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Vol. 44, No. 12
(Founded in 1972—Our 519th Consecutive Issue)
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SOUTHERN STUMPIN’ By David Abbott • Managing Editor • Ph. 334-834-1170 • Fax: 334-834-4525 • E-mail: david@hattonbrown.com
Squirrel!!! or Christmas, here’s a little story about a logger and a friend he made in the woods one winter day. It was late afternoon and Bill was finishing up a small hardwood stand inside the city limits of Montgomery. It was only about five acres, but the logs were a good size, and mostly oak. It was the middle of winter, after Christmas, so it was cold enough by Alabama standards, but this being Alabama, there was no snow on the ground. It was probably early 1987, though recollections aren’t entirely clear on the subject. Bill worked with a pair of beat up old Timberjack cable skidders—back when they were orange and the cab was just a cage. There was no fellerbuncher—Husqvarna chain saws and an aching back handled that part of the job. Since he was not the kind of owner who sat back and supervised while others did the work, it was a job that fell to Bill—or Lemuel, the middle name by which his mother sometimes still called him, despite the vociferous protestations of her youngest child. It was a Hebrew name, meaning “belonging to God.” Proverbs 31—the last chapter of the book, the one that lists the attributes of a noble wife—is attributed to a King Lemuel, but this king is mentioned nowhere else, not among the various kings of Israel and Judah whose exploits both noble and profane are chronicled elsewhere in the Bible. Bill had been quoted on numerous occasions as saying that this was the only thing he ever held against his late father— that he had allowed this abominable appellation to be applied to his baby boy, who never got a say in the matter. Lemuel. Honestly. This was not a day terribly unlike the thousands that had preceded it or the thousands that would follow. Nothing about it would have stood out in his memory at all, were it not for that one thing that happened next. He wouldn’t have heard it at all if he had left the chain saw running. Maybe it stalled or maybe it ran out of gas. He doesn’t remember, but for whatever reason, the chain saw was not running at that precise moment. The rest of the crew was still working, but he Simon and Bill was cutting a good distance from them so there was no skidder or loader noise to drown it out. Otherwise, he would never have heard that faint whimper, a kind of a squeaky little chirp that just barely caught his attention at just the right moment.
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I remember when my dad got home from the woods that day. I think I was probably 8. If so, my sister—she still went by Mary Alice at that time— would have been 6. Our parents called us into the kitchen, where my dad sat in that old wicker rocking chair he’d inherited from his maternal grandmother—that was where he always took off his boots. He said he had something to show us. From the front pocket of his Liberty overalls he produced an old bottle of cod liver oil pills. My grandmother—the same one who called my father Lemuel to his face—swore by cod liver oil pills. My dad used it to keep spare grease fittings. He removed the lid from the bottle, and promptly out popped a tiny, fuzzy little head, no bigger than my thumb. The little baby flying squirrel was probably only a week or so old. It didn’t have much fur and its eyes weren’t open yet. Google says they usually open their eyes at four weeks old. Evidently its nest was in one of those oaks he cut down; the rest of its family must have been scattered. Rather than leave it to predators, my dad emptied the grease fittings out of that cod liver oil pill bottle, poked an air hole through the lid and brought it home. My sister and I named him Simon, after the brainy brother of Alvin and the Chipmunks fame. You see we had a stuffed doll of Alvin, and one of Theodore, but not of Simon. I guess we understood that a chipmunk and a squirrel were not the same thing, but we must have figured it was close enough. Now, we had a lot of great dogs, a few cats, and rabbits, and goldfish, and white mice. Our cousins had horses we could ride at the barn all our family shared. But Simon has remained in all the years since the reigning titleholder for Best Pet Ever. My mom got a formula from the vet and fed him with a dropper. Once he opened his eyes, I guess he had never seen any of his own kind so he imprinted on us as family. We got him a round birdcage for his house. At first we tried using a twist tie to lock the door at night, but he figured out how to open it. He learned our schedules. When my dad got up to drink coffee before heading to the woods at 5 a.m., Simon would let himself out of his cage to sit with my dad. Then he’d put himself back in the cage. When the rest got up to get ready for school, he would join us for breakfast, then keep my mom company or keep himself occupied in his cage till we got home at 3. At night, he would let himself out to join us at the dinner table. Whatever we were
having, he would pick what he wanted and dig in. He especially liked potatoes. If we had potato chips, he would pick up one at a time…the chips were as big as he was…hold it up with his front paws and chew his way down through the middle till his head could go no further, discard that one, and pull out another. He would sit with us on the couch to watch Ralph Emery’s Nashville Now or the Grand Ole Opry at night, then when it was bed time, he’d put himself back in his cage. When we’d take long road trips to visit family at the holidays, we would take Simon with us. He’d sit in my dad’s shirt pocket and sleep much of the ride, occasionally poking his head out to look around. At home, he would ride in my G.I. Joe jets or my sister’s Barbie cars. Simon was domesticated, but his natural instincts did of course still have a role to play. He would gather nuts or just random items from around the house, carry them up the curtains and hide them on top. Then he would glide down to the couch and sit on our shoulders. Have you ever heard that Ray Stevens song, “The Mississippi Squirrel Revival?” If not, shame on you and go listen to it now. I’m sure it’s on YouTube. Well, there were a couple of incidents like that. There was the time the “bug lady”—our female pest control/exterminator, and a rather hardily built woman as I recall—walked in, and Simon jumped from the top of the door frame right down the front of her shirt. She screamed and ran circles around the house, utterly panicked, while Simon ran circles around her torso. It was kind of like that scene in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: “SQUIRRRREELLLL!!!” Simon suddenly became sick one morning, I think in the summer of 1990. We took him to the local vet, but they weren’t really prepared to deal with such a small, unusual animal. My mom eventually found another doc who did specialize in such animals, but there was nothing they could do. My mom sat up with him literally all night trying to nurse our tiny friend back to health. The next morning, while we all sat on the couch with him, Simon the Squirrel died in my mom’s hands. My dad was pretty good with cutting and welding torches. After burying Simon in the flower garden next to the house, he turned some scrap iron from the shop into a little heart, painted it red and planted it there. There are probably more than a dozen pets buried in that yard somewhere, but Simon is the only one who got a marker. The little SLT red iron heart is still there today.
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Branching Out ■ Arkansas logger Michael Hartline adds a second crew in Texas.
Hartline uses a variety of Cat machines purchased from Riggs Cat in Texarkana.
