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Vol. 49, No. 3

(Founded in 1972—Our 570th Consecutive Issue)

F E AT U R E S

March 2020 A Hatton-Brown Publication

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www.southernloggintimes.com Publisher David H. Ramsey Chief Operating Officer Dianne C. Sullivan Editor-in-Chief Senior Editor Managing Editor Senior Associate Editor Associate Editor

Rich Donnell Dan Shell David Abbott Jessica Johnson Patrick Dunning

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Carpenter Bros. Natural Hardwood Focus

Teer Logging Father To Sons

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Louisiana Logging Council Marks 25 Years

out front:

Brothers Marshall (left) and Mark (right) Mayerhoff and their dad William (center) at Mississippi’s W.F. Mayerhoff & Sons Logging added two Barko cutters and a loader recently. Story begins on Page 8. (Photo by Patrick Dunning)

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SOUTHERN STUMPIN’ By David Abbott • Managing Editor • Ph. 334-834-1170 • Fax: 334-834-4525 • E-mail: david@hattonbrown.com

Mail Call

very now and then we receive mail from our readers—these days it’s usually email or a message on social media, but occasionally we do still enjoy a letter via good old-fashioned “snail mail,” and it’s always a pleasure. Here are some excerpts from a letter I received a few months ago from a gentleman out of Doddridge, Ark., who wished to remain anonymous but did sign with his grandson’s name, Michael. In handwritten cursive (sadly, a skill on the endangered species list), he wrote: Dear Mr. Abbott, I hope you can read my writing. I am 72 and logged for 40 years before retiring. I now run a small firewood business for something to do. In the August 2019 Loggin’ Times you had an article on a family in Kentucky that still logged with Timberjacks and a homemade loader. Please do more writings with pictures of these machines today. Are there any Log Hogs, Timber-Wolfs by Byles Welding & Tractor, in Many, La., built on a Ferguson Tractor, very good in its day. Is anybody still running a Kockums Can-Car…or a Whirlybird skidder? Oh, what about a Hy Hoe knuckleboom? I can tell you this man in Kentucky is making a lot more on a lot less than paying out $20,000-30,000 a month payments. Just three, maybe four stories a year would be great. If I have offended anybody, I apologize. I wish to remain anonymous but will sign by my grandson’s name, Michael, and his grumpy old man grandfather. Have a great day, just opinions. “Michael” closed with a well-drawn smiley face, which kinda made my day. I had a little trouble making out the return address on the envelope, so I was reluctant to write back directly for fear it might not make it to the right mailbox. Instead, I decided to respond here. This way I can also enlist the aid of other readers, hopefully, who may go back further than I do. First of all, no one was offended, of course. I and the rest of the editors loved hearing from you. As for your request that we run more stories on people running older machines: that’s absolutely something I want us to do as well. Sometimes we call up a logger to invite him to be featured in an article and find him reluctant because he thinks his operation is too small or his equipment too old to be in an article. I always tell them, we want to feature all different types of loggers—big operations with brand new equipment, sure, but everyone else too. Maybe not every issue, but at least, as you suggest, three or four times a year, we try to find stories like the

one you mentioned that Patrick Dunning did out of Kentucky last August, with the home-made loader and the Timberjacks. I myself grew up with old orange Timberjacks that my dad owned, and he worked for Timberjack in the ’70s; that was what brought my family to Alabama from Arkansas, and got us involved in this industry. My dad still has a Timberjack donkey paperweight on his desk. Our publisher, Dave Ramsey, has a Timberjack toy among the memorabilia from back in the day on display in his office. The subjects of Patrick Dunning’s cover story this issue, the Mayerhoff family, have a similar one in their office (we didn’t end up having enough room to run the picture in which it’s visible). As for some of those other brands you mentioned, though, I confess I’m unfamiliar. They may be from before my time. I found a few of them with a Google search. But, here is what I would like to see: if anyone reading this uses these brands Michael mentioned, or has any photos of them from the past, please email them to me; if we get enough we can run a picture article soon.

ging sector. The industry has mechanized and output per employee has grown consistently for decades. Logging is now characterized by fewer, but more productive, employees. So how do we view the status of the industry’s actual capacity to harvest wood? We offer some perspective. Forisk tracks reported changes in logging employment at the county level to identify where capacity may be growing or shrinking. We also track all wood using facilities in the country to provide a perspective on wood use. By combining the two data sets, we can identify areas where employment growth notably exceeds or lags the pace of wood demand growth. Logging Capacity Relative to Softwood Roundwood Demand Changes

Perspective Matters The following was written by Shawn Baker and posted to the forisk.com blog (https:// forisk.com/blog/2020/02/04/localized-wooddemand-and-logging-capacity-perspective-matters/) on February 4, 2020. If you haven’t seen it, we thought it was worth reprinting here and drawing your attention to it…especially with baseball season coming up soon.

*Counties with demand increasing by more than 10% of employment (red) or employment increasing by more than 10% of demand (green) are highlighted.

This post introduces research covered in the Q1 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). I’m not the world’s biggest baseball fan (I’m not even the biggest baseball fan at Forisk), but the quantitative nature of the game does appeal to me. For example, I know Gregory Soto isn’t the best hitter in baseball, but he was the only player to bat 1.000 last year with more than one official at bat (he had 2). Why discuss the hitting stats of American League pitchers? Because perspective matters. Knowing Tim Anderson “only” hit .335 but came to the plate over 500 times in 2019 gives the proper perspective for comparing the hitting prowess of both players. Bringing this back to forestry, we’ve commented frequently on the declines in logging employment regionally and nationally in the U.S. Employment declined dramatically during the Recession and increased only slightly during the recovery. Indeed, employment is lower now in the logging industry than at any point since the government started tracking the industry. Another trend we highlight is productivity of the log-

The figure above provides a view of softwood demand changes relative to logging capacity. Is this a perfect picture…not exactly. While it excludes hardwood demand, softwood dominates the volumes harvested by the logging sector in most of the highlighted region. What does the map show? In a number of areas, demand growth over the past year exceeded changes in logging employment by 10% or more. These regions often have newly opened facilities that are likely to attract new logging capacity, such as in northeast Alabama where recent openings and expansions should draw in more loggers. Other areas remain a concern where demand has been less dynamic and employment is declining, such as central South Carolina or southern Arkansas. In those areas, we want to watch carefully and ensure short-term capacity tightness does not extend to long-term shortages. As for those outlying regions where employment growth exceeds demand? Those are the figurative Gregory Soto’s of the map, where hardwood (not softwood) dominates the harvest volumes, or where there is little harvesting at all. It SLT helps to maintain some perspective.

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Fresh Wheels ■ Mayerhoff brothers Mark and Marshall follow in dad Bill’s footsteps at W.F. Mayerhoff & Sons Logging.

By Patrick Dunning MERIDIAN, Miss. here’s no sweet serenade to accompany the legacy William “Bill” Mayer★ hoff, 77, owner of W. F. Mayerhoff & Sons Logging, Inc., passed down for his sons to live up to. Brothers Mark, 51, and Marshall Mayerhoff, 48, officers in their father’s company, will tell you there’s nothing glorious about what they do. It’s all they’ve ever known. They even joke about being real-life robots who operate machinery. Bill promised himself he’d never force the lifestyle on his boys (he has three sons, including Michael Mayerhoff, 39), suggesting several alternatives to the logging business. But Mark had wide-eyes for his father’s trade by the time he was five years old, just wishing he were older. He joined the business right after high school. Marshall acquired a forestry technician

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degree and worked part-time with a timber consultant before deciding he’d rather work for his dad. Michael got into the mulching business and later became president of Davidson Hauling and Construction in Meridian. They fell right in, hit the ground running and put their signature on a steep-slope

logging style in the foothills. Previously featured in the October 1993 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times, Bill has since taken a subtle step away from day-to-day operations and transferred leadership to his sons. He was semi-retired at 70 years old, but the purchase of a Caterpillar D6N dozer has him

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occasionally building roads for his sons. “He never quit after that, he never quit,” Mark laughs.

