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Vol. 47, No. 5
(Founded in 1972—Our 548th Consecutive Issue)
F E AT U R E S
May 2018 A Hatton-Brown Publication
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From left, H.G. Yeomans, Will Heath, Mark Collins and Russ Yeomans work together to oversee a highly diversified timber company under Yeomans Wood and Timber. Story begins on Page 8. (Photo courtesy of Link-Belt Forestry)
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SOUTHERN STUMPIN’ By David Abbott • Managing Editor • Ph. 334-834-1170 • Fax: 334-834-4525 • E-mail: david@hattonbrown.com
Safety First W
e have a policy at Southern Loggin’ Times: no pictures in the woods without hardhats. We won’t run a picture of anyone using a chain saw without proper PPE, like saw chaps and eye protection. You should be wearing ear protection, too. My dad told me just today that he couldn’t hear it raining outside his window, and he blamed his hearing loss on years of running a chain saw without ear protection. We have this policy to encourage safe behavior. For the most part, this isn’t a problem. Most of the crews I see are already doing it. By and large logging has become much less dangerous, and most loggers are better about safety. Still, we do hear of far too many dragging their feet in this area, often over basic, obvious things, like wearing a seatbelt in a truck. Some people just refuse to use good sense. A few years ago I visited a logger who balked when I told him everyone needed a hardhat for their picture to be in the magazine. “I don’t wear a hardhat and can’t no man make me,” he declared defiantly. “Ok,” I shrugged, and went my way. After I finished writing the story, I called his house and talked to his wife. “I have the article ready,” I explained. “But I don’t have any pictures I can use of him or the crew because none of them had hardhats, so unless you can get that for me, his face won’t be in the article.” The next morning she emailed me a picture of her husband and his crew, each man wearing a brand-new hardhat. Turns out he was right: no man could make him wear a hardhat. A woman, on the other hand…
A Woman’s Touch Safety On Site, Inc. (SOS) is a logging safety consulting firm based in Perry, Ga., a central location from which CEO Darlene McDonald and her team can efficiently get to their clients’ job sites anywhere in the state. After studying forestry at the University of Georgia, McDonald started SOS in October 1997. At the time she had been working for a sizeable logging operation where the oversight of that company’s safety program was among her duties. She was about to go on maternity leave when the idea hit her. “I did training for our guys and it occurred to me that there had to be other loggers who needed the same thing but didn’t have the manpower to do it,” she recalls. She told her boss that she would not be coming back from maternity leave because she was going to work full time with her new daughter and her new business. He became her first client, and still contracts her services today. Initially doing it on her own, McDonald now has a team of seven conducting safety meetings for loggers all over the state. Topics may cover OSHArequired annual training, or come from her conversations with insurance agents; she asks about 6
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notable recent claims and how to prevent them. Right now, substance abuse is on the upswing, she reports, and, she now spends more time dealing with trucking issues than problems in the woods. Beyond meetings, SOS helps each client develop its own safety program, or supplements programs and policies already in place. Services include help getting paperwork and certifications in order for OSHA, DOT and insurance, as well as CPR, first aid and AED (automated external defibrillator) training. “It would not surprise me if one day OSHA requires an AED on the truck,” she says. She can be hard on her customers when they need it. “One of my guys made the comment that the only difference between his safety lady and a pit bull is mascara.” A few years ago one of her clients suffered a fatality on the job. Darlene was there with them to walk them through every step of the investigation, answering questions and showing paperwork from her four years working with that logger. The OSHA inspector was not expecting that. The logger later told her, “I always knew what you did for me was important, but I never knew what all you did do for me.” In her experience, most loggers want to do the right thing, but many don’t know what that is. “With all the fires they have to put out everyday, safety isn’t normally the fire burning highest, so it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. They intend to do a safety meeting, but there is always something going on—it usually involves a truck—so they put safety on the back burner. They don’t know what they need until they need it, and then it’s too late.” Contact Safety On Site: 478-218-9322; safetyonsite@windstream.net.