By David Abbott DODDRIDGE, Ark. ichael Hartline, 50, just added a second crew to ★ his company, Hartline Farm and Timber. The “Farm” part refers to the 100-odd head of cattle that Hartline’s father raises, though separate from the timber facet nowadays. Jerry Hartline started the company in 1978; his son Michael joined the crew after graduating high school in 1983, and took over the logging operations two years ago. Although the company had fielded multiple crews in the past, it had been operating just a single unit for the last several years, following a downsizing in the midst of the recession. Hartline only added the new second crew a few weeks before Southern Loggin’ Times visited in early October. It came about when a friend and neighbor who buys timber under Dunlap Timber LLC, also based in Doddridge, lost one of his contract crews. He asked
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Hartline if he’d be interested in filling the void. “I figured I might as well,” Hartline says. “So far it’s been going pretty well.” Doddridge sits in the bottom southwest corner of the state, just east of Texas and north of Louisiana, and Hartline hauls to mills in all three states. While his primary crew harvests in Arkansas, the new crew works in Texas, around the Marshall area. Most of the employees on the Texas crew had worked for Hartline in the past—foreman Donald Parker, skidder driver Kenneth Patterson and feller-buncher operator Nick Huddleston. New is Don White— new both to the Hartline roster and to the business itself. “He’s an old iron worker by trade who got tired of traveling and being away from home so he wanted to try his hand at logging,” Hartline says. “I needed a loader operator.” The Texas crew works 60-75 miles from the shop—not really any further from home than the Arkansas crew gets, just in a different direc-
tion. Hartline stays mostly with the Arkansas crew, unless they need him across the state line. Parker, the foreman, reports in every day. “He runs that job, and he is a real good mechanic and troubleshooter, and can pretty well take care of anything by himself,” the boss says. As for the men on the Arkansas crew, they too share a long history with their employer. Take loader man Dwight Nelson, for instance. “I joke that he has more seniority than me because he worked for my dad before I got out of school,” Hartline grins. Nelson went to work for Jerry Hartline in 1978. The next most senior employee is skidder driver Ernie Samington, who has been on the crew for 20 years. Samington’s brother Willie, another skidder driver, had also worked on the crew previously, and has been back for much of this year. Cutter man Billy Nelson—Dwight’s cousin—has also been on the job for 20 years. Then there’s truck driver Patrick Barnes. He grew up and went to school together with Hartline, and also
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joined the business shortly after graduating, not long after Hartline himself. In fact, they even share the same birthday: December 12, 1964.
Iron Registry Equipment on the Arkansas crew includes 2012 John Deere 843K feller-buncher, ’12 545C Caterpillar skidder, ’10 Prentice 2342 skidder, ’07 Prentice 2384 loader, and a Waratah 624 processing head mounted on ’12 Cat 329E excavator. The Texas crew uses a ’14 Deere 843K Deere cutter, ’12 Deere 648H skidder, ’12 Prentice 2414
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knuckleboom with CSI pullthrough and ’13 Deere 437D loader. Dealers are Riggs Cat and Stribling Equipment, both in Texarkana, and Suttle Equipment Co. in DeQueen, Ark., for Prentice machines. Hartline only added the processor early this fall. A sawmill in Warren, Ark. had purchased it to merchandise wood on their yard, but it wasn’t working out the way the mill had planned. Riggs Cat, which had sold it, informed the logger that the mill might be willing to let him take it off their hands. Hartline was putting together his second crew at the time, and decided to replace one of his pullthrough delimbers on the Arkansas job with the processor. “It’s done a good job,” he says. Along with three contract haulers assigned to each crew, Hartline owns four Mack trucks, two pole trailers and, just added a year ago, two Pitts Load Payin’ series 8 in. drop trailers. All of the trucks use Vishay SI scales. “My dad bought a set in the early ’90s, and we have put them on every truck we’ve had since,” Hartline relates. He buys his trucks from Texarkana Mack. The logger figures his equipment investment to be about $1.2 million. He has financed most of his equipment through Farm Credit Services, except for one piece he has with Cat Financial, simply because he took over the payments from the individual who sold it to him. The crew changes oil every 250 hours, though Hartline says fuel and air filters get changed more frequently in the dry and dusty conditions they’ve faced this summer and fall. He keeps a portable steam cleaner at his 50x50 shop and brings it out to the job site periodically. Quality Petroleum of Texarkana delivers motor oil, bar and chain oil and DEF fluid to the shop every two weeks. The newest Mack truck, added this summer, is the first piece in Hartline’s lineup to use DEF fluid. So far, he says, there have been no problems with it. The truck burns roughly 22.5 gallons of DEF per day, at $9 per day. “Fuel mileage (on the new truck) seems to be real good,” he
Hartline added the processor to his Arkansas crew, freeing a pullthrough to go to his new Texas crew.
The logger also has several Deere pieces in his stable, from Stribling in Texarkana.
says. “It is getting close to six miles to the gallon, which is good for an off road log truck.”
Markets “Markets are decent,” Hartline says. “Right now the pulp market is flooded because it is so dry. “ When
Prentice machines come courtesy of Suttle Equipment in DeQueen.
SLT visited in October there had been no rain since July, although there had been record rainfall earlier in the year. “The pine log market is holding its own, and I think lumber sales are down a bit, but we are still able to haul what we need to.” The Arkansas crew, which contracts for Hancock Forest Manage-
ment, hauls its pine logs to West Fraser in New Boston, Tex. Pine and hardwood pulp go to International Paper in Domino, Tex. Some top wood goes to Domtar in Ashdown, Ark. Poles go to McFarland Cascade in Delight, Ark. and Kisatchie Pole and Piling in Spring Hill, La. The Texas crew hauls its pulpwood to IP in Domino, while it sends its pine logs to West Fraser in either Henderson or New Boston, Tex., whichever is closer at the time. Pine pulp goes to Norbord in Jefferson, Tex. The two crews combine to haul about 115 loads a week. The more established Arkansas crew averages 75 loads a week, though in the right conditions it has hauled over 100 loads in a week. The Texas crew hauls about 40 loads a week. Tract size has a wide range; average is 75 acres, but especially in Texas it can be from 15 acres to 200. For the most part the crews stick to pine plantation thinning, most of which carry about 2.5 loads to the acre, Hartline says. Not too long ago, the Arkansas crew finished a 40-acre job in only three days, but most of
Hartline just added his fourth Mack to his truck fleet.
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the time they stay on a tract for two or three weeks. Although the trucks have scales, hauling across state lines isn’t usually a problem, because the limit is 80,000 lbs. in both Arkansas and Texas. “I couldn’t tell you the last time we got an overweight ticket,” he says. Texas offers overweight permits, but Arkansas does not, he says. For about $400 a year per truck, a logger can legally haul 84,000 lbs. in the Lone Star state. Louisiana offers a better deal—for only $15 a year, a logger can get a permit to haul 86,000 lbs., Hartline says.
