Southern Loggin’ Times’ January issue spotlights South Carolina’s Holmes Bros. Logging, where tight-knit bonds have seen the Holmes family through tough times. After owner Ronald Holmes was injured three years ago, his brothers and nephews…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ December issue spotlights Alabama’s Potts Brothers Logging, owned by brothers Mike and Chris Potts, who, after five decades of business, deal with dry-weather quota and reflect on industry issues and the future…
The November issue of Southern Loggin’ Times spotlights Alabama’s DeKalb Forest Products, which is owned by logger Rodney Driskill and procurement man Gred Yarbrough and has found a steady market making and selling chips to…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ October issue spotlights Georgia’s Tracy Walden, who recently took advantage of a federal program to replace older machines with lower emission models for his business, Walden Logging. Also featured is Texas’s Hilton…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ September issue spotlights Louisiana’s Mike Bryant, who can tackle any job no matter how big or small, since he sets up his operations with the versatility to run anywhere from three to…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ August issue spotlights North Carolina’s savvy logging professional Richard Williams, who has been forced by the market to change strategies from running all new equipment to maintaining old equipment, while improving his…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ July issue spotlights Louisiana’s McManus Timber Co., where years of experimentation have allowed the company to evolve a three-loader landing and the use of a dangle-head processor, resulting in higher efficiency and…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ June issue features Gathan Burns, the owner of Burns Timber Co. and Cherokee Timber Co. in Piedmont, Ala. who is in a race against time to salvage downed timber in the aftermath…
In the May issue of Southern Logging Times, Georgia’s Dennis Carey is featured for successfully crafting a multi-faceted timber operations business. Also featured this month is Jason Watts, who discusses the ups and downs of…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ April issue spotlights Arkansas logger Ron Hurst of Hurst Logging Inc. and Georgia logger Sammy Keyton of Keyton Logging. Hurst is highlighted for his efficiency and high job and equipment standards, while…
The March issue of Southern Loggin’ Times showcases Georgia logger Ken Sheppard, whose second career working on the railroad has helped him grow his company. Also featured is the Batey family of Tennessee, who operate…
Southern Loggin’ Times’s February issue spotlights Louisiana logger Kenneth Morgan and his family’s success logging in central Louisiana. Second generation logger Jeremy Welch of Alabama and his perseverance despite setbacks are also featured. Continuing after…
2011’s first issue of Southern Loggin’ Times spotlights brothers Rodney and Heith Harper of Texas, founders of 3-H Logging, which has managed to grow despite the economy. Tennessee’s Bobby Potts and daughter Christy are also…
2010’s last issue of Southern Loggin’ Times showcases Texas loggers James Watson and Bryan Smith, father- and son-in-law making a leadership transition after Watson’s retirement. Also featured is loggers Damon and Raymond Brown, a father-son…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ November issue spotlights Deaven Futral and his Texas-based Southern Logging LLC, who are quick to adapt to whatever harvesting prescriptions come knocking. Also highlighted is Georgia’s 3H Logging, which has doubled up…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ October issue spotlights Jimmy Pritchett, the owner of Pritchett Logging in Alabama who became a contractor for the Westervelt Company, thus allowing the logger to go against the grain and expand rather…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ September issue spotlights Rice Timber Solutions of Virginia, which is now headed by Brad Rice, although his dad and former partner, Ryland, never steers too far away. Also highlighted is ForestTech LLC,…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ August issue spotlights McCoy Logging, which counts on experienced workers to tackle tricky tracts in Oklahoma. Also highlighted are the Ewing’s from Louisiana, who run Ewing Timber, Inc. and subsidiary Punkin Center…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ July issue spotlights Virginia’s Triple W Logging, which continues to gain momentum as a versatile and reliable family operation. Also highlighted is Jeffery Stevens, whose life-long passion and dream of being part…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ June issue spotlights Brandon Rampey, who set out to make his own mark in fuelwood chipping by beginning his own company, Renewable Energy Innovations, Inc. The issue includes an article about the…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ May issue spotlights the Waters family of Beach, Ga., who approach their logging and farming businesses with a level head and sense of humor and have been logging and farming their land…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ April issue spotlights Bob Lussier Jr., who moved his business, Great Woods Co., from Connecticut to South Carolina so that his company could survive in a friendlier environment. Also featured is Lance…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ March issue spotlights T.J. Miller, Inc., a company run by a father-son pair, Chris and T.J. Miller, who have kept their focus and stayed the course despite record-breaking tough times. Also featured…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ February issue spotlights Jimbo Mashburn, who gets the most out of logging the wet flatlands of southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana with his company Mashburn Logging. Also highlighted are brothers Billy and…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ January issue features the story of Jason Spigner, who hopes to see better and drier days ahead for his mostly hardwood