Logging is a Goodson family tradition that dates back to the dawn of the 20th century when the family’s patriarch worked Florida’s forests with oxen and crosscut saws.

Russell Stites, owner of Pro Logging, Inc., has started running primarily Tigercat iron in recent years, and it’s a trend from which he shows no signs of reversing anytime soon.

On just about any map of Arkansas, look southwest of Hot Springs, west of I-30 and you’ll notice a fairly large section of land with no roads featured. This area is covered with lush forest and about the only roads you’ll find are graveled, non numbered forest access roads.

As in all industries, logging has experienced many changes. In the beginning, long days were filled with tedious tasks resulting in small harvests. Horses, mules and oxen were prime candidates to help as their strength and durability were unsurpassed.

The 2007 Texas Logging Council State Convention honored several outstanding citizens involved in the logging industry. The event was held July 27-28 with 100 attending.

The art of coopering, or making kegs and barrels of wood, originates in ancient times. Surprisingly enough, despite modern machinery and technology advances, it still takes a skilled cooper to make these barrels.

On the first day, God created the dog and said: “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a lifespan of twenty years.” The dog said: “That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten?” So God agreed.

A truck driver was delivering a load of tree-length hardwood pulpwood to a pulp and paper mill on a clear and dry spring afternoon in the South. The driver had scaled in, proceeded to the unbinding station, removed the binders from the load, and begun to leave the unbinding station to proceed to the cranes to be unloaded.

The name Homelite is rightly associated in many people’s minds with lightweight chainsaws for home use, but when Charles H. Ferguson founded the Home Electric Lighting Company in Port Chester, Conn. in 1921, his aim was to make lightweight generators for home use.

In parts of Texas, unwanted cedar growth and regrowth are a big problem. Some landowners classify cedar as an annoying, water-sapping weed, considering that one acre of cedar can consume more than 50,000 gallons of water per year.

Pitts Enterprises has acquired Dorsey Trailer, including Dorsey’s 800,000 sq. ft. plant in Elba, Ala. With the acquisition, Pitts Enterprises now owns and operates three trailer divisions: Pitts Trailers in Pittsview, Ala.; Dynaweld Trailers of Columbus, Ga.; and Dorsey Trailer.