Safety Hartline says both crews conduct tailgate safety meetings once a week, and all employees have undergone training through the Arkansas Timber Producers Assn. Hartline is a member of the ATPA, but he says he is not actively involved. Still, he answered the call when George Lease, director of logger education, asked him to join an advisory board for the University of Texas Health Science Center. Hartline is the only logger represented on the board. “They are trying to develop a bet-
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ter safety module for injuring a knee while the logging industry,” climbing off a rig. he explains. “Right Hartline gets all of now it is in the study his insurance—workphase.” The board had ers’ comp, general liaa meeting in bility and trucking— Texarkana of members through Davis from ATPA as well as Forestry Insurance, the Texas and based in Lufkin, Tex. Louisiana Logging The provider is Bitco. Councils, and invited “I’ve done business both owners and crews with them for years, to discuss a variety of and they have always safety issues. “They had the best rates on Long-time employees Dwight Nelson and Ernie Samington want to build on that everything. I’ve been input and try to get a real pleased.” little better safety proThe logger has been gram going,” Hartline married to his wife says. “There is conMichelle for 30 years. cern that the logging She is a high school industry is still one of geometry teacher in the most dangerous Texarkana. They have jobs, with the highest two children. Their death rate per capita.” daughter, Christen, is Still, he points out, “A a physician’s assistant lot of that is not necesin Shreveport, La. sarily in the South Their son Ryan works because we are all for a medical research mechanized in cabs. It Billy Nelson, cousin of Dwight, and Willie Samington, brother of Ernie, have company in Richardalso been with Hartline for years. is more in the Pacific son, Tex. Ryan has a Northwest, Tennessee, West Viring up in the mountains.” Also, he son, Avery, 8, who is Hartline’s only SLT ginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky; notes, truck drivers seem to have grandchild…so far. Contact Michael Hartline by email: they still do it the old-fashioned way, more accidents than others in the mmhartline@aol.com they have to, because they are work- woods, usually twisting an ankle or
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Big Time Pine ■ Wedgeworth Logging is all about sawlogs in Mississippi.
By Jay Donnell FOREST, Miss. ohn Wedgeworth has been in the logging busi★ ness for 43 years and he knows what it takes to run a successful logging operation in today’s up and down economic climate. At 73, he still runs a Prentice loader every day and doesn’t expect to stop anytime soon. When asked what gets him up out of bed in the morning and out to the woods, his response is simple. “My family is what drives me and motivates me to get out here every day,” he says. “I want to make a good living and provide for them when I need to.” Wedgeworth Logging started in the late 1970s when John Wedgeworth decided he was tired of working for
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other loggers and established his own business. Today, his son, Dwayne, nephew Stacy, and grandsons, Josh and Derek, all work for the company and help keep the Wedgeworth name strong in central Mississippi. Josh Wedgeworth has recently started to take on a bigger role with the company and hopes that he and his father, Dwayne, will take over the business when John retires.
Forest Operations The company can harvest up to 125 loads a week on flat terrain in the summer and fall, but they also
log on some very hilly terrain in the winter time. They clear-cut nearly 99% of the time and thin maybe once a year. When Southern Loggin’ Times visited, they were clear-cutting a 40-acre tract in Georgetown, Miss. The crew was cutting some large pine timber for Jack Batte & Sons, Inc. (Batte Lumber) out of Forest, Miss. John’s brother-in-law, Benny Batte, is one of the owners of the mill. “We pretty much cut strictly for Batte,” John says. “They buy it and we cut it. We started with them in 1998 and we have a great relationship with those guys.” Wedgeworth Logging was on
quota with Batte Lumber this summer, but right now they are wide open, which means production is at an all-time high. John Wedgeworth is seeing a lot of loggers in the area. “We’re seeing more and more loggers here in Mississippi,” he says. “There’s a lot of timber being cut here right now.” When Southern Loggin’ Times left the Wedgeworths, they were about to head 90 miles down the road to Chunky, Miss. to start on a new tract. When Wedgeworth Logging arrives on a tract they build roads with a Cat D3K dozer. John builds the roads most of the time, though sometimes
Top, the family that works together: John Wedgeworth, center, with his grandsons Derek, left, and Josh, right; inset, John’s son Dwayne Wedgeworth; Below, Josh Wedgeworth takes down a large pine tree with a Tigercat 724E cutter.
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Wedgeworth Logging owns seven trucks including three Peterbilts.
Dwayne or Josh will build them. “We do all the BMP work and put in water bars,” John explains. When leaving a site, the company makes sure to leave the land as clean as possible and usually has to get the thumbs up from the landowner before they move on. The company’s forester, Justin Harelson, will come out to the tract as well. “We have to fix it back and satisfy the landowner as well as the timber dealer,” John explains. The company generally works about an hour away from their shop in Forest, Miss. They haul all of their pine sawlogs to Batte Lumber. “Our hardwood pulpwood and pine pulpwood goes to wherever the closest mill is that will take it,” Josh says. They work on private land most of the time and they generally find themselves on tracts anywhere from 40-300 acres. “We’ve been in some big pine recently,” Josh says. Employees arrive on site at 7 a.m. and leave at 5 p.m. every weekday. If the mills are open they will work on Saturday, but most of they time they are not. Employees are granted personal time for sickness and family emergencies and at the end of each year they get a Christmas bonus. The company doesn’t experience much turnover so John rarely has to find and train new employees. “I usually try to hire one that’s been in the woods before and knows what to do,” John says. “I have trained them from the ground up, but I don’t like to do that.” John’s wife, Ruby, and Josh’s wife, Ashley, keep the books for the company. Keith Rosen runs the skidder while John’s nephew, Stacy, also runs a skidder. John’s son, Dwayne, drives a truck and runs a loader, and Josh’s younger brother, Derek, runs a loader. John’s brother Danny is one of the truck drivers.
A 2014 Cat 525C skidder has been a solid addition to the company’s equipment lineup.
From left, Stacy Wedgeworth, Keith Rosen, Josh Wedgeworth, Derek Wedgeworth and John Wedgeworth
Equipment Wedgeworth Logging runs a solid lineup of equipment including 2012 and 2014 Cat 525C skidders, ’12
At 73, John Wedgeworth operates the Prentice loader every day and shows no signs of slowing down.
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Tigercat 724E cutter, Prentice 2384 loader, Tigercat 250B loader and a Cat D3K dozer. The company purchases Firestone tires and the ’12 skidder has 30.5s while the ’14 skidder has 44s. “The 44s last longer than those smaller tires,” Josh explains. “The ones on the 2014 skidder have been on there for two years and they’ve worked out great for us.” They own seven trucks including three Peterbilts, two Freightliners, one Mack and a Kenworth. The trucks pull Magnolia trailers. Their
main equipment dealers are B&G Equipment of Philadelphia, Miss., and Puckett Machinery of Jackson, Miss. “We have a great relationship with all of of them,” John says. The company does most of its maintenance and repairs in the woods in order to keep costs down. Employees grease the machines once a week and sometimes twice a week depending on the conditions. Oil gets changed every 250 hours. Since the ’14 Cat skidder is still under warranty, Cat representatives come on site and service the
machine. John, Josh and Kenneth do almost all of the maintenance repairs. John estimates that he spends $200,000 per year on parts and supplies. The business hasn’t experienced any significant problems with vandalism and doesn’t expect to have any problems in the future because of the area they work in.