Putting Out Fires Before he started Southern Safety Solutions in Taylorsville, Miss., Don Chennault was a firefighter. He spent 22 years in the Jackson Fire Dept., where he retired as a captain. He was also an EMT on an ambulance. After retiring, he joined the Taylorsville Volunteer Fire Dept., where he served as chief for 18 years. When his business took off, he had to step back from those duties, but continues to serve part time. In all he has 45 years experience as a fireman. Alongside that career, Chennault also spent 20 years as a workers’ comp safety coordinator at an insurance company, dealing exclusively with logger safety, when it unexpectedly went out of business early in 2013. “I was 63 and I didn’t know what I was going to do for a living,” he says. “I prayed and the good Lord dropped this business in my lap on April 13 of that year.” At his insurance job, he had already been conducting safety meetings for a handful of loggers, so
it made sense to expand. “It was a little tough at first,” he explains. He was hoping to get 30 customers. By the end of the first year, he had 40 clients. “The next year, OSHA started doing surprise inspections on loggers, and that’s when we really took off. Everyone was afraid OSHA would come see them and they wouldn’t have everything they needed. Now, if something were to happen, our customers have everything they need for an OSHA inspection.” Five years into the venture, Chennault and his team conduct safety meetings with 115 logging crews across the state each month. The team includes his son Brent, his wife Sheila and two employees, Matt Saucier and Michael Weathersby. Brent, 39, Saucier and Weathersby are also firefighters. “Everyone here is a firefighter except my wife, and she puts out the fires I make at home and in the office,” Chennault laughs. It works well because firefighters are on duty in 24-hour shifts, with 48 hours off. It also means they’re more than qualified to teach on safety. Southern Safety Solutions performs essentially the same consulting services in Mississippi that Safety On Site does in Georgia. They go to the job sites and teach on a different subject each month. Topics vary depending on current events in the area, Chennault says. “If someone has had a bad injury or a chemical spill, we try to keep everybody updated.” Chennault and crew also offer CPR and first aid training. “We are set up so we can give them continuing education credit hours for PLM (professional logging manager) certifications,” he explains. “It helps prevent them from having to spend a whole Saturday sitting in a classroom, because they can get one hour for each class that we do throughout the year.” Chennault agrees with McDonald that trucking presents the biggest safety concern in the timber business today. He also teaches classes through Mississippi State University, and has recently been helping them with TEAM Safe Trucking classes. “Most people are really good about wearing PPE, especially anyone using a chain saw. Most operators are very conscious of that now, though there are a few you will never convince.” Contact Southern Safety Solutions at 601-9342944 (Don Chennault), 601-596-7038 (Brent Chenault), or email donchennault@bellsouth.net.
Special July SLT Trucking Section If you’re involved in manufacturing or selling log trucks or anything related to log trucks, check out our ad on page 22 this month. In our July issue we will offer free editorial space to you, so if you want to participate please contact me at david@ SLT hattonbrown.com before June 5.
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Yeomans Work ■ Georgia operation touches all the bases, continues to upgrade. By Jay Donnell and Paul Wagner SWAINSBORO, Ga. hen Herman (H.G.) Yeomans, ★ who had partnered in wood procurement with his father, founded Yeomans Wood and Timber in 1979 his main objective was straightforward: provide service to forest landowners by buying timber at competitive prices, never sacrificing the quality of the harvesting operation, and producing forest products efficiently and safely. It’s safe to say that philosophy has paid off, but not even H.G. could have envisioned the scale of the operation today. His son, Russ, currently serves as president of Yeomans Wood and Timber, while H.G. serves as Chairman and has remained active in the industry on a larger level, serving on the boards of the Georgia Forestry Assn. and Georgia Forestry Commission. Will Heath, a longtime employee with the company, serves as vice president. The business, which initially maintained a relationship with Gilman Building Products, continued to expand over the years, at one time subcontracting with as many as 30 logging crews. In 2010, with H.G.’s support, Russ and Will started Woodmax LLC as a logging production subsidiary to Yeomans Wood and Timber in order to maintain wood production levels after several loggers went out of business during the recession. Today Woodmax owns and operates three logging crews to complement 12 contract crews that Yeomans manages around the state. Mark Collins manages the three crews, one of which specializes in thinning, moving 40-50 loads per week, while the other two clear-cut and thin, each producing 75-100 loads, and each running processor machines purchased in the fall of 2017. The company also operates WM Logistics, which is the trucking side. And there’s the company’s Katco Industries, a 20-acre wood yard just outside of Swainsboro, which also operates a new processor. Russ and Will serve as procurement foresters for Yeomans Wood and Timber and manage the supplier system. They have two foresters in total and several timber buyers. Collectively the operations are
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Link-Belt 3740 PHN processor with Waratah harvesting head cuts “prime” lengths for Interfor.
