February 2025 HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas — Fifth generation Arkansas logger Greg Bates, continues to carry on a family tradition passed down to him by his ancestors on both sides of his family, including his father Haskel, left, who at 85 still drives a skidder for his...
January 2025 Brothers Ben and Jay Walton are partners and co-owners at Big Bend Timber Services, LLC, based in Monticello, Fla. When Southern Loggin’ Times caught up with Big Bend in November, the Walton brothers had two of their five crews engaged in storm cleanup...
December 2024 Missouri logger Isaac Dotson, like much of the rest of his family, diversifies his business, Crooked River Enterprises, by working on natural disaster cleanup/salvage jobs wherever and whenever needed all around the country. This fall and winter he’s...
November 2024 ARMUCHEE, Ga. In November, deer season will be well under way across the Southeast as cold fronts prevail and big bucks go lookin’ for love. A grateful group of club members on a hunting lease in north Georgia will be thanking a local logger for running...
October 2024 Josh Dawson, and brother Jason Dawson, along with their dad James, established Triple J Logging, Inc., in Georgia 23 years ago. The company has expanded to field multiple crews and carved a niche for itself specializing in rough ground with tracked...
September 2024 MABEN, W.Va. — It’s almost a cliché for people who spend their lives working in colder states further north to retire down south in sunny Florida for their golden years. Logger Jack Griffin did the opposite: he left Florida to retire in the snow of...