Issues/Future John reports that the company was able to get by during the reces-
sion because of some good planning and determination. He knows that it’s important to keep employees happy during those tough times. “I try to treat my employees well and not fuss at them,” he says. “They know what to do and we get along well and they get the timber out for me. I’ve been doing this for 43 years and I’ve learned to treat my employees like I want to be treated.” The company has been helped out by some unusually low fuel prices in the Mississippi area over the past six months. These low prices have allowed Wedgeworth Logging to spend more money on parts and supplies. “Fuel is way down,” Josh says. “A year and a half ago our fuel bill was probably about $9,000 a week and it’s been around $5,000 a week for the past few months so that’s been a big help for us.” John believes his after tax business profit for 2015 is on par with his investment. He attributes that to a strong relationship with his primary markets and a great relationship with Batte Lumber. John hopes that his son, Dwayne, and grandson, Josh, will take over the business one day and if the markets improve they would like to expand their operation. “I’m working for Josh to take the business over one day,” John says. “I’m doing it for my family. I’m 73 years old and I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to do it.” Josh has been in the woods all his life and has a knack for the logging business. He can run any machine and understands how to make the most out of a timber tract. “I can run anything out here,” he says. “I started out on a skidder when I was very young and then I moved to the cutter and that’s where I’ve been ever since. I learned everything I know from my grandfather. From being a mechanic to everything else there is to know about the logging business.” The Wedgeworths stay extremely busy so there is little time for activities outside work, but John does take a trip to Colorado every year to go hunting. “We like to work and eat,” John says. “We’re usually doing mechanic work on the weekends so we can have everything ready to go on Monday.” Wedgeworth Logging is a member of the Mississippi Loggers Assn. They are also participants in the Professional Logger Manager Program through MisSLT sissippi State University. Email Josh Wedgeworth: tigercatpro1@me.com
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Swamp Specialist ■ Alabama’s HITREE Logging accesses hard-to-get quality timber.
By Dan Shell
dual-tire machines, “We had trouble bogging down, universals going out, tires falling off, just a long hard fight in the mud.” A year or so later the crew was working near Perry, Fla., when Huber met Guy Crawford of Crawford Timber who told him about mat logging. “He said ‘You need to come see this,’” Huber remembers, adding that he took a day and went and watched Crawford’s crew. “I was thinking of getting out of swamp logging, tired of fighting the mud and having to have deep pockets to handle all the breakdowns and stuck machines,” Huber says. “(Crawford) had a Timbco slinging wood toward the mat, a shovel was building the mat, and the skidders weren’t in the water and fighting so hard. I thought, ‘Hey I can do this.’” After mat logging several years, Huber and a partner bought the swamp crew from Williston Timber
ANDALUSIA, Ala. roviding a specialized service for landowners to deliv★ er more timberland value, HITREE Logging offers a light footprint to access hard-to-get timber stands, with the equipment and operational knowhow to go where conventional logging companies can’t. The company, formed in early 2015, is a partnership between swamp logging veteran Jay Huber and IndusTREE Logging, created after Huber’s swamp logging operation needed a capital infusion, and IndusTREE managers saw an opportunity to access low-ground timber in a region with plenty of it. “It was an opportunity to develop a niche market while being able to generate logs for our Castleberry mill,” says Lee Davis, Vice President of IndusTREE, which operates a large procurement organization, a logging company, three sawmills and a pole mill. The opportunity lies in south Alabama’s low-ground timberland tracts that are inaccessible much of the year or completely inaccessible with conventional logging systems. This may include timber that’s fully eligible for harvest under sustainable streamside management zone (SMZ) guidelines but is hard to get to, or pockets of undamaged timber left behind after a hurricane or other weather event hits the region.
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Loader making five sorts on job site during SLT visit four months ago.
Background Huber, age 57, had been a farmer until the early to mid ’90s when he began doing some logging with his brother-in-law, Eddie Hodge, owner of Williston Timber in Williston, Fla. (and 2014 Southeastern Wood Producers Assn. Logger of the year). After doing upland logging for about a year, Williston Timber started a swamp logging crew in 1995 and Huber became foreman. “We did that about three years, and we really fought some rough elements,” Huber remembers. “We had never heard of mat logging.” Even running with tracked equipment and 18
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Handling tall timber on low-ground tract south of Brewton, Ala.
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and in 1998 formed Southern Timber. The company did well, buying some of its own timber and expanding to three crews by 2004. Yet the extra responsibilities and travel and the inability to be in three places at once frustrated Huber so he sold out and moved on to other things. “It just got to where it wasn’t fun anymore, and it was running us ragged so we sold out,” Huber says. He ended up moving to Andalusia, Ala., where he was doing some land clearing and other work for sevenplus years when the swamp logging bug bit again in 2014. However, working with older equipment, the fledgling company
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Jay Huber, left, and Lee Davis, Vice President of IndusTREE
Mats may run as long as 2,200-2,300 ft., depending on terrain and timber type.
was having trouble getting off the ground with an inexperienced crew and machines prone to downtime. “It just wasn’t working out,” Huber remembers. The company had already been cutting for IndusTREE’s timber procurement division, and Davis had seen the potential the operation had. “Next thing you know we had a meeting and discussed creating HITREE Logging, and it’s been a really smooth partnership ever since,” Huber says. First order of business was upgrading equipment: HITREE Logging added a Tigercat 845B tracked f-b, Tigercat 250T loader/shovel and Tigercat 620C skidder to go with an existing Tigercat 250B loader/shovel, Caterpillar 525C skidder and Barko 160A loader. “We handpicked some used equipment, and we’re able to do all right,” Huber says. The initially inexperienced crew has come along now and is much better, Huber notes, adding that the operation hits its goal of 50 loads a week regularly enough, but is still striving to average 50 loads a week.
The crew had been on site barely a week, and SLT was watching the first mat built for the operation. Huber notes that the crew may build a mat as long as 2,200-2,300 feet, “But if we’re going that distance it has to be good wood,” Huber says. He adds that the skidder isn’t constantly pulling that distance: skids get longer as the mat is built but grow shorter with every turn as it gets picked up. “It really depends on how good the wood is and how rough the mat is,” Huber explains. “If it’s really big wood that’s crooked, then 1,2001,500 feet is a long way.” On a standard job, mats are built about 250 feet apart, Huber says, which is roughly five swaths or so with the feller-buncher. “We like to do five passes for each mat—occasionally we do seven (three on each side) but that means more work on the shovel and the wood has to be
ton; and hardwood logs were going to IndusTREE’s hardwood sawmill at Castleberry. On site a Tigercat 845 tracked feller-buncher was dropping stems in the direction of the mat that were picked up by a Tigercat 250 loader and placed on a skidding mat. A Caterpillar 525D skidder with dual tire configuration (30.5x32s on the inside tire and 24.5x32s on the outside; Huber has run Firestone but doesn’t have a strong brand preference as long as the tire is 16 ply or better) was making pulls, backing down the mat to grab a turn, then traveling forward to high ground. At the landing, two saw operators topped and limbed larger stems while another Tigercat 250 loaded trucks. A CTR bucking saw made final length cuts. A local contract trucking operation, H&H Hauling, was handling log hauling duties.