New Purchases They still have a distinct doggedness about how they approach a stand of timber. With the addition of

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two 2020 Barko 495B knuckleboom loaders with CSI delimbers and Barko’s latest cutter on the market, a ’20 830B wheel cutter equipped with a 22 in. Quadco center-post head, Mark says they’re loading trucks as fast as the mills will take them. “It’s been 25 years since we’ve run a wheel cutter and so far, I’m impressed,” he says. “It has some meat to it and the saw speed is unbelievable.” The cutter has a pneumatic air system that provides a flowing stream of air on all windows, removing debris. The 330HP machine contains back-up cameras and cameras on the roof for nearly 360-degree vision while operating. Hydraulic winches are also featured on the cutter. All maintenance is performed inhouse, overseen by Marshall. Engine oil is changed every 250 hours and hydraulics every 1,000 hours. Truck oil is changed every 25,000 miles and greased every 10 hours. They use Chevron Delo 400 for all equipment, supplied by wholesale distributor John Weatherford in Forest. “We’re very pleased with how well Barko is taking care of us,” Marshall says. “They’ve been trouble free.” TraxPlus in Hickory supplied the Mayerhoffs their newest Barko lineup in December 2019. The dealer recently expanded to a 19,000 sq. ft. facility. TraxPlus was the first Barko dealership in the United States to sell the ’20 model 830B wheeled cutter. “What we were looking for was somebody who was proven in the industry that could give us some positive feedback on the unit,” sales manager Justin Ward says. “They’re still making improvements and we needed somebody we could trust.” Ward says that TraxPlus cut its business teeth selling used equipment, but knew they had potential as a young dealership. The folks at TraxPlus are proud to say they were the top Barko dealer for 2019, selling more than anybody in the United States. “One of our dreams was to be a part of the Mayerhoffs’ business success,” Ward says. Over the years, a number of people have picked Bill’s brain for advice related to logging and life, and Ward is among them. He believes a lot of people would agree that Bill is somewhat of a legend to the local community. Mark also does a lot of business with Stribling Equipment, the John Deere dealer in Meridian. He says Stribling has helped keep the Mayerhoff business going for years. Their inventory includes ’10, ’12 and ’14 model 437D John Deere loaders, ’10 and ’15 John Deere 753J track cutters with high-rotation heads, and six John Deere skidders rolling on dual tires. With a surplus of equipment after downsizing, the Mayerhoffs are firm believers in

TraxPlus, Hickory, Miss., was the first Barko dealer in the United States to sell the 2020 model wheeled cutter.

From left: Lee McDaniel, skidder operator; James Gates, loader operator; Moses Gibbs, loader operator; Raymond McClelland, skidder operator; Walter Berry, skidder operator; Marshall Mayerhoff, cutter operator; Bill Mayerhoff, Mark Mayerhoff

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All six John Deere skidders are equipped with dual tires for muddy ground.

salvaging parts. “We try not to sell anything,” Mark says. “We’ll drag it across the road and part it out.”

Best Of Both Worlds

Steep inclines make track cutters a must for the Mayerhoffs.

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When SLT visited in January, Mark’s crew was clear-cutting a 60acre tract of 25-year-old plantation pine in Clarke County. Operating on a private plot, they’re purchasing 90% of their own stumpage. Two loaders sit on the hill together with skidder trails scaling down the tract before blending into the tree line. Mark says the recent dry spell has helped productivity, averaging 75-80 loads weekly. Six inches of rain the previous week caused them

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to move off a 400-acre block with steeper terrain and swampy soil. “We’ve had some extreme weather this year so this is an excellent tract as far as a winter cut,” Marshall says. “It’s good, sandy ground.” In the past Mark managed three crews simultaneously. He admits it’s harder to procure timber for multiple crews and ensure every issue is addressed. Currently Mark oversees one crew of six people, with Marshall running point on cutter operations and maintenance. After founding the company as a shortwood operation in 1966, Bill switched to treelength in the ’80s after a previous contractor, James River, built a chip mill in the area. They adapted and started cutting swamp ground in 1985, favoring track cutters and swamp tires on skidders. “When shortwood went dead, it went dead,” Bill says. “You either had to grow or get out.” Being one of the first in their area to purchase a track cutter established a firm relationship with Timberjack in the ’90s, Marshall says. “There weren’t a lot of (track cutter) operators in the Southeast.” To help qualify more workers, Marshall traveled the country giving one-day demonstrations on the latest track cutters to potential customers. To this day, Bill collects vintage Timberjack toys. “We prototyped a lot of Timberjack equipment they were developing,” he says. “I’m a big Timberjack guy.” Growing through adolescence, Mark recalls learning how to drive in a GI truck with a pulpwood rack welded to the bed frame. Bill then switched to trailer trucks. Their trucking company, Mayerhoff & Sons, Trucking, Inc., has a fleet of eight Mack trucks, ranging years ’95 through ’14. Bill is a big believer in standardization. “We like to have all our trucks almost

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the same.” They try to stay within a 50mile radius, hauling pulpwood to Georgia Pacific in Pennington and chip-n-saw to GP in Bay Springs. Other outlets include WestRock in Demopolis, Weyerhaeuser in Philadelphia, MidSouth in Meridian, Biewer in Newton, and Shuqualak Lumber. Sometimes they also make longer hauls to Leaf River in New Augusta and Thomasville, Ala. Trailers are a mix between Mag-

The family resides together on a plot of farmland.

nolia and Pitts, along with one International detach lowboy. Nowadays, trucking is giving Mark difficulty. One of his concerns is hiring a truck driver qualified on paper, putting him in a truck under their family name, only to have an accident occur. “Driving is a different game,” he says. “You’ve got to know what you’re doing.” Lack of drivers, spikes in insurance, a shrinking workforce going to the highest bidder, you name it. If it’s negatively affecting the trucking aspect of logging, Mark has felt it in some sense. “I don’t have the answer, but trucking is the key,” he says. Bill remembers being able to work early and stay late to get out of a jam. But with quotas, he says it can be hard to project. Their logging crew roster includes Marshall operating a cutter; Moses Gibbs and James Gates in loader cabs; Walter Berry, Raymond McClelland and Lee McDaniel running skidders; and Billy Ward serving as head mechanic.

Family Mark’s wife Dana, corporate secretary, took over book-keeping responsibilities after their mother, Wanda, passed away in 2005. The Mayerhoffs have used Bitco Insurance more than five years. They hold safety meetings once a week. The Mayerhoff families all live on a piece of farmland together outside Meridian’s city lights: Marshall up the hill, Michael on the back side, and Mark across from the house he and his brothers grew up in. Bill’s house sits on a pond where he watches his grandchildren fish. However, he says with a smile, “nobody ever wants to clean them.” With the help of his eight grandchildren, Bill tends to about 100 head of cattle on the farm, which they nicknamed “Mayerhoff Junction.” On the front porch of their business office is a 20 in. wide cypress log personally cut and engraved with the words “W. F. Mayerhoff & Sons Logging, Inc.” Marshall has three children: Luke, 17, Fletcher, 14, and Lila, 11. Mark has three children as well: Hannah, 23, Lilly, 18, and David, 17. Both brothers are members of the Mississippi Loggers Assn. Taking the good with the bad, Mark says it’s worth it. “We’re still here because the Lord has blessed us with a lot.” Though it’s all he’s ever wanted to do, he admits, “William is the reason we SLT do this.” 12

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Hard Working Hardwooders ■ Mark Carpenter has worked the hardwood bottoms of North Carolina his whole life.

By Jessica Johnson PEACHLAND, NC ark Carpenter, ★ 54, just can’t seem to quit hardwood logging. Despite his efforts to try, his company, Carpenter Bros. Logging has just always had the hardwood bug. Carpenter credits a lot of their success in the actual mechanics of hardwood logging to Brian Wagner’s chain saw program, of which the Carpenter crew was one of the first to participate in 1997, through his insurance carrier Forestry Mutual Insurance. He says the program helped make a huge difference in how the crew safely hand falls bigger trees and away from property lines and power lines. “Being able to do that style of

cutting has helped us as much as anything. We’ve been using it ever since and I am scared to even try to cut a tree the other way anymore,” he explains. The other reason he’s still in hardwood is because of Edwards Wood Products. Carpenter and his two older brothers first started logging for the hardwood sawmill in the ’90s. After a few years, the brothers wanted to get away from strictly hardwood logging, and transition to contracting with a small pine mill before then bouncing around with a few timber dealers. “We tried different dealers, and different things. Things were difficult. One week we went to settle up and had four different landowners. Taxes were eating us up because everything was paid for, but we had no depreciation,” Car-

Mark Carpenter

After a federal DOT audit, Carpenter moved to all contract haulers, and never looked back.

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penter says of the time. The equipment was old and worn out, and they desperately needed to trade. “You can make repairs or payments. Sometimes the payments are cheaper than repairs,” he adds. At the same time, one of Carpenter’s uncles was running a bulldozer on the Edwards Wood Products mill yard in Marshville, NC. He kept encouraging the younger, logging Carpenters to consider coming back to cut for the mill. It got to the point where in order to survive, the logging crew needed to make a change, and in 2003, Carpenter Brothers Logging once again contract cut hardwood for Edwards. “Edwards has been good to us—they keep us in hats and hardwood. Sometimes we have to beg for the hats, but we don’t have to beg for the hardwood,” Mark says laughing.

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Two skidder men are flexible, hopping off to hand cut as needed.

