carolina Loggers Association Executive Director Ewell Smith’s vision for the organization, which he summed up in merely five words: positive, possibilities, faith, action, and experience. DK Knight, Co-Publisher and Executive Editor for Hatton-Brown Publishers, presented an overview of the national timber harvest, pulpwood and log markets, and trends regarding markets. He also talked about the logging sector’s current status and trends and suggested some steps loggers could take to strengthen both harvesting and trucking. Article by DK Knight, Co-Publisher and Executive Editor, Hatton-Brown Publishers
The Long Way
Like many loggers, Hardy Rhodes grew up in a logging family, but unlike a lot of his peers, it wasn’t his first career choice. He joined the military but only served a little more than six months when an injury to his right knee ended his career. After working elsewhere for a few years, Rhodes eventually found his way back into the woods.
Lumber, More Lumber
In September 2017 Georgia-Pacific announced it was building a new southern yellow pine sawmill at the site of an idled plywood facility in Talladega. Within a span of 11 months, GP announced new sawmills at Talladega, Warrenton, Georigia, and Albany, Georgia. Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Southern Loggin’ Times
Industry News Roundup
Louisiana Festival: 40-Year Event; As We See It: Safer Routes Mean Saved Lives; ALC Supports Future Logging Careers Act; Mississippi Con Men Face Federal Justice; GP’s New Konecrane Keeps Trucks Moving; LIGNA Hosts German Logging Championship; Arizona Project Gets New Ownership Group; John Deere Marks 5000th Milestone; Bandit Will Service Pronar Products; OSU Study Focuses on Fire