good enough that the shovel can handle it quickly,” Huber notes. “Occasionally we’ll go wider than 250 feet to finish out a block.” The veteran swamp logger says each tract is different, and he tries to be pragmatic and go with what works in each situation. “We’re not dead set on getting the last tree no matter the cost because we’re not that way,” Huber says, “but we’re not going to crybaby our way out of a situation where we know it’s a tough area but it’s holding good wood.” Contacted for an update in mid November after the August visit by SLT, Huber noted the crew was still in the same watershed and barely a mile away from its location in August. Several rain events this past fall had led to issues with the road, but landowners had been great to work with and dropped some gravel in sev-
Operations Southern Loggin’ Times found HITREE Logging working a 150acre tract of timber in way south Alabama, just north of the Florida state line near Brewton. Landowner Cedar Creek Land & Timber had initially scheduled a 100-acre job, but added another 50 acres after an aerial photo revealed a pocket of timber adjacent the initial work area. According to Huber, the job was yielding a “substantial volume” of older age class pine on the all-natural stand that included slash, loblolly and longleaf pine, along with oak, poplar, gum and even some cypress and juniper. Roughly half of production was in hardwood pulpwood, destined for Georgia-Pacific’s nearby Brewton linerboard and cartonboard plant. Meanwhile, pine pulp was hauled to International Paper’s Cantonment, Fla. paper mill; pine sawlogs with 8 in. and larger tops and poles were going to T.R. Miller in Brew-
Operators build mats that are 250 feet apart—roughly five cutting swaths with the buncher.
From left: Justin Banks, Ryan Carter, driver Eric McMillan, Jay Huber, William Hayes, driver William Kelley, Terry Williams Jr.
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eral key areas on the haul road to keep production moving. “Most of our issues are with the road or with the landing area when it gets really wet,” Huber says. “Sometimes water gets into the woods, but most of the streamsides and areas we cut don’t get that deep.”
Business One thing that IndusTREE has brought to HITREE Logging is a move toward more cost control and
accountability. “They’re real good about helping us keep costs down, they run an efficient ship and are real easy to work with,” Huber says. In the partnership, Huber’s wife Pam keeps track of day-to-day weight tickets and payroll. The company uses xero.com on-line business accounting software that allows Pam in Andalusia and IndusTREE Logging’s bookkeeping staff 100+ miles away in Wetumpka to both keep track of operations and expenses, receivables and payables.
HITREE Logging works with GCR Tire in Atmore for its tire needs and Tidewater Equipment in Evergreen for equipment service, though Huber says they try to do as much service and repair work as possible in-house. Huber says he’s especially proud of the crew, which started in 2014 with very little experience. Huber says feller-buncher operator William Hayes had some experience logging in upland operations, “But the other ones didn’t know a
9/16 wrench from a porcupine when they started,” he says with a laugh. Huber says Hayes is a workhorse for the crew, and with some recent f-b mechanical issues has been known to work at night or on the weekends to keep up production. (During SLT’s visit he also showed some fancy felling skills in tall timber, dropping big stems neatly and efficiently for the shovel to handle.) “He doesn’t like us to catch up with him,” Huber says. Looking back, the logger says, “I didn’t think it was going to take as long for us to come together and develop a work rhythm, but we’re there now.” Huber adds that he lost a really good loader man several months back, and since then
Huber measures a nice pole log.
he’s tried to cross-train operators so everyone has some familiarity with other equipment and roles on the job if a quick change has to be made. “I’m trying not to get caught if we ever lose another key person,” Huber says. Looking ahead, Huber says there are no plans for expansion right now, that the crew has only just recently gotten up to solid production. If anything, he says, the next step is likely a fellerbuncher upgrade since the crew’s expertise has caught up with the older machine’s productivity. “We’ll keep it running, but it is a 15-year-old machine,” Huber says. “It’s still good for about 40 loads a week, but we need a little more than that.” “The crew has gotten better, and I’m really happy with the progress we’ve made,” Huber says. “We work at a reasonable price, and we try our best to do an exceptional SLT job.” 20
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The family of Hatton-Brown Publishers, creators of Southern Loggin’ Times, wishes Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to SLT’s loyal subscribers and their families and the many businesses that rely on SLT to help market their products and services. Have a joyful Christmas and a safe, prosperous New Year! Thank you for subscribing to and supporting SLT!
Memorable Thaw In ND People often complain about the police, but you rarely hear about the positive things they do. Consider this incident involving a biker and a frozen carburetor. Last January on a bitterly cold day, a North Dakota state trooper on patrol came upon a motorcyclist who was stalled by the roadside. The biker was swathed in heavy protective clothing and wearing a full-face helmet as protection from the harsh elements. “What’s the matter? asked the trooper. “Carburetor’s frozen,” was the terse reply. “Pee on it. That’ll thaw it out,” said the officer. “I can’t,” said the biker. “OK, watch me closely and I’ll show you.” The trooper unzipped and promptly warmed the carburetor as promised. Moments later the bike started and the rider drove off, waving. A few days later, the local State Troopers’ office received a note of thanks from the father of the motorcyclist. It began: “On behalf of my daughter Jill...”
College Football Funnies Ohio State’s Urban Meyer on one of his players: “He doesn’t know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades and he doesn’t know the meaning of a lot of words.” Why do Tennessee fans wear orange? So they can dress that way for the game on Saturday, go hunting on Sunday, and pick up trash on Monday. What does the average Alabama player get on 22
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his SATs? Drool. How many Michigan freshmen football players does it take to change a light bulb? None. That’s a sophomore course. A University of Cincinnati football player was almost killed yesterday in a tragic horseback-riding accident. He fell from a horse and was nearly trampled to death. Fortunately, the manager of the Wal-Mart store unplugged the horse. What do you say to a University of Miami football player dressed in a three-piece suit? “Will the defendant please rise.” If three Florida State football players are in the same car, who is driving? The police officer. How can you tell if an Auburn football player has a girlfriend? There’s tobacco juice on both sides of the pickup truck. What do you get when you put 32 Arkansas cheerleaders in one room? A full set of teeth. How is the Indiana football team like a possum? It plays dead at home and gets killed on the road. Why did the LSU linebacker steal a police car? He saw 911 on the side and thought it was a Porsche. How do you get a former Illinois football player off your porch? Pay him for the pizza. What are the longest three years of a University of Kentucky football player’s life? Freshman I, Freshman II, and Freshman III.
Yiddish Proverbs —If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living. —The wise man, even when he holds his
tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks. —What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth. —A hero is someone who can keep his mouth shut when he is right.