In The Woods Carpenter lives in Peachland, very close to Edwards’ largest mill in Marshville. While he says that he’s been as far as 75 miles from home, the mill has been good to them and it’s rare they are past 40 miles from both home and their main markets—Edwards in Laurinburg and Marshville. The last few years the crew has been working land up and down the Great Pee Dee River, which crosses the state lines of North and South Carolina. When SLT visited, the crew was working on a tract directly behind Domtar in Bennettsville, SC with

Amos Carpenter merchandizes both hardwood and pine

600 acres of timber. Carpenter says he’s not going to be cutting all 600 acres, but working wet spots affectionately called Tupelo swamps. The crew does not have a typical target tract size. They’ve cut as small as 25 acres and as big as 100. “For a long time a 40-acre tract was a big tract for us. Constantly cleaning up and moving, when you start you’re already looking at property lines—bigger tracts are a little bit easier,” he notes. The crew gets at least 30 loads per week of wood, primarily hardwood logs. Carpenter does most of the buncher work, as a back injury sidelined him a bit. Younger brother

Amos Carpenter, 45, runs the loader and coordinates contract trucks. Amos laughs, saying, “He owns it, I run it.” For Mark, it’s easier this way, since Amos is able to see what’s on the wood deck and usually the loader man has the strongest phone signal. “He runs a lot of it, sometimes he oversteps his bounds,” the older brother says only half-joking. With the crew working in essentially Domtar and Arauco’s backyards in Bennettsville, often contract trucks will call Amos to see if the crew has a load they can pick up to stop from deadheading. Both brothers agree it works really well for the crew to get extra loads out

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Carpenter handles all feller-buncher work.

without putting too much pressure on the two dedicated contract haulers they use. The Carpenters made the decision to go to all contract haulers in 1992, after their first federal DOT audit. “That man scared us to death!” Mark adds emphatically. Like many owner-operator loggers, the Carpenters were constantly working on trucks on the weekends and after a while it took its toll. Mark adds, “We finally decided to go to con-

tract trucking and let someone else handle that headache and only work on logging. Then we started getting some Saturdays off!” The crew makes use of a 2013 Tigercat 724E feller-buncher, two Tigercat skidders, an ’06 620C and ’14 620E, and a 2012 Tigercat 234 loader with CSI buck saw. Carpenter says it’s hard to do, especially in hardwood, but the crew has a pretty good system going right now and they feel productive. Big

trees are still hand cut, with the two skidder drivers going back and forth between saws and skidding. “They focus on keeping themselves from getting unhung,” he explains. Carpenter will hop off the buncher and stump really big trees himself if needed. Carpenter says he’s loyal to Tigercat, sure, having made the switch to the brand in 2006, but mainly, it’s dealer Tidewater that keeps him in the yellow iron. Born

Crew averages 35 loads per week, primarily of hardwood saw timber.

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and raised within three miles of the dealership, the Carpenters have been with Tidewater since the Hood and Franklin days. Convenience has a lot to do with it. The crew passes the store every day and is able to pick up parts and drop things off with ease. Aware that his equipment is starting to get a little aged, Carpenter says the loader is up next for trading. Quota in the fall of 2019 hit a bit hard, and the crew is now look-

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ing at a springtime upgrade. “We try to keep a new loader,” he explains of the desire to trade sooner rather than later. “When we started all a loader did was pick up wood and put it on the truck. Now it delimbs, works wood up with the buck saw. That loader gets the biggest work out here and the most hours. Amos runs hours up faster than everyone else. Loader takes the biggest beating these days.” Maintenance is done on engines

every 250 hours; Tigercat hydraulics are serviced every 500 hours. Each machine is greased weekly. All maintenance is handled in the woods—the crew does not have a shop. Carpenter says that generally, if they can’t handle it in the woods it has to go to the dealer anyway, so it’s never been beneficial to have the expense. For support products, Carpenter is loyal to Huntley Oil & Gas in Wadesboro for off road diesel that is delivered to a tank at his house. The

Wadesboro NAPA store, managed by his brother-in-law, keeps the crew in oil and grease and the crew has not had any hydraulic related issues since switching to NAPA. Carpenter is also incredibly loyal to Black’s Tire Service in Monroe, NC, and the Primex skidder tires, saying the store and manager Todd Haigler have always gone above and beyond keeping tires in good working order. During the wettest months, November through April, the crew will run duals to keep from

bogging the land. Some hardwood crews will go into a tract and pick out pine first, but Carpenter says he likes to the leave the pine for “easier days,” unless it’s in the way, and instead likes to just cut everything as they move about the tract. “We try to treat every tract like it’s our own personal timber. I want to get every dime I can for whoever it is. I try to get everything chewed down as flat as I can so it’s easy site prep for planting it back. That way, I have something to do later on and everyone else does too,” Carpenter says of his overall cutting philosophy. The Carpenter Bros. crew includes Michael K. Richardson, Andrew Bennett, Michael Richardson, Mark Carpenter and Amos Carpenter.

Industry Observations Like many, Carpenter is extremely concerned about finding good help. He feels fortunate to have good help now, and believes that many of them are with the company because he offers Blue Cross, Blue Shield health insurance. But even offering health insurance doesn’t mean a guaranteed worker. “Keeping good help is a challenge. Any man goes down or decides to quit it’s going to turn everything around. What’s working well now might not work tomorrow because someone’s gone,” he details. Carpenter’s sister Dinah Hildreth handles all bookwork, keeping truckers paid, crewmembers paid and all deposits. Hildreth also coordinates the official safety program, though Carpenter says he talks with the crew every day over breakfast biscuits about working safe. Tickets are turned in on Mondays to Edwards in Marshville. As for the industry at large, Carpenter makes the poignant comment about the health of timber companies and why loggers should be in their corner so-tospeak: “I want the timber company to make money, if they are as broke as I am they can’t buy good wood and I want good wood. So they have to make some money. If they aren’t making money, they will go out of business and none of us will have a job. But, they can’t starve us to death in the process.” Aside from the hardwood and hats, another reason Carpenter is happy working for Edwards Wood Products: “It’s got to be a give and take. That’s one of the things I like about Edwards. SLT They don’t starve us.” 18

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Then Again ■ Brothers Craig and Joey Teer run Teer Logging, the company their parents started 47 years ago.

By David Abbott LUFKIN, Tex. he Teer Logging, Inc. crew was work★ ing about 30 miles north of Lufkin when Southern Loggin’ Times came passing through in early November last year. The leaves were changing colors and it was a muggy, warm day in east Texas, but a cold front was predicted to follow by the end of that week. Wilbern Teer, 81, and his wife Marjorie still own this family business that they founded together in 1973, but today their sons Craig, 55, and Joey, 51, run things day to day, though Wilbern still comes out to the job site regularly. Marjorie’s family has roots in logging that stretch back to the late 1800s, at least. “I have a picture of my great-grandfather in the woods

with railroad ties laid down, dragging wood with mule teams,” Craig notes. In his family, however, Wilbern is a first generation logger. His dad cut logs as a young man for a few years but was never in business for himself. Wilbern was 34 and had been working construction when his father-in-law convinced him to give logging a try. Marjorie’s father was hauling short pulpwood, using tractors to skid, and needed help to move more wood. “He asked if I wanted to buy a piece of equipment and work for him,” Wilbern recalls. “So I bought a Tree Farmer cable skidder. Back in ’73 the price of it was $17,300 and I thought I never would get it paid off.” Wilbern learned quickly, and could soon bunch three or four loads of small diameter pulp in a day. “At that time those companies were high grading all the saw logs,” Wilbern says. “They didn’t have a mill to buy them and the saw log

price wasn’t very high, but they knew one day it would be. So they high graded it and all they wanted to take out was the small stuff.” He worked for his father-in-law for about five years and then for another logger for four more years, all the time with the same Tree Farmer. By the time it had racked up about 15,000 hours, Wilbern says, “The old Southland paper mill in Lufkin was in its booming days, so I decided to see if I could get a contract with them.” Southland said yes, so the elder Teer bought a gas GMC truck and a small used Barko selfloader mounted on the truck, and kept using the same Tree Farmer skidder from nine years earlier. With that set up, he worked on his own until Craig joined him in 1986 and Joey in ’88. Craig actually went to college at Stephen F. Austin State University and, after having worked in a pharmacy during his student years, had intended to become a dentist, before the sawdust

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in his veins called him back to the family business. After both boys came out to the woods, the company grew, adding newer machines and more trucks. Wilbern handed over the reins to his sons when he officially retired in 1998.

Today Now 22 years since their dad retired, Craig and Joey run Teer Logging with a new 2018 Tigercat 620E skidder, a ’12 Caterpillar 525C skidder, two 2010 model Tigercat 724 feller-bunchers, and two loaders: ’10 Prentice 2384B with CTR 426 delimber and ’16 Tigercat 234B with CSI 264 delimber. A ’93 Cat D5H dozer helps build and maintain roads. Texas Timberjack in Lufkin is their dealer for Cat/Prentice machines, while they get their Tigercat iron from Tejas Equipment in Hillister. Craig and Joey say they do as much of the routine repairs and ➤ 24

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The Teers buy Tigercats from Texas Timberjack's Lufkin branch, and Cat/Prentice from Tejas Equipment in Hillister.