responsible for producing more than 1 million tons of wood annually.
Woodmax Crews Southern Loggin’ Times had the opportunity to visit one of Yeomans’ company crews known as “Woodmax 1,” which was clear-cutting a 280acre tract on relatively flat terrain. This is one of Woodmax’s processing crews and includes operators Lucas Johnson, Walter Reese, Stephen Smith and Shep Douglas. Woodmax 1 runs a 2017 Cat 538 processor with a Waratah 622B harvesting head, along with a 2014 Tigercat 234 loader, 2015 Tigercat 620E skidder and a 2016 Tigercat 720G feller-buncher. Woodmax 2 is the other processing crew. Chris Rowland, Glen Mckenzie, Waylon Wilson and Arthur Copeland make up Woodmax 2. Woodmax 2 runs a Link-Belt 3740 PHN with a 623C Waratah harvesting head. Other equipment includes a 2017 Tigercat 234 track loader, 2016 Tigercat 620 skidder and a 2015 Tigercat 720E feller-buncher. The thinning crew, Woodmax 3, is manned by Dustin Fulmer, Howard Ward, Kelly Thigpen and Jeffrey Ball. Woodmax 3 runs a 2014 Cat 539 loader, 2012 Tigercat 610 skidder and a 2014 Tigercat 720 feller-buncher. A 2012 Cat 525C skidder and a 2015 Cat 525D skidder are also available for each crew to use when necessary. Equipment dealers are Yancey Bros. in Statesboro, Tidewater Equipment in Hazlehurst and Crosby Equipment in Swainsboro. Primary markets include Interfor in Swainsboro, International Paper in Savannah and Port Wentworth, and Claude Howard Lumber in Statesboro.
Woodmax 1 crew, left to right, Lucas Johnson, Walter Reese, Russ Yeomans, Stephen Smith, Shep Douglas in front of Cat processor
SLT SNAPSHOT Yeomans Wood and Timber Swainsboro, Ga. Email: russ@yeomanswood.com Founded: 1979 Owner: H.G. Yeomans No. Crews (Operating as Woodmax LLC): 3 Equipment: 3 knuckleboom loaders, 1 track loader, 5 skidders, 3 feller-bunchers, 2 processors Trucks/Trailers: Six Mack trucks on order, Freightliners Tidbit: The company also owns and operates Katco Industries, a 20-acre wood yard near Swainsboro.
Sustainability is one of the key reasons for the company’s success. “The parent company, along with its affiliates, maintains a philosophy of conservation and utilization directed toward safe and healthy management techniques,” Russ says. “Responsible timber management is part of our corporate philosophy. We have foresters on staff who work directly with landowners.” Roads are usually already in place for the three Woodmax crews, but if not they use a Cat D5N dozer to build them up. Mark Collins makes sure all three crews take care of the BMP and SMZ requirements before leaving a job and makes sure to leave the jobsite as clean as possible. Logging operations are supported by WM Logistics, which has been running Freightliner and Peterbilt
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trucks, and will continue to run a couple of Freightliners, but is bringing in six 2019 Mack trucks that should be arriving in May. Russ notes that the trucking situation in Georgia is not very good right now, which is why he and a few other forestry leaders in the state have come together to start a committee through the Georgia Forestry Assn. Their goal is to work with legislature and the DOT to provide a better understanding of what trucking operators have to deal with. “One of the main reasons we’re buying the new trucks is to try and get out in front of this thing and have safer vehicles on the road,” Russ says. “When they get inspected by the DOT there’s a better chance of everything being in order.” Russ notes the company has been blessed to have some really good drivers. The company offers incentives and pays by a percentage of the load.
