August 2024 HEBRON, Maryland – Coming from a family that has worked in the woods for generations, Scottie Robertson, 50, has been around the logging business all his life. His grandfather mixed sawmilling with farming nearly 100 years ago. Scottie’s dad, James...
July 2024 KOSCIUSKO, Mississippi – Olive trees take several years to reach maturity and bear fruit, but are a long-lasting species that live for hundreds of years. That makes it a fitting surname for the family behind Olive Brothers Timber Co., based in...
June 2024 LEWISBURG, West Virginia – It’s natural that younger generations want to try new and different methods while building on the foundation left by their parents and grandparents. So it’s no surprise that when fifth generation logger Zach Hubbard, 30,...
May 2024 RIPLEY, Mississippi – Several months of prayer and careful consideration weighed into Brian Hickox’s decision to make the switch from conventional logging to Ponsse CTL machinery in October 2023. After 30 years as owner of HX2 Logging Inc., Hickox,...
April 2024 RAMER, Tennessee – Coming from a family that has worked in the woods for generations, Scottie Robertson, 50, has been around the logging business all his life. His grandfather mixed sawmilling with farming nearly 100 years ago. Scottie’s dad, James...
January 2024 GRAY, Georgia – Like many family-owned logging companies, J.D. Gordon Logging, LLC bears the name of its founder, family patriarch John Dawson (J.D.) Gordon. Before becoming a logger, J.D. spent 17 years as a crane operator at the Armstrong mill in...