The lineup has grown considerably since Wilbern Teer bought his first Tree Farmer almost a half century ago.

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The Teers have been active both in the Texas Forestry Assn. and the Texas Logging Council. Craig served as the chairman of the Texas Logging Council for a few years. It was during the time when his wife learned she had cancer, he recalls. In 2008, 25 students from a third grade class in Corpus Christi sent the TFA office 25 letters, one from each child. One of the letters is shown here.

Along with these letters, TLC received a note from the kids’ teacher, dated April 25, 2008. It read: Texas Logging Council, I teach a wonderful 3rd grade class in Corpus Christi, Tex. Recently our class has been learning about habitats and our class discussion led to logging and the affects that it has on the environment. Please take a moment to read the student’s concerns with logging. Our class would love to here from your organization and any insight that you provide us about logging. We appreciate you taking to read our letters. Craig felt compelled to compose the following response and sent it to the class: My name is Craig Teer. I am President of the Texas Logging Council and I am a logger. I am enclosing a picture of my family. My wife’s name is Belinda and my sons’ names are Rand and Perrin. Belinda is a teacher. Perrin is 6 years old and in Kindergarten. Rand is 8 years old and in third grade like you guys. I was very excited to see that your class had taken the time to write letters to the Texas Logging Council. However, I was extremely saddened at your comments about loggers. Luckily, that is where my being a dad to a third grader comes to our benefit. I realize that you are in the process of learning each day. Education is the greatest tool and privilege we all have. There is so 22

much misinformation out in the world today concerning logging. Here is the truth about logging in Texas. Here in Texas, our eastern most section of the state is called the Pineywoods. The soil and the amount of rainfall we receive makes this region perfect for growing the abundant forests. There generally are three stages of the logging process on a stand of timber. The first stage is called a first thin. The logging crew selects and cuts about one-third of the trees in a stand. Most of the trees cut are diseased or poor growth. First thins start when the trees are 11-12 years old. The next stage is called a second thin. In this stage, about one-fourth to one-third of the trees are harvested. Second thins occur when the trees are 17-19 years old. The last stage is called the completion cut. In this stage all remaining trees are harvested so the land can be replanted and a new cycle can begin. This stage occurs when the trees are 25-35 years old. During the various stages of logging a forest, many different and exciting things happen with the animals. After a first thin, the forest is opened up by taking out the selected trees. From this, we see a lot of new growth of browse. Berries, wild plums and lots of grasses start growing. These provide food for all sorts of animals. The loggers of Texas are very conservation minded. The forests are how we support our families. We also love the forests and animals that live in them. Our natural resources are vital to all people. In Corpus Christi, you guys are blessed with the sun and ocean and all the benefits they bring. Here in East Texas, we are blessed with the forests, a Renewable Natural Resource that benefits all of us. We cannot replace the oil, coal or minerals that are taken out of the Earth each year, but we can plant and harvest trees continuously. I understand your concerns about forest fires and wasting trees. The truth is that a lot of loggers help fight forest fires. Most fires are caused by lighting or careless people. The forests are how loggers make an income to support their families. We would never want to see the forest burned down. As a matter of fact, logging actually helps lessen the threat of forest fires by thinning out the dead trees and “fuel” for fires. Like it or not, the population of the state of Texas continues to grow. New homes will need to be built for all of the new families moving to Texas. Here are some key point I want your class to understand. 1. The loggers of Texas are trained professionals who do a great job. We care about the forests and the animals that live here. 2. With our exceptional growth cycle in East Texas, we can harvest timber sooner and grow it back more quickly. 3. Forest Products are in demand worldwide. You use these products all the time. From the paper you wrote your letters on, to the toothpaste I hope everyone used this morning! Other countries do not take care of their forests like we do in the United States. Would you rather have people cut down more Rainforests around the world or professionally trained loggers here in Texas provide the same products to you. I am sending your class a mini DVD about the Texas Forestry Association. It has even more information about our Texas forests. Also, I am including a very special book for your teacher to read to the class. Finally, I am sending a booklet for (your teacher). I am inviting her this summer to East Texas to take part in the Teacher’s Conservation Institute. The Texas Logging Council will pay her registration fee if she will agree to attend this wonderful education opportunity. In closing, I would again thank you for your concerns about my industry. I can assure you the loggers of the state of Texas are doing a wonderful job. If you still have questions about the animals for the forest, you should write the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. I am quite sure they will verify what I have said about the positive impact logging has on the wildlife of the forests. I can only hope that one day you can come to East Texas yourselves and see our beautiful forests. Your friend, Craig Teer President, Texas Logging Council The school principal had the teacher read his letter to the class. Craig’s letter was reprinted in the July 2008 issue of Texas Logger magazine and he was voted the TFA communicator of the year. Also, TFA used his letter as an example during the following year’s “teachers learning” classes, a summer program in which teachers from all over the state come to east SLT Texas to learn about the timber industry.

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20 ➤ maintenance as they can for themselves. On occasion they might have to call in a mechanic for major jobs, but not too often. “You work in the woods all day and you work in the afternoon on trucks,” Joey says. “That’s usually how it goes. It’s one of those deals.” Wilbern emphasizes the importance of keeping up with machine hours and servicing at regular intervals, a habit he’s glad he impressed upon his sons. “With changing oil, you got to have everything just

right,” the Teer patriarch advises. “If you mess up, you ruin the motor. People say it won’t happen, but it does.” The Teers run four Peterbilt trucks of their own—two ’14 models, an ’06 and an ’05. They supplement hauling capacity with one contract trucker who runs a ’16 International. Two of the trucks, the 2014 Peterbilts, use DEF; so do the ’16 Tigercat loader and ’18 Tigercat skidder. “That is one issue I’d like to take up with our government,”

Craig admits while laughing a somewhat unhappy laugh. “This DEF is hurting trucking and taking people out of business. It may be just a sensor but if it sits in the shop for a week, the time and production is lost and the bills keep coming. We’re the only country in the world that uses DEF. No one else does. All the cruise ships and shipping industry don’t use it. It’s affecting transportation and people in the ag world with their machines. It is just my opinion; everyone has their own.”

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As it added more machines, Teer Logging needed more operators than back when it was just Wilbern, Craig and Joey. Today, Jose Lira and Jorge Ortiz man the loaders while Brennan Johnson and Michael Havard drive the skidders. Former truck driver Clay Powers wanted a change of scenery, so he was training to run a cutter when SLT visited in November. Joey and Craig fill in on the other cutter, on trucks or wherever needed. Company truck drivers are James Russell, Mark Holcombe and Jonathan Barge; contract driver is Innocente Perez. Speaking of the Latino/Hispanic members of their crew, the brothers have nothing but praise. “Every day, they are at the job,” Joey says. “That’s the thing. They are reliable, they are loyal, they stick with you. Jose has been on our job for 20 years.” Craig interjects, “A misconception is that people think they work cheap; we pay them the same as anyone. Jose is the highest paid hand we have. Like everyone else, it is a ladder you have to climb, and he’s been here and earned it. We depend on him, and we trust him.” Just before Wilbern decided to hang up his hardhat, Teer Logging was named the Texas Logger of the Year for TFA. He gives credit to his sons and to the whole crew for the honor. The crew holds a monthly safety meeting, which Joey emphasizes can be especially useful when moving on to a new tract or even on a different part of the same tract. “It’s good just to remind people of things, specific things to the tract where a safety hazard may be, not just generic topics,” he explains. “Like on this tract on the other side there is a pipeline. So it’s important to just be aware of specific safety hazards like that, or like a power line.” Bituminous is their insurance carrier, via local agent Davis Insurance, a Higginbotham company, in Lufkin. Family matriarch Marjorie handles the company’s voluminous paper work. “She does all the hard work,” Craig says. Wilbern adds, “There is more paperwork than you can shake a stick at. Every day there is something new.” Craig’s wife Belinda helps Marjorie with it some. Craig and Belinda have two sons: Rand, a student at Stephen F. Austin (the college from which both Craig and Belinda graduated), and Perrin, a senior at Huntingdon High School. Neither of them have any interest in continuing the family business, sadly. Rand is in engineering and Perrin wants to go into medicine. Joey also has two kids; his son Colby is another SFA stu-

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dent, while daughter Kara is a high school junior. Also, Joey’s girlfriend Sonia has a son, Reece, another Huntingdon High senior.