Letters To Pastors Dear Pastor: I would like to go to heaven someday because I know my brother won’t be there. Stephen, age 8, Roanoke Dear Pastor: I know God loves everybody but He never met my sister. Arnold, age 8, Nashville. Dear Pastor: My father should be a minister. Every day he gives us a sermon about something. Robert, age 11, Augusta Dear Pastor: I think a lot more people would come to your church if you moved it to Disneyland. Loreen, age 9, Meridian Dear Pastor: I liked your sermon where you said that good health is more important than money but I still want a raise in my allowance. Eleanor, age 12, Shreveport Dear Pastor: Please say a prayer for our Little League team. We need God’s help or a new pitcher. Alexander, age 10, Lexington Dear Pastor: My father says I should learn the Ten Commandments, but I don’t think I want to because we have enough rules already in my house. Joshua, age 10, Gainesville Dear Pastor: Are there any devils on earth? I think there may be one in my class. Carla, age 10, Hot Springs Dear Pastor: I liked your sermon on Sunday, especially when it was finished. Ralph, age 11, Rocky Mount
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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP As We See It: A Trucking Storm Is Brewing By Richard Schwab President American Loggers Council verywhere I go and talk with loggers there is one common problem that is
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discussed during the conversation: TRUCKING! We are beginning to realize that a perfect storm is brewing and is headed our way to collide with our businesses. It’s a mixture of federal CSA standards, increasing costs to
comply with new safety standards, unwillingness of contract trucking companies to go to the woods, insurance underwriters unwilling to write policies for log trucks, and a shortage of trained, responsible drivers. Just yesterday I learned that the American Trucking Assn. is fore-
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casting a 50,000 driver shortage by the end of the year and the American Transportation Research Institute is forecasting a 250,000 driver shortage in 10 years. These stats are for all drivers. Imagine trying to compete for drivers in these kinds of shortages and then ask them to go to the woods. We have not even thought about hours of service compliance. On and on I could go about the issues that we face, but I’m limited to a few words here. Trucking has gotten to be such an issue that insurance underwriters, loggers, and forest products companies have started a task force to try to head off the crisis. In coming weeks Jimmie Locklear with Forestry Mutual Insurance will write an “As We See It” column to discuss what the TEAM Log/Chip truck concept is and why we need this group. The ALC has been working through its Transportation Committee to establish good federal policy on trucking for years—whether it is a truck weight reform on federal highways or combating CSA standards and the pool of trucking companies affiliated with other industries that we as loggers are compared to. We have even worked on the new EPA regulations on engine emissions. Be that as it may, what can we as loggers do on the ground now to combat what is going on? What follows are some of the ideas that my family’s logging business has discovered in the last three to five years. We needed to increase our trucking capacity a few years ago and did not want to invest in the trucks or worry about drivers. We went to the larger bulk hauling companies and asked them for rates and availability. We were shocked to see how expensive their rates were. Once we got over the sticker shock we contracted with a company to do the trucking for one crew. We discovered that trucking companies and their employees do not work like we do in the logging business. We went through two trucking companies because the drivers were missing about 5-10 loads a week because of dependability issues. Keep in mind that these were not fly-by-night operators. Through this process and frustration we had the bright idea that if we paid ourselves the higher rates that trucking companies charge, we could make money with the trucking side. Imagine not having to subsidize trucking with our logging rates. We started doing this and our profitability increased and we stopped missing as many loads. Evaluate what you are getting paid or what
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you are paying yourself. I know some of you are not in marketplaces where an increase in trucking rates is possible. Start letting the powers that be know what we are dealing with. Remember, the storm is coming. Through this process we had to add more mechanics to keep our fleet in better shape. I’m not talking about major issues but the little things. Our CSA scores were going up not because of serious infractions but because of the little things: marker lights, straps, tags that could not be read, unfilled windshield washer fluid containers, air buzzers not being loud enough, etc. Up until recently we enjoyed grace on the little things. Not anymore. The little things cost. The most important thing we are
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learning through all of this is that loggers cannot afford to just stay in the woods and log. That would be nice. We are going to have to face the fact that there is a trucking storm coming and for some of us it is already here. The American Loggers Council is working as hard as it can on the federal issues. TEAM Log/ Chip Truck is working on insurance and safety. We as loggers are going to have to be proactive, think outside the box, and do all we can to keep things going. We have a strong history of doing amazing things and being amazing businessmen. Let us take on this storm as we always have and solve this problem too. Log and Truck on!
Schwab is procurement manager for M.A. Rigoni, Inc., a full service timber harvesting and forest management company located in Perry, Fla. The American Loggers Council is a non-profit 501(c) (6) corporation representing professional timber harvesters in 32 states. Visit amloggers. com or phone 409-625-0206.
Weyco, Plum Creek Will Own 13 Million Acres Weyerhaeuser Co. and Plum Creek announced a merger that will place nearly two-thirds majority ownership in Weyerhaeuser shareholder hands. The combined company creates a $23 billion timber
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REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) with more than 13 million acres of timberland in the U.S. The combined company will retain the Weyerhaeuser name. As previously announced, Weyerhaeuser intends to move its headquarters to Seattle in mid-2016. Weyerhaeuser brings 6.9 million acres and Plum Creek 6.3 million acres to the deal. The combination becomes the largest private timberland owner in the U.S. and encompasses 7.3 million acres in the South (56% of company land), 3 million in the Pacific Northwest (22%) and 2.6 million in the North (20%). The new venture will also own 323,000 acres in Uruguay. The transaction requires the ap-
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proval of shareholders of both Weyerhaeuser and Plum Creek and is subject to customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close in late first quarter or early second quarter of 2016.
GP Plans Wood Yard Overhaul At Monroeville Georgia-Pacific plans to invest $110 million in upgrades to its Ala-
bama River Cellulose (ARC) mill, including replacement of one of the mill’s two existing wood yards, upgrading the other wood yard and a major upgrade to one of the mill’s machines that produces pulp. Work on the project is scheduled to begin early next year. The ARC facility includes two independent wood yards, ARC7 and ARC8, which process more than 4.5 million tons of wood per year making the facility one of the largest wood
consumers in North America. The facility has two machines that have the capacity to produce hardwood bale pulp, softwood bale pulp, and roll fluff pulp.
Weyerhaeuser May Sell Cellulose Fiber Mills Weyerhaeuser is exploring “strategic alternatives” for its Cellulose Fibers business, including a possible
sale. The company’s Cellulose Fibers business includes pulp mills in Port Wentworth, Ga.; Vanceboro, NC; Grande Prairie, Alberta; and a modified fiber mill in Columbus, Miss.; as well as other facilities internationally.
Vermeer Continues Family Leadership Jason Andringa is the new Vermeer Corp. President and CEO as part of the company’s family succession planning process. Mary Andringa, former CEO and chair of the board, will assume the role of chair of the board exclusively. “It’s been a great honor and privilege to be CEO,” she says. “I am confident in Jason and the entire team who will continue the work that’s been happening here for the last 68 years as they lead this company into a bright future.”