logging operation in Fulton, Miss., after a year of bad business…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ December issue spotlights Bubba Sullivan and his Sullivan Timber business, as promising developments involving his main market have him looking eagerly toward the New Year. Also featured is Virginia’s Simmons Logging, a…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ November issue spotlights West Louisiana’s C & S Logging, led by Jimmie Colston and Stanley Sattler, who prefer to log big timber with a heavy force. Also featured is South Carolina’s veteran…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ October issue spotlights Zane Winfield and Larry Strickland, who have helped to point Alabama-based Southern Logging & Timber in a new direction. Also featured is young swamp logger Dale Wood, who is…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ September issue spotlights Conecuh Timber owner Terry Chapman, who not only reacts to market conditions, but also tries to anticipate them. Also featured is Stuart Logging of Richton, Miss., a logging clan…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ August issue spotlights the always-thinking contractor Keith Bunch, owner of Bunch Logging, Inc. in Waynesboro, Miss., who is teaming up with his wood source to boost efficiency and profitability. Also featured is…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ July issue spotlights Mississippi’s Steve Watts, who runs two crews that tackle softwood and hardwood tracts on any terrain with a well-rounded equipment lineup in his Watts Timber Co. Also featured is…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ June issue spotlights Alabama logger Todd Overstreet, who has his Overstreet Timber Co. set up to react quickly to market opportunities, operating two or sometimes three crews. Also featured is Florida’s Michael…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ May issue spotlights Franklin Burt Logging, which has one of the best father-son logging teams going in Arkansas. Also featured is Larry Roach, a young Virginia logger who is making his mark…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ April issue spotlights the partnership between Tommy Brown’s Linton Land & Timber and Middle Georgia—a partnership that is built on trust and fair play. Joe Lang Logging, a small-town Atlanta, La. operation…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ March issue spotlights the Sibley logging clan in Louisiana, led by Malcolm Sibley, whose team puts up impressive production numbers and has a good time doing it. Also featured is Mississippi’s Ken…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ February issue spotlights Greg Wahl, who downsized operations and maneuvered his Arkansas company into survival mode even before the economy fell. Also featured is North Carolina’s Jason Gilleland, who lives his dream…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ January issue spotlights Stephen Howard, who has his Mt. Calvary Logging doing harvesting research for the University of Kentucky. Anthony Nutt Co. is also featured, as extra merchandising is helping to keep…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ December issue spotlights Mississippi’s 2008 Logger of the Year and owner of Robin Jones Logging Co., Robin Jones, who finds payments easier to deal with than downtime. Also featured is Greg Hooper,…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ November issue spotlights Florida’s 2008 Logger of the Year, Jerry Padgett, owner of Padgett’s Pulpwood Inc., which builds a family-focused operation grounded in integrity and hard work. Also featured are two Texas…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ October issue spotlights Georgia’s 2008 Logger of the Year, Billy Rice, Jr., who runs a first-class, high-tech business. Also featured are Stanley Forest Products, where SC logger Mark Stanley takes the time…
Southern Loggin’ Times’s September issue spotlights SC logger Richie Peterson, who juggles four businesses with his wife Suzanne while maintaining timber production with partners Harold and Ann Brant. Also featured are Tex.’s Daniel Duren, who…
Southern Loggin’ Times’s August issue spotlights Alabama’s 2008 Logger of the Year, Ricky Carnes, who is already raising the bar for logging in the 21st century. Also featured are La.’s Winn Forest Products, which was…
Southern Loggin’ Times’s July issue spotlights Louisiana’s Jack McFarland, who embraces Timber Guide enhanced GPS technology. Also featured are SC’s White’s Logging, where logger Rueben “Curly” White takes a different approach and spends money in…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ June issue spotlights four logging stories of loggers Glen Henderson, Benji Nail, Tommy Johnson, and Anthony Stuart. Mississippi’s Glen Henderson optimistically created growth opportunities through diversification, even after storm-damaged timber flooded the…
Southern Loggin’ Times’s May issue spotlights Hardee Timber of Lawtey, Fla., where owner Steve Hardee knows exactly where he wants to go in the logging profession—ahead. He succeeds with creative thinking and high standards. Also…
Southern Loggin’ Times’s April issue spotlights Saline, La.’s Greg Williams, Louisiana’s Logger of the Year, who deservedly receives high accolades, as he ensures his company’s health by watching costs closely. Also highlighted are WC Timber,…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ March issue spotlights a Deere, Barko and Kenworth man (and a softball enthusiast to boot)—NC’s Russell Loudermelk, who leads his two-crew company by example as he battles high operating costs and trucking…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ February issue spotlights Demopolis, Ala.’s Sumter Timber Co., where owner Roy Geiger believes in diversification and embracing new technology to push forward. Also highlighted are NC’s Broadaway Logging, which faces escalating fuel…
Southern Loggin’ Times’ January issue spotlights Tennessee’s Jason Schmidt, who takes a step back in order to get ahead. Also featured are Mississippi’s Sterling Logging, where third generation logger Adam Sterling discusses his ambition for…