Markets When they took over in ’98, Craig and Joey inherited Wilbern’s contract with Southland St. Regis, which, over the years since, has functioned under the ownership of Champion, International Paper, Temple and Campbell Global. These days the contract is with Triple T Timberlands. “It is an always changing industry,” Craig says. “Texas is unique because it is such a huge state and we only have a little section with timber in it,” Craig says. Joey says local markets have been pretty steady for the last year in east Texas. “We got 100 inches of rain with Hurricane Harvey, and double the normal rain fall in 2018, so markets have been really open.” His dad concurs: “It never has dried up.” Hardwood markets in their territory, the Teers testify, are wide open, and doing better than pine. In fact, they say, hardwood pulp pays better than pine logs. Moreover, Craig adds, there is a lot of excitement and hope surrounding a new sawmill in Lufkin, Angelina Forest Products (AFP), which opened last fall. “They are taking wood now and getting the kinks worked out,” Craig said back in November. When it is ready to operate at full capacity, he says, “It is supposed to be a 200-load a day pine lumber mill. We also had a new OSB mill that RoyOMartin opened in Corrigan two years ago.”

The Teers report that hardwood markets in east Texas were good in late 2019, with markets wide open due to excessive rain.

Teer Logging hauls pine pulpwood to Norbord in Nacogdoches, pine logs to Georgia Pacific in Diboll, hardwood pulpwood to International Paper’s chip mill in Lufkin, and hardwood tie logs to Crosscut Hardwood in Alto. A few loads go to RoyOMartin’s Corrigan mill or to Louisiana Pacific in Jasper. Haul distances usually average 70 miles, but were less than that this fall and winter. The year before, they had 150-mile and even 180mile hauls to the IP pulpwood mill in Orange. “That’s when trucking really gets tight on you,” Joey says. When SLT visited, they were working on a 24-year-old mostly pine plantation stand with some

hardwood mixed in. They were performing a final harvest before replanting. Craig says he expects markets to be healthy for the foreseeable future. “Here in Texas we have four absolutely huge metropolitan areas and markets will be there.” Trucking, he predicts, will continue to earn its reputation as the hardest part of the industry. “Insurance has gone sky high, even with us having really no accidents. And as for finding drivers, we compete with the oil field industry in Texas in a big way. Trucking end is the toughest part of it all. I can pile 150 loads but if I can’t get it hauled it does no one SLT any good.”

Crew, left to right: Jose Lira, Michael Havard, Jorge Ortiz, Brennan Johnson, Jonathan Barge and Clay Powers

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Thoughts To Ponder The distance from your house to your mailbox indicates how far you can be in a robe before you start looking like a mental patient. l My therapist said that my narcissism causes me to misread social situations. I’m pretty sure she was hitting on me. l My 60-year kindergarten reunion is coming up soon and I’m worried about the 195 pounds I’ve gained. l I always wondered what the job application is like at Hooters. Do they just give you a bra and say, “Here, fill this out”? l The speed with which a woman says “nothing” when asked “What’s wrong?” is inversely proportional to the severity of the storm that’s coming. l I can’t understand why women are okay that JC Penny has an older women’s clothing line named “Sag Harbor.” l I think it’s pretty cool how Chinese people made a language entirely out of tattoos. l “Do not touch” must be one of the scariest things to read in Braille. l Arguing with a woman is a lot like reading a software license agreement. In the end you ignore everything and click on “I agree.” l Only a fool would give up a weapon in order for the government to protect them. The government can’t even stop a telemarketer. l Picture this: your steak is on the grill and you can already feel your mouth watering. Do vegans feel the same when they mow the lawn? l People say love is the best feeling, but I think finding a toilet when you have diarrhea is better! l I hate when a couple argues in public and I missed the beginning and don’t know whose side I’m on. l When I say “the other day” I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago. l

Keep It On The Sunny Side Cry has three letters; so does Joy. Hate has four letters; so does Love. Hurt has four letters; so does Heal. Lying has five letters; so does Truth. Under has five letters; so does Above. Wrong has five letters; so does Right. Anger has five letters; so does Happy. Enemies has seven letters; so does Friends. Negative has eight letters; so does Positive. Moral: Life is like a double-edged sword, so transform every negative side into an aura of positivity and choose the better side of life.

A Matter Of Nourishment A disgruntled churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of a local newspaper and questioned the act of regularly attending worship services of his church. He wrote: “I’ve gone for 30 years now and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons, but for the life of me, I can’t remember a single one of them. So, I think I’m wasting my time, and the preachers and priests are wasting theirs.” This started a real controversy in the Letters to the Editor column. Much to the delight of the editor, it went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: “I’ve been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals, but, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this: They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spir28

itually dead today!” Remember, when you are DOWN to nothing, God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! If you cannot see God in all you cannot see God at all. BIBLE: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth!

Jack Daniel’s Trick A woman went to a counselor, worried about her husband’s temper. The counselor asked, “What’s the problem?” The woman said, “I don’t know what to do. Every day my husband loses his temper for no reason. It scares me.” The counselor said, “I have a cure for that. When it seems your husband is getting angry, take a double shot of Jack Daniel’s whiskey and swish it in your mouth. Swish and swish, but don’t swallow it until he either leaves the room or calms down.” Two weeks later she returned to the counselor, looking fresh and reborn, and told him, “That was a brilliant idea. Every time my husband started to get angry, I swished the Jack Daniel’s and he would start to calm down. It was amazing! What is it about Jack Daniel’s that makes it work like that? The counselor said, “The whiskey does nothing. Keeping your mouth shut is the trick.”

And Then It Is Winter Time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems like yesterday that I was young, just married, and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all those years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams. But, here it is, the winter of my life, and it catches me by surprise. How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those “older people” were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like. But, here it is. My friends are retired and growing older. They move slower and I see an older person in myself now. Like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we’d be. Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day, and taking a nap is not a treat anymore—it’s mandatory! And so, now I enter this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did! But, at least I know, that although the winter has come—I’m not sure how long it will last—that when it’s over on this earth, it’s over, but a new adventure will begin. Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn’t done, things I should have done, but indeed, there are also many things I’m happy to have done. It’s all in a lifetime. So, if you’re not in your winter yet, let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. Whatever you would like to accomplish in your life, please do it quickly! Don’t put things off too long! Life goes by quickly. So, do what you can now, for you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not! You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life. Live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember, and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past! The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one.

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Silver Anniversary ■ Louisiana Logging Council Turns 25 Years Old In 2020. By Janet Tompkins

T Logging Council (LLC) in 1995 he formation of the Louisiana

can be likened to a clear-cut— knocking down barriers between loggers in east and west, north and south Louisiana, and giving clearer visibility to the aim of improving the lives of loggers everywhere. The LLC turns 25 in 2020 and many milestones have been reached in the years since its beginning. “The Logging Council gave (loggers) a voice in developing forest policy,” according to C.A. “Buck” Vandersteen, executive director of the Louisiana Forestry Assn. and the LLC. The LLC was formed under the umbrella of the LFA but with an independent board of directors. Tony Lavespere remembers going to the first meeting of the American Loggers Council (ALC) with Derald Phillips before the Louisiana council was formed. They each owned independent logging businesses, but someone questioned whether they should sit at the table because they had no affiliation with a logging group in their state. “Earl St. John, one of the founders of the ALC, had us all go around the room and identify our businesses. When we said we owned our logging business, he said, ‘That’s good enough for me.’ ” But they and others knew that a logging council was what they needed in the state. “All we wanted was to unite them as a group,” recalls Derald Phillips of Lena, the first president of the LLC. Lavespere adds, “We had one goal: uniting the loggers in Louisiana.” “The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) was being launched, and that would involve new standards nationwide that directly affected loggers,” Vandersteen says. “It was advantageous for loggers to work together on these issues and standards so they were in harmony with SFI.” Clyde Todd, who was the program director for the newly minted LLC, remembers the early years of safety training, board meetings, fundraisers for Log A Load for Kids and impor-

tant visits to the legislature as exciting times. “The loggers were not just sitting in the same room (as other forestry interests) but making decisions on their own,” he adds. The logging safety committee preceded the founding of the council. During that time, foresters and loggers went around the state on Saturdays for classes. “The biggest issue was safety,” Todd says. Legislative issues were also important to the council, and they made their presence known in the year after the LLC was formed. That’s when they got a permit for a log truck parade around the state Capitol in Baton Rouge during the session to spotlight logging issues. The number of loggers willing to drive their log trucks into downtown Baton Rouge to make that statement was impressive. The truck parade “Threatened to get larger than the permit allowed,” Vandersteen remembers. Todd says the LLC presented a united front to legislators about the needs of loggers and the forestry community. From the beginning, the group met with legislators and kept political issues before their members at their quarterly chapter meetings. They have done that throughout the years. Now one of their own — Jack McFarland from Winnfield — is a representative in the state legislature. Others have served on police juries where road

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issues are so important to loggers and the whole forest industry. Dennis Aucoin, logging contractor and another former LLC president, says a big accomplishment was the OSHA partnership. “Everybody was a little hesitant about it, but it was very good for us,” Aucoin says. Those council members who joined the partnership agreed to a courtesy inspection that would point out any infractions but without penalty. Not all would be inspected but a random number would be. In exchange, the members would share all reports of injuries on the job with LSU professor Dr. Niels DeHoop each year. That way the primary causes of injuries could be highlighted in classes along with preventative measures. “It brought OSHA (into the businesses) in a constructive, not punitive, way,” Vandersteen observes. Aucoin, Phillips and Lavespere agreed the Master Logger program and OSHA partnership has saved

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lives. Today that partnership extends to all those in the Master Logger Program whether or not they are members of the council. The Log A Load for Kids program with the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) hospitals was a big part of the LLC, especially during its first decade. More than a million dollars was raised to benefit children at the four CMN hospitals in the state. There were log auctions, raffles, golf tournaments and clay shoots arranged by loggers but participated in by all parts of the forest industry. Loggers continue to donate money to Log A Load with an extra line item on their annual dues statement. The LLC also approved a set of standards for loggers to get in-thewoods audits to receive a Smart Logging certification program. This is just another way the logger profile has been highlighted in the public eye. “There were a lot of visionary folks who put this together in Louisiana,” says Danny Dructor, American Loggers Council (ALC) Executive Director. “They became charter members of the ALC, put together the OSHA partnership and made other improvements which later on probably also led to the formation of the Southern Loggers Co-op.” Todd Martin, Executive Director of the Southern Loggers Co-op, agrees. “It would have been much more difficult if we didn’t have the LLC.” Looking past its 25th year, the Louisiana Logging Council work moves on. Before the sun rises, another log truck rolls out of the woods and the cycle continues. The loggers came out of the woods in 1995 to remind everyone—even other loggers—that without them, there is a forest but SLT not an industry. NOTE: This article originally appeared in the January 2020 edition of Louisiana Logger magazine, which is published quarterly by the Louisiana Logging Council. The writer, Janet Tompkins, was editor of Louisiana Logger for 20 years before retiring in 2016.

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Spotlight On: Chippers, Grinders Southern Loggin’ Times invited manufacturers of chippers, grinders and related components to submit material for this section. The submissions of those who participated are presented below, edited only for style.

Bandit

Bandit Industries is expanding into additional recycling and forestry industries by partnering with two established European manufacturers of slow-speed shredders, rock crushers, mobile trommel screens and hydraulic stackers. Poland-based Pronar Sp. z o.o and Germanbased ARJES GmbH will exclusively offer select equipment through Bandit Industries, plugging their machines into Bandit’s world-

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wide dealer network. Bandit announced in the summer of 2018 that it would offer select ARJES rock crushers and slow-speed shredders. The Impaktor 250 rock crusher and the VZ 950 slow-speed shredder, available with track undercarriages, are already making a great impression among Bandit’s customers in the United States. The VZ950 Titan is ARJES’ largest, most powerful slow speed shredder. Featuring a 700 HP Volvo engine and a massive 318 cubic-foot infeed hopper, the Titan is capable of shredding anything from wood to metal waste. And with production rates up to 177 tons per hour, the Titan is among the most productive shredders on the market today. Bandit announced its partnership with Pronar and unveiled the Model 60 GT-HD hydraulic stacker and the Model 7.24 GT trommel screen at the 2019 U.S. Composting Council’s Conference in Arizona. The Pronar Model 60 GT-HD is capable of

moving up to 600 tons of material per hour and stack material nearly 40 ft. high, creating piles of material without the need of an additional loader or operator. The stacker can be mounted on tracks, making it easy to move around a grinding yard quickly. The Model 7.24 GT is a track-mounted or towable trommel screen that features some of the highest throughput in the industry. This trommel is capable of screening a variety of materials, including compost, urban wood waste and biomass. Operators can swap out the drum screens to meet a specific size requirement. “These partnerships are very important for Bandit because they will broaden our product portfolio and allow us to offer a more complete line of equipment for various markets,” says Bandit General Manager Felipe Tamayo. “ARJES is known and respected around the world as the industry leader in slow-speed shredders and rock crushers, and Pronar is one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural, compost and recycling

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equipment in the world. The mix of products that our companies offer blends perfectly together.” He adds, “Our dealer network is very excited about these new lines. And I think our customers will see the advantages of these new machines as they become more familiar with them.” Please visit banditchippers.com for more information.

Morbark

Morbark listened closely to customer feedback while developing the design for both the 3400XT and the 6400XT Wood Hog Horizontal Grinders. The result: products with the features customers want and the versatility they need, while staying true to Morbark’s proven technology. One of the most important features of the 3400XT is its width — the model has a standard width of 8'6" (2.59 m) and can be built as narrow as 8'4" (2.53 m), making it within the legal transport width in any country. This model accommodates engines from 520 to 800 horsepower (388 to 596 kW), so it is ideal for a broad range of

applications in a wide variety of markets worldwide. Similarly, the 6400XT weighs in at less than 96,500 lbs. (43,772 kg) and measures 11'5½" (3.49 m), allowing the unit to be transported to nearly all domestic and international markets. The 6400XT ranges in horsepower from 1,050 to 1,200 (783 kW to 894 kW). The infeed bed on both models is long with sloped sides. This configuration improves operator sight lines for more efficient loading of material. A removable infeed chain return floor, which allows excess material to fall away to minimize the wear on the floor, bed chain and inserts, is standard. This feature is particularly useful in land-clearing or other applications with dirty material. When maintenance is required, it’ll be quicker and easier to perform on these machines’ extended platform, up to 31.5" wide (80 cm, a 25% increase) on the 6400XT. This area between the hood and the engine has been reconfigured to provide additional working space, for better access to components for general maintenance or to change screens. For more information, visit www.morbark.com or find your local Morbark industrial dealer at www.morbarkdealers.com.

Peterson 4300B Chipper The 4300B Peterson drum chipper is a high production chipper that does not require oversize permits for road transportation and is suited for high volume biomass producers who have a wide

variety of feed material from logs up to 26" (61cm) in diameters, to brush and other feedstock. The 4300B drum chipper is powered by a C18 CAT 765 horsepower (570kW) engine. At 52,000 pounds (23,586kg) and 8 ft. 4 3⁄4" (255cm) width the chipper utilizes a 36 inch diameter by 40 inch wide (91 by 102 cm) drum with wear resistant AR450 wear surfaces on the drum pockets and shell. A sloped feed deck makes feeding the chipper easier. The optional material sizing bars and chip accelerator minimize oversize twigs and branches in the chips, and help ensure tight chip packing and fully loaded chip vans. Traditional babbitt type knife systems are standard equipment. Chip length can be changed from 1⁄4 to 11⁄4 inches (6 to 32 mm) by adjusting knife extension and feed speed.The 4300B’s new generation of controls includes Peterson’s high-production Adaptive Control System with an LCD display that provides the operator the complete engine and system parameters to simplify setup and efficiently operate the machine. The control panel also includes self-diagnosis for faulty sensors and open circuits making troubleshooting easy. Visit www.petersoncorp.com ➤ 34

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Trelan Manufacturing

Trelan whole tree chippers have been in production for over 40 years. Trelan manufactures a complete line of heavy duty whole tree chippers including the new Extreme Models: 646-WRC Extreme, 686-WRC Extreme and 786-WRC Extreme. Trelan Chippers range in horse power from 440 HP to 1000 HP. If a customer is looking for a top quality whole tree chipper, look no further than Trelan. Please visit trelan.com for more information.

Vermeer The Vermeer HG6800TX horizontal grinder is engineered to produce large volumes of ground materials. With a 950 HP (708 kW) engine, this 92,000 lbs. (41,730.5 kg) class

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grinder is powerful, compact and maneuverable with 26 in. wide double grouser track pads and travel speeds of 2.8 MPH (4.5 KPH). An optional DT6 integrated dolly transport system is available to eliminate the need for trailering the grinder when moving locations. The infeed on the HG6800TX grinder was designed with low sidewalls to help the operator more easily load material into the machine. This feature allows larger loads to be dropped on the infeed with less interaction and manipulation of the material, so the operator can drop the load and focus on the next one. The Vermeer HG6800TX grinder features the patented Series III duplex hard-faced drum. In addition to providing long-lasting durability, maintenance time is decreased with the ability to remove and flip or replace single hammers, as well as being able to externally balance the drum. The grinder is equipped with Vermeer SmartFeed and the Thrown Object Deflector (TOD) technology. SmartFeed optimizes machine performance and production electronically and allows the operator to focus on loading raw product and move finished product about the jobsite. This function stops and reverses material from feeding into the hammermill when engine RPMs drop below efficient operating range. Also, Vermeer TOD decreases the quantity and

distance of thrown objects, which allows the machine to be operated in a smaller, “safe” work zone. The TOD is hinged and can be raised or lowered with the remote control depending upon grinding applications. Remote operation allows the operator to engage tracks for onsite maneuverability and view and change a variety of settings during operation while monitoring various engine parameters from inside the loader cab or in a remote location. An optional Damage Defense system is also offered on the HG6800TX grinder that can help reduce the likelihood of major machine damage caused by certain metal contaminants entering the hammermill. Vermeer HG6800TX horizontal grinders are built tough to tackle large land-clearing, right-ofway and composting projects. Low sidewalls and an infeed design aid in feeding whole trees and large stumps into a useable end product with minimal operator interaction. Remote-controlled and track-driven, HG6800TX horizontal grinders provide convenient jobsite mobility while the patented duplex drum features reversible hammers and tips that ease maintenance and help extend wear life. For more information about the Vermeer HG6800TX horizontal grinder, visit vermeer.com or contact your local Vermeer dealer.

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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP (TLC), and I pull up beside him as he As We See It: Who Is The Gorilla? was walking alongside the log truck By Dave Duren So, I’m driving south bound on U.S. 59, just entering the city limits of Diboll, Tex., and on the left, behind the car/truck fuel convenient Duren station, sits a state trooper

unit with a loaded log truck. Curiosity gets the better of me, so I make a U-turn to check it out. I recognize the trooper as one who presents in logger training and education for the Texas Logging Council

trailer. I greet the trooper and ask him how he was doing; you know, the typical cordial greeting. However, since he knows what the TLC is trying to do to promote truck safety, he voluntarily gives me a few details about the stop. He does not name anyone, and I don’t even think there is a company name on the side of the

door. It’s just another log truck going through a typical inspection. What I learned about the incident really begs the questions, HOW and WHY does this stuff keep happening? For three years I’ve been the TLC’s coordinator and heard this statement numerous times: “So and so isn’t pro logger trained, doesn’t have the proper insurance, and yet they roll into these mills just like the rest of us.” What am I talking about with my questions? It turns out the driver of this truck did not have a proper driver’s license and, by the way, didn’t have one the last time he was stopped in the same truck by the same trooper a month or so ago. The truck and trailer were not registered, and there was no insurance. With the appearance of the tires and the apparent lack of maintenance, I would not have been caught dead in that truck. Two things are happening here. The State has a revolving door policy when it comes to removing unlicensed drivers from the highways, and some of the area mills have a “look the other way policy,” because they are certainly not checking anything. This past year the conversation in several people’s minds has been, “Where are we going to find enough trucks to log the mills?” Truck safety is being preached basically from shore to shore in the hopes of stabilizing rising insurance rates threatening the profitability of logging contractors. How long do you have to dance with a gorilla? Until the gorilla slams you down, or gently releases you. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell who the gorilla is. Dave Duren is the coordinator of the Texas Logging Council, an affiliation of private businessmen and businesswomen who make their living from the harvesting and delivery of wood fiber to forest products mills all over East Texas. Its purpose is to improve and expand the use of professional logging and trucking practices responsive to the needs of customers, employees, landowners and the general public; to provide educational training for members within the logging and hauling professions; and to improve upon worker safety.

La. Forest Festival Set for April 24-25 One of the few festivals in the U.S. that truly celebrates the timber industry, the Louisiana Forest Festival in Winnfield, La. is set for April 24-25. This year’s event features numerous logging equipment dis36

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plays and related exhibits. There are 13 lumberjack events to cheer on, featuring pro timber sports competitors from across the U.S., including six different chain saw events. The festival features great food (it’s

Louisiana after all!), a children’s area with fun games and crafts, plus contests and prize drawings. Special events include recognition of the Louisiana Loggers Assn.’s (LLA) outstanding logger

of the year and an “in memory” logger, plus a concert from Nashville entertainers Ashton Shephard and Jeff Bates and some excellent local musicians. Noting that timber is the number one agricultural crop and industry for Winn Parish, and the state of Louisiana, Toni McAllister, Executive Director of the Louisiana Loggers Assn., says, “The Louisiana Forest Festival represents both historical and modern forestry and logging practices as we pay homage to our history and celebrate our future with deep roots in the timber community around us.” For more information visit www.laforestfestival.com or the Louisiana Forest Festival Facebook page. Note: Entry to all events is free.

Forest History Group Has New NC Facility Forest History Society (FHS) moved to a new 16,750 sq. ft. facility in Durham, NC, this January. The move concludes a successful $7.1 million capital campaign to build a new library, archives and headquarters. The new facility is more than twice the size of FHS’ former building, and its location on an eight-acre site allows for future expansion. Forest History Society is the only organization dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of forest history around the world, particularly the relationship of humans and trees and forests through time. The library’s 12,000 volumes and its extensive archival holdings contain information on such topics as water, wildlife, recreation, range mining, climate, transportation and agriculture as it relates to forests.

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Carter Machinery Acquires Alban Tractor Salem, Va.-based Carter Machinery, a leading Caterpillar, Inc. dealer, announced an agreement to acquire the assets of Baltimorebased Alban Tractor Co., Inc. In connection with the acquisition, Carter Machinery will become the Cat dealer in an expanded service territory that will now include northern Virginia, Washington, DC, Maryland and Delaware. For more than 92 years Carter has serviced customers throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and southern West Virginia, becoming one of Caterpillar’s top performing dealerships. “Carter’s growth is evidence of the caliber of our employees’ expertise and the speed at which they service the industry to ensure customer success every day,” says Drew Parker, CEO, Carter Machinery. “Carter is enthused about expanding our services to more customers with the same commitment that our Virginia and West Virginia customers have come to rely upon.”

Log A Load Breaks $2 Million In 2019 Last year was another successful year for Log A Load for Kids and Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN), with a grand total of $2.2 million raised to benefit local children’s hospitals in 2019. Whether it’s skeet shoots, fish fries, golf tournaments or auctions, the creative fundraising platforms are never lacking, and neither are the dollars raised. As the charity of choice for loggers across the country, CMNH is always so amazed by and grateful for the uniquely focused, grass-roots efforts from Log A Load to raise money for network hospitals. In addition to the great fundraising that took place, this year was a monumental year for Log A Load. For the first year since its inception, Log A Load is now operating as an independent 501c3. Log A Load can now create a strong organizational structure within the logging community to maximize and leverage local corporate sponsors on a national scale. In short, it’s a great beginning to what should mean more money for kids in need. With this change came the separation from a long time, valued partner for many years, the Forest Resource Assn. (FRA). Many thanks go to the FRA family for the key role they played in laying the foundation for Log A Load for Kids. All across the U.S. there are

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Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, and Log A Load’s fundraising efforts have been vital to their local CMN Children’s Hospitals helping sick or injured children in the community. Overall CMN Children’s Hospitals provide 32 million patient visits for 10 million children every year. Whether it is a broken bone or a serious disease or transplant, these hospitals are ready to provide the help and resources for these young children—and America’s loggers are some of their biggest supporters.

Mississippi Hosts Asian Trade Group In a recent newsletter, Mississippi Loggers Assn. Executive Director David Livingston noted the state made history last year through the Mississippi Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) and the Southern U.S. Trade Assn. (SUSTA). The MDAC hosted a foreign trade delegation from China, India and Vietnam that was looking to purchase

and import southern yellow pine (SYP) timber and lumber to their respective countries. According to Livingston, the event was the first time SUSTA has helped sponsor a trade mission on anything other than food products. “In order for our industry to grow and prosper, it needs to find new markets for the tremendous amount of raw materials we can produce,” he says. The meeting included a sawmill and logging job and forestry tour on the first day, and a second day of

meetings between Mississippi officials and timber industry representatives. Livingston also cited the support of Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce and Ginger Williamson, timber commerce liaison, who organized the two-day event.

MAXAM Expands Customer Service To accommodate rapid growth and leverage customer support services, MAXAM Tire announced the expansion of the customer service team based in Danvers, Mass. With major investment and continued growth in its specialty segments such as mining and forestry tire products, the MAXAM dealer network has grown substantially. To meet the expansion of its dealer base, MAXAM has brought on additional customer service representatives (CSR) to provide knowledgeable assistance on accountrelated matters. “The decision to expand our customer service team in Boston was a logical step into our business growth strategy. Boston is filled with diverse talent and with the MAXAM Global Dealer Servicing Network growing over 1,800 strong, we need a dedicated group of people to help us stay true to our mission of being a valuable business solutions provider,” says Troy Kline, President of MAXAM Tire North America.

MAXAM MS405 Approved By Cat MAXAM Tire North America announced that Caterpillar Inc. has validated and approved the 875/65R29 MAXAM MS405 L4 tire for use on specific Cat 982M medium wheel loaders. The MAXAM MS405 65 Series program is engineered for high torque, harsh applications where extreme traction is required. Featuring a deep E4/L4 lug pattern that combines excellent grip, stability and performance, the MS405 provides users a solution that meets all harsh demands. Developed with a cut-resistant tread compound and deep undertread, the puncture-resistant MS405 allows superior productivity and minimal downtime. The addition of the MS405 furthers MAXAM’s strong relationship with Cat as MAXAM currently supplies 23.5R25 MS302 as a factory fitment option on Cat 950GC, 950L, 950M, 962L and 962M in certain regions. MAXAM MS302 tire sizes have also been validated and approved for future factory fitment on additional Cat medium wheel loaders. 40

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New Company G&R Starts Making Tracks With offices based in Stonewall, LA., and manufacturing locations in northeast Louisiana, G&R Manufactured Solutions has gone into business producing specialized forestry track systems for extreme applications. Partners Glyn Jordan and Robert Reeves officially formed the business in January of this year.