FS Budget Is Heavy To Fighting Fires U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell reviewed the 2015 fire season and provided insight into longer-term trends and challenges for the agency during testimony before the House Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee. Tidwell highlighted concerns over the increasing cost of suppressing wildfire, emphasizing that more than half of the agency’s annual budget now goes toward fire suppression. In 1995, fire suppression made up 16% of the Forest Service’s annual appropriated budget—this year, for the first time, more than
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50% of the budget will be dedicated to fire. Tidwell also noted they must stop the practice of “fire transfer,” which occurs when fighting fires in a given year costs more than Congress appropriates for that specific function, and the Forest Service must deplete restoration, watershed and recreation programs to pay for fire suppression. This fiscal year the transfer was a record $700 million. The cost of fighting wildfires this season reached a record high, exceeding $1.7 billion. During the 2015 fire season, the Forest Service spent 24 days with all available ground and air assets committed to priority work managing more than 50,000 wildfires across the nation.
Forestry Mutual Honors C.K. Greene Forestry Mutual Ins. Co. has singled out Virginia logger C.K. Greene for his commitment to on-the-job safety by presenting him with the Virginia E.K. Pittman Safety Award for 2015. The award is named for the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Forestry Mutual and is presented to those whose safety records reflect a continued emphasis on safety in the workplace. Greene owns Virginia Custom Thinning & Chipping, based in Dolphin, Va. After 14 years in procurement with Virginia Carolina Timber, Inc. Greene started his own business in January 2007. His team produces
up to 22 loads a day. He buys the timber he cuts, keeps his equipment in top condition, treats his employees exceptionally well, is involved in local and industry affairs, and is passionate about the upscale performance of his crew. Insured by Forestry Mutual since he went on his own, Greene’s company has a current loss ratio of 0% and an experience modifier of .79.
Molpus Oversees Louisiana Deal The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC, a timberland investment management organization headquartered in Jackson, Miss., announced on
behalf of a client it did not identify the purchase of 192,000 acres of timberland and a timber lease in southwest Louisiana. Molpus did not reveal the seller either. The timberland, located in six counties between the cities of Lake Charles, La. to the south and Alexandria, La. to the north, is a primarily southern pine plantation property that has been in timber production for decades.
Ponsse North America Celebrates 20th Year Ponsse North America, Inc., Finish equipment company Ponsse’s subsidiary in the U.S., celebrated its 20th anniversary with 500 guests at the Great Lakes Logging Expo in Escanaba, Mich. Since being established, the company reports it has sold more than 600 cut-to-length harvesting machines, most of which operate in the Great Lakes forest region. A new Ponsse facility was opened this year in Oregon, a spare parts warehouse was expanded in Rhinelander, Wis., and plans are to build new facilities in lower Michigan.
Tidewater Opens Fifth Parts Depot Tidewater Equipment Co., a leading dealer for Tigercat, Morbark, CSI, Cummins, Pitts, Big John and Maxi-Load, has opened a parts depot in Perry, Fla. The story is located in Taylor County, the heart of a historically high traffic logging center. This is the fifth parts depot Tidewater has added to its 10 full-service branches. The opening of these stores began as an idea to bridge noticeable gaps between the existing branch locations, making Tidewater experts and parts more accessible to customers as demands have increased.
Appalachian Award Goes To Humphreys Bryan Humphreys, owner of B.T. Humphreys Logging, Lewisburg, WV, has been honored as the 2015 Appalachian Region Outstanding Logger by the Forest Resources Assn. (FRA) and Stihl, Inc. FRA presented Humphreys with a wooden crosscut saw plaque and Stihl gave him $250 and a gift certificate for a Stihl MS 461 chain saw. Humphreys started his own logging business in 2002 and in 2005 won the West Virginia Forestry Assn.’s Logger of the Year Award. He was honored with that award again in 2014. 30
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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY Tigercat 822D Cutter Tigercat has released the D-series 822 track feller-buncher to the North American market. The new D-series 822 takes the carrier to the next level with a number of improvements aimed at service access, operator ergonomics and hydraulic efficiency. The 822D features the Tigercat
FPT C87 Tier 4f engine running at 232 kW (310 HP), a higher capacity cooling system and a new engine
enclosure profile that improves allimportant right hand side visibility. At the push of a button, the powered engine enclosure fully opens with side platforms for easy access to critical components including hydraulic filters, the swing gearbox, cooling system components and both sides of the engine. The redesign also allows for a larger standard fuel tank, which increases
capacity to 585 L (155 US gal) and includes ground level fueling. A new cab structure with narrower front posts and larger side windows enhances visibility with improved sight lines and the skylight has been replaced by a camera system providing the operator with a much wider field of view. The 822D is now standard equipped with LED lighting for improved productivity in night shift operations. The cab interior is quieter and instrumentation has been thoughtfully placed to optimize ergonomics. The electronic control system interface includes an easy to use 7" color touch screen for machine monitoring and function adjustment. There are also multiple mounting points for additional electronic devices including an auxiliary input port, Bluetooth audio and hands free calling and two 12 VDC power outlets. With tight tuck boom geometry and near zero tail swing, the Tigercat 822D track feller-buncher is a powerful, yet compact machine well suited to selective felling and clear fell applications. Visit tigercat.com.
Timken Lube System
Timken ILS has developed and installed a Grease Lubrication System that applies grease to the saw on a harvester head. It is an alternative to conventional oil lubrication systems that can be costly and bad for the environment. Lubrication is initiated when the saw is activated by the operator and the lubrication cycle stops when the sawing process is completed. The system delivers an accurate amount of grease to saw when the saw process is in operation. Visit timken.com; phone 937-276 4518. How To Submit Products Electronic images and copy (please be brief) are required. Images should be scanned as 300 dpi and saved as either tiff or eps files. E-mail to rich@hattonbrown.com. Ship disks to Rich Donnell, P.O. Box 2268, Montgomery, AL 36102-2268 or to 225 Hanrick St., Montgomery, AL 36104-3317. Ph. 334-834-1170.