Processing Time In the fall of 2017 Yeomans purchased Caterpillar and Link-Belt track processors as the result of ongoing talks with Interfor, which has a strong foothold in the South and especially Georgia where it oper-
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All three Woodmax company crews are heavy to Tigercat equipment.
ates numerous sawmills. The Canadian-based company has done many studies and seen the need to go to what is known as a “prime length” system, which from their standpoint means less waste at the mills and more efficiency on a daily basis. “It was their promotion to get the processors so that we could cut prime lengths to help create better efficiencies in their mills,” Russ says. “They support us on both processors. We feel like we’re in a partnership with them.” Link-Belt isn’t as commonly known as some equipment companies in the South. In February 2017 Yeomans was looking to add a log loader at their wood yard and were considering several brands. The real breakthrough came when an export logging company, Pacific Lumber and Shipping, suggested that they take a look at Link-Belt Forestry
machines with which Pacific has had great success on the West Coast. Russ says they traveled to Longview, Wash. to see it in operation and talk to the operators, and were impressed with the machines. Yeomans contacted local LinkBelt dealer, Crosby Equipment Co., and asked if they could try one of them out. They chose the Link-Belt 3740 TL, a 39-metric ton timber loader known as a workhorse. “We were initially impressed with its power and smoothness, and its fuel economy is tremendous for a machine that size, especially when we compare it to the other brands we’ve run in the past,” Russ comments. “Without any hesitation, we were convinced it was the right machine for us and bought it in June 2017.” The machine’s operator at the wood yard, Mark Wynn, points to its
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fuel efficiencies, large DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) tank that they only have to fill once a week on average, and he mentions the large, comfortable and quiet cab compared to some other machines they’ve run. Based on on their success with the 3740 TL in the wood yard, Woodmax decided to try a Link-Belt swing machine in the woods. They selected a Link-Belt 3740 PHN with a 623C Waratah harvesting head. “The combination of a slightly larger machine than we were previously using and the 623C head has been a great match for us. The heavier machine is much more stable and really produces,” Russ says. Operator Glen McKenzie, a seasoned professional with nearly 20 years of experience, characterizes the 3740 PHN as a “smooth and solid machine.” “This machine is ten thousand pounds heavier than our last machine, and feels much more stable,” McKenzie says. “Good visibility around the front of the machine and the rear camera is nice. The lights are bright and allow you to see the processor head at all times.” He also likes the protection and comfort offered by the tilt cab. Collins notes that Yeomans is no stranger to operating processors, hav-
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Yeomans’ Katco wood yard put in the Link-Belt 3740 TL last year.
ing done so since 2001. “The next few thousand hours will really tell us, but I’m not expecting any surprises,” he says. Russ adds that service is an important piece of the puzzle. “The quality of the service provider is often more important than the quality of the product itself,” he says. “We’ve been fortunate to work with Swainsboro Branch Manager Tim Tomberlin and the rest of the folks at Crosby. That reassurance of uptime is a big plus.” The Cat processor, with the Cat C7.1 ACERT engine, meanwhile is a smaller machine with a smaller head. Russ says the unit has performed well and the operator likes working in it. “We decided if we were going to do this, we were going to jump in with both feet,” Russ says. “So far, so good.”