Reeves, who has spent 25 years in the forest products equipment business, retired from Doggett Machinery on December 31 to pursue the new venture full-time. Jordan, having spent much of his 40-plus-year career fabricating and repairing agricultural and construction attachments and crawler undercarriages, brings hands-on experience and CAD (computer aided design) drafting functionality to the table. In 2009 he engineered and installed the first steel tracks systems

onto two newly introduced module building cotton pickers, enabling them to pick in otherwise impossible conditions. He and Reeves formed G&R with the purpose of beefing up his agricultural world designs to take on the rigorous environmental requirements of the forestry industry. With patent applications in place inside the U.S. and Canada, G&R’s heavy-duty track systems, designed for steep and wet ground conditions, are currently available everywhere

via direct sales. The company is actively seeking dealership relationships to better support its customers. For more information, visit the company website at gandrmfg.com, or contact Robert Reeves by email at robert.rrequipment@att.net, or by phone at 870-510-6580.

SC Plans 90K Lbs. Pilot Program For March In February, in an effort to help their state’s loggers remain competitive with neighboring states, South Carolina Timber Producers Assn. President Crad Jaynes and Forestry Assn. of South Carolina President Cam Crawford met with South Carolina Dept. of Transportation Secretary Christy Hall and other SCDOT officials to discuss increasing truck weight limits. They reached an agreement, in concept, to establish a pilot program permitting log trucks to haul 90,000 lbs. Though details remain to be hashed out, the program should begin in March. Jaynes emphasizes that the program is not only for unmanufactured forest products. Representatives from the South Carolina Poultry Federation and South Carolina Dept. of Agriculture also attended the meeting, and the expanded weight limit will also apply to haulers of animal husbandry products, including livestock and feed. Once implemented, the program will allow log trucks to haul 90,000 lbs. with an annual permit for primary roads and 30-day permits for secondary roads. Permits will come at no charge and out-of-state trucks can apply. SCDOT will release a document explaining procedures for the new permits.

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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY JD Knuckleboom Loaders

and heat within the cab, while also including several options that increase comfort throughout the day. The new features, which build upon the fuel efficiency improvements introduced in 2019, provide customers with efficient, comfortable solutions for the loaders’ operation. “Since the introduction of the E-

New for 2020, John Deere has updated its E-Series knuckleboom loaders with new features designed to boost operator comfort. Driven by customer feedback, the 337E and 437E models incorporate a redesigned operator station that is built to reduce noise

Series machines, we continued to speak with customers and collect their feedback so we can ensure our machines meet their needs,” says Brandon O’Neal, product marketing manager, John Deere Construction & Forestry. “Customers are concerned with comfort and fuel costs, especially as they manage labor challenges and tightening budgets. With the improvements we have made over the last two years, we are able to provide our customers with immediate solutions for their business.” One of the most notable changes on the updated E-Series machines is the removal of the rear and left back windows, reducing the heat load inside the cab and improving operator comfort. Additionally, the removal of the rear window helps to lower noise levels in the cab. Each cab can be equipped with several comfort-boosting options, such as a heated, ventilated seat; a premium radio package, including Bluetooth; a cell phone holder with power supply; or an in-cab storage cooler. Three lighting packages are available to help provide visibility in low-light conditions. Visit johndeere.com.

Tigercat Head Tigercat continues to expand its range of harvesting heads with the new 568, a robust, productive four-wheel drive harvesting head for roadside processing. The 568 offers excellent productivity and reliability. Optimized harvester head

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hydraulics maximize performance and efficiency, while robust, high quality components provide long-term reliability. Large diameter hoses and large capacity valves provide ample strength to match the greater hydraulic flow and power of Tigercat carriers. Timed knife arms and triangulated wheel arms allow the operator to pick quickly from the pile and to maintain positive tree contact when feeding. The floating front knife and fixed back knife ensure good quality delimbing. Single or dual-track measuring wheels with a horizontally pivoting trailing-arm design, along with priority-flow length measuring, provide superior length accuracy. The patented 4WD – 2WD

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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY auto-shift drive system provides extra power and positive grip when feeding large trees, fast speed in smaller trees, and full manual control when needed. With Tigercat’s 4-2 drive system, you get speed and powerful feeding all in one. The 568 starts in 4WD, maximizing feed force for faster acceleration and to quickly power through bigger trees. As the load drops, it

automatically shifts to 2WD, improving efficiency and increasing feed speed. The system shifts back and forth seamlessly with no operator input required, all while maintaining precise and accurate length measurements. The 568 harvesting head uses the Tigercat D5 control system. The system allows the operator to monitor lengths, diameters and

species in real-time to ensure maximum productivity with a simple and intuitive Tigercat-developed user interface. The Tigercat D5 control system is available in three levels of bucking control and reporting: Tigercat D5 Prio, Tigercat D5 Prio PC and Tigercat D5 Optimization, allowing operators to tailor the system to their needs. Visit tigercat.com.

Waratah Felling Head

Waratah Forestry Equipment has released a new large felling head model, the FL100. The large directional felling head, designed for 30+ metric ton carriers, improves productivity, increases durability and extends uptime for steep slope, shoveling and traditional felling applications. “The high-capacity Waratah FL100 gives our customers the benefit of added productivity in a very capable head,” says Brent Fisher, product marketing manager for Waratah. “It has highcapacity grapple arms engineered for improving operational picking and holding force of logs – this provides exceptional operational capabilities in traditional felling and steep slope shoveling applications. It also includes a valve-in-head design and our new TimberRite X-20 control system, simplifying installation.” New features on the FL100 that contribute toward maximum productivity include continuous rotation and dual rotate motors that enable high rotation power requirements. As a large class of directional felling head with a 1m (39.3") cut capacity, the FL100 also features extra-long, continuously curved opposing arms for enhanced grapple capacity and picking capability and a 1470mm (57.8") opening and 0.78 m2 (8.4 ft.2) payload capacity. The FL100’s forward placed saw unit allows for easier cutting of larger timber. For power in small or large capacity loads, the FL100 has one cylinder per arm plus a synchronizing link for maximum grapple holding force and control. This new head also leverages Waratah’s TimberRiteT measuring and control system. The TimberRiteT X-20 stand-alone controller provides configurable settings for improved head performance, productivity and measuring accuracy. Visit waratah.com.

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5-7—Southeastern Wood Producers Assn. annual meeting, Okefenokee Fairgrounds and Exchange Club, Waycross, Ga. Call 904-845-7133; visit swpa.ag.

1-2—Expo Richmond 2020, Richmond Raceway Complex, Richmond, Va. Call 804-737-5625; visit exporichmond.com.

6-8—Carolina Loggers Assn. annual meeting, Hotel Ballast, Wilmington, NC. Call 828-421-8444; visit ncloggers.com. 10-11—Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo, Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 334-834-1170; email dianne@hattonbrown.com; visit bioenergyshow.com. 25-27—Hardwood Manufacturers Assn. 2020 National Conference & Expo, JW Marriott, Nashville, Tenn. Call 412-244-0440; visit hmamembers.org. 25-27—SFPA/SLMA Spring Meeting, Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, La. Call 504-443-4464; visit sfpa.org.

April 7-9—Kentucky Forest Industries Assn. annual meeting, Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. Call 502-695-3979; visit kfia.org. 28-May 1—Virginia Forestry Assn. Summit, Hotel Madison, Harrisonburg, Va. Call 804-2788733; visit vaforestry.org.

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18-20—Forest Resources Assn. annual meeting, Omni Austin Downtown, Austin, Tex. Call 202296-3937; visit forestresources.org. 20—TEAM Safe Trucking Semi Annual Meeting, Omni Austin Downtown, Austin, Tex. Call 207841-0250; visit teamsafetruck ing.com.

July 16-18—West Virginia Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Cannan Valley Resort & Conference Center, Davis, W.Va. Call 681-265-5019; visit wvfa.org. 24-26—Georgia Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Jekyll Island Convention Ctr., Jekyll Island, Ga. Call 478-992-8110; visit gfagrow.org. 25-28—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Summer Conference, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC. Call 336-885-8315; visit appalachianhardwood.org.

August 21-22—Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, Starkville, Miss. Call 800-669-5613; visit midsouth forestry.org. 20-23—Virginia Loggers Assn. annual meeting, Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Va. Call 804-677-4290; visit valoggers.org. 25-27—Florida Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, Amelia Island, Fla. Call 850-222-5646; visit floridaforest.org. 25-27—Louisiana Forestry Assn. annual meeting, TBD. Call 318443-2558; visit laforestry.com. 25-28—IWF 2020, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 404-693-8333; visit iwfatlanta.com.

Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.

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