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for Alabama company from 1940s- “Like Wildfire” Veteran logger Beall credits his 1960s. Page 24 success to his faith and a focus on New Sawmill getting the job done right. Page 14 made a name for himself in chipJANUARY Georgia’s Battle Lumber continues ping. Page 14 Like Father, Like Son impressive growth. Page 32 Double Coverage Jim Colvin shows his son that a litHardworking Father and son partners Don and tle good old-fashioned hard work Andrew Tant are right where they Tennessee ‘Youngster’ Chad Prater FEBRUARY is the key to success. Page 22 want to be. Page 8 Room To Grow is driven and diversified. Page 18 Bay River Logger adds a second MARCH Good Alignment How W.T. Smith Did It crew, still looking to expand. Stepping Up Northwest Florida’s Jerry Sapp has Book records logging highlights Page 8 Wade Norris continues to build a strong reputation in west Tennessee. Page 8
JUNE Doing It Right Louisiana family shows that hard work and sound business practices equal success. Page 8
All Heart Brown family has been stumping more than 50 years. Page 20 In His Element Talented Casey Carter is growing his central Alabama service company. Page 28
Building A Legacy Young timber dealer Pearce opts to start a company logging crew on M-A Expo Draws Near Event includes full machine lineup, the Alabama-Mississippi line. children’s activities, CLA recepPage 14 tion. Page 32 Wall’s Way Bob and Kim Wall have grown Small But Mighty their company into a thriving behe- North Carolina’s Scott Whiteside moth. Page 24 has his priorities in line. Page 38 True Family Affair Vietnam vet sees success as longest Arkansas Action! OCTOBER contractor for Potlatch in southeast InWoodsExpo features new technology, extra attractions June 18Arkansas. Page 14 New To The Game 20 near Hot Springs Page 32 Chris Anderson is up to the chalMore Than A Job lenge of running his own logging Pierce Timber forester Chad Nim- Beard Host Deere Demo Event operation. Page 8 mer runs logging crews and serves Page 34 in public office. Page 20 Southern Loggers Co-Op Marks Full Throttle The Byrd boys focus on never sitMountain Boom Milestone Page 38 ting still, but stick to what they Early forest exploitation impacted Family At Work know—logging. Page 14 the economic and social structure A familiar name in the southern of the Southern Appalachians. Logs Into Poles hardwood lumber industry has Page 26 Ongoing Success of South Carolibuilt a global operation based in na pole operation begins in the TN. Page 40 APRIL woods. Page 20 One Fine Day JULY Harvesting Cork Happy go lucky Greg Williams A look at the manual process as Ready To Take Control knows what he’s doing in Harry Sanders strives to be like his done in Portugal. Page 26 Louisiana. Page 8 father. Page 8 Chipper Show Sold! At the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Expo J. M. Wood’s annual spring auction In The DNA Tommy Allen and his family have visitors were treated to perfect was a big success. Page 12 roots that run deep in the woods. weather and a variety of equipThe Right Path Page 15 ment. Page 34 Green Logging works the hills and Roots Run Deep the flats with purpose. Page 14 Florida’s Jerry Gray continues the NOVEMBER Game Face On foundation laid by his father. Road To Success John Deere unveils its new line of Page 22 Mississippi Timber Buyer Roger “game changers”—the L and M Miller moved into logging and Hot Springs! series skidders and cutters. Rain and clouds gave way to blis- formed key relationships. Page 10 Page 18 tering heat and happy crowds at the Comeback Trail Mountain Boom 2015 InWoods Expo Page 28 Deck Trevitt is back in logging and Early forest exploitation impacted taking advantage of new markets. the economic and social structure AUGUST Page 16 of the Southern Appalachians. On The Move Page 22 ALC Highlights Young logger Zack Myers blazes 250-Plus turn out for 2015 annual his own trail while building on his meeting along northwestern CaliMAY family heritage. Page 8 fornia coast. Page 24 Tried And True Ready For Anything South Georgia’s Mike Justice is Dusty Roads diversified and mindful of his Bud and Jay Dooley are up for any Young Logger Dustin Young kicks employees. Page 11 challenge. Page 14 up some dusty in the dry woods of southwest Arkansas. Page 30 Strong And Steadfast Rollin’ On Bobby Creel knows how to enjoy High quality work keeps family DECEMBER life and get good production. business going strong. Page 16 Page 20 Branching Out Doosan Kicks Up Some Dust In Arkansas logger Michael Hartline Desert Page 22 SEPTEMBER adds a second crew in Texas. Tidewater Demo Day Is Huge Page 8 Wide Open Success Page 24 Chattooga County’s Triple J LogBig Time Pine ging can knock ‘em down. Page 8 Mountain Boom Wedgeworth Logging is all about Early forest exploitation impacted Great Fit sawlogs in Mississippi. Page 12 the economic and social structure David and Sam Griffis are taking Swamp Specialist of the Southern Appalachians. advantage of a new opportunity. Alabama’s HITREE Logging Page 26 Page 14 accesses hard-to-get quality timber. Page 18
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AT THE MARGINS Look Out. Look Forward. By Tom Trone, Director of Forestry Sales & Marketing – North America, John Deere ou don’t need to hear it from me that loggers are facing a huge challenge – you experience it every day. You’re being squeezed on one side by mills, and on the other by landowners. Rising operating costs and aging workforce are only adding to the problem. The result will be consolidation—similar to what farmers faced 30 years ago. Just as the family farm all but disappeared from the landscape, so too will small-scale, family logging operations. Sadly, many logging companies currently in operation will not be in business five years from now, unless you take action. With every challenge there is opportunity, and loggers who choose to embrace the challenge stand an excellent chance of not just surviving the coming industry shift, but thriving. The opportunity is there for the taking for loggers who choose a
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progressive approach. That will mean thinking differently and seeing the big picture, or what I like to call looking out and looking forward. The progressive loggers who look out and look forward are the ones who will be around in the long term. They will build companies that acquire others, all while expanding the markets and regions they serve. They plan ahead and have a deep appreciation of the industry, the structures of the markets, the dynamics of change, the influences that impact their business. Here are some tangible ways you can look out and look forward: Expand Your Markets.—Don’t get locked into a single or regional customer base. For your own survival, you need to open your eyes and ears to other market opportunities for products and services. Forward thinking loggers are also looking for opportunities to diversify such as buying their own timber, managing their own truck fleets, getting into the production of wood products and starting their own
value-added businesses and services. Embrace Technology—Every year, technology solutions become more affordable and more powerful by streamlining business, adding efficiencies, and reducing costs. Some technologies are built into forestry machines, making them smarter and more productive, while others help with the business side. Better Human Resources—People are the lifeblood of almost every industry, and logging faces a human resources crisis. Today’s loggers are getting older, and they are not being replaced in sufficient numbers by a younger generation. Loggers need to work harder at attracting good people, developing them, and retaining them. Become Savvy Businesspeople—As in many trades, loggers get into forestry because they enjoy working in the woods, and they neglect the business side. They use “checkbook” management to keep track of their finances, and don’t have a firm grasp of their cash flow or true profitability. For years, this approach was okay, but no longer. Loggers need to have a good working knowledge of financial manage-
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ment to stay in business. Network—Be more engaged as a peer in your industry. Get involved in local logging groups and associations in your area or on social media. Thanks to social media, networking is easier than ever before. Be in the Know—Do some research and analysis of trends in the industry. Make an effort to understand economic and market trends outside your jobsite, and think critically about how those trends might impact you. If you’re a logger in the U.S., look at some basic economic indicators such as housing starts (they are strong and strengthening), interest rates (remain low) and demand for wood products (not going anywhere). Now think about how those factors affect your business. Though simple in nature, these tips can improve performance, profitability and the overall perception of your company. Last, but certainly not least, I encourage you to know who you want to be, and what kind of company you want to have. Develop a plan to help you get there. Establish goals with set objectives and let this become the focal point of a plan to manage your business. SLT
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2000 Freightliner Service Truck 8 Converted in-woods Chip Vans with crane, welder and air com- All in good condition ........$6,500 ea. pressor ...........................$32,500 804-586-7198 Financing Available
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