Industry Future Russ believes the industry is turning around to some degree, which is why they decided to invest in new logging machines and new trucks. The company has an office in Swainsboro where Carol Yeomans, Russ’s mother, is one of the secretaries. She helps take care of the massive amounts of data and information that Yeomans Wood and Timber has to keep up with. With more than 50 employees and three total companies there’s plenty of work to do. Woodmax utilizes Safety On Site for all of its safety needs. They take care of the company’s drug testing, safety meetings and safety reporting. Yeomans has thrived in today’s market by balancing environmental stewardship with responsible timber harvesting practices, reliability in its services, and by maintaining a place of employment that offers safe and positive reinforcement to its workers and families. That’s what H.G. Yeomans has SLT wanted all along. Jay Donnell of Southern Loggin’ Times and Paul Wagner of LBX Company both visited the Yeomans operations and contributed material and photos for this article.
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Double Play ■ Brothers Terry and Todd Bowlin prefer to keep newer equipment, saving on downtime and repair bills.
The Bowlins made a choice early on that they wanted to run newer equipment to minimize downtime, and that's what they've done for 20+ years.
By David Abbott BROOKHAVEN, Miss. hird generation loggers Terry and Todd Bowlin inherited the ★ sawdust in their DNA from their father and grandfather. Todd, 49, and Terry, 44, own Bowlin Logging LLC, working together as equal partners. With two crews usually operating together on different parts of the same tract, the brothers have worked out a natural division of duties for themselves. “I am the PR man and the flunky, and Terry keeps things going in the woods,” Todd grins. “Logging was just in our blood,” he continues. “We enjoy it, even though the trucks take some of the enjoyment out of it.” Terry adds, “It’s
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just the freedom. We punch no time clock.” Their grandfather, Lee Bowlin, worked in the woods with crosscut saws and mules. “He was sure enough old school,” Todd says of his grandfather. “He said one time his biggest cut was 26,000 board feet in one tree.” Their dad, Claude, grew up in it and as an adult worked in timber off and on until diving in all the way when he started Bowlin Logging with his sons in 1986. “I had just graduated school,” Todd recalls; Terry was still in school but worked in the woods in the evenings and on weekends. After he finished high school, the younger Bowlin brother came on board full time as well. “There was no use of us going to college,” he says. “Instead, we went to the college of logging.”
Terry and Todd Bowlin
All New After years of keeping older machines running, the Bowlin brothers eventually chose to make equipment payments over paying for repairs. “Daddy was old school,” Terry reports. “He would buy a cable
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skidder and weld grapples and an arch on it and hook it up. We had seen enough that we decided we weren’t going to do all that. We knew we would rather make a payment than have downtime. With the quotas and weather, you already lose time and you don’t have time to be
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SLT SNAPSHOT Bowlin Logging LLC Brookhaven, Miss. Email: tbowlin03@gmail.com tbowlin26@yahoo.com Founded: 1986 Owners: Todd and Terry Bowlin No. Crews: 2, but working together Equipment: 2 skidders, 2 loaders, 2 cutters, 1 dozer, 8 trucks, 14 trailers Production: 150 loads per week Average Haul Distance: 40-50 miles Tidbit: The Bowlins have well over $3 million invested in the company; all their inwoods machines are 2017 models and all trucks and trailers are ‘16 models or newer. They decided early on in their careers that they would rather pay an equipment note than deal with the hassle of constant breakdowns and downtime, so they have kept newer machines since the late 1990s, selling or trading in about every three years. Besides keeping the crews productive, they say it helps attract and retain better operators and keeps them free to enjoy family time on nights and weekends. sitting at the house working on something when you can work and be productive.” By 1995, Terry continues, they had been running, and repairing, older machines for almost a decade. “The breakdowns were killing us, so we decided we would either get a note and buy a new machine or go to the house.” The brothers, who had by this time taken over for their dad, opted for the former, and in 1996 purchased their first new machine, a Timberjack 360 skidder. “We have kept newer machines since then, and here we are now,” Terry says. Where they are now is fielding enough equipment for two crews, all of it 2017 model Tigercat machines. Purchased from B&G
They run almost all 2017 model Tigercat machines from B&G Equipment in Magnolia.
The brothers also keep newer trucks, with a fleet of eight Peterbilts, none older than 2016.
Crew, from left: Eric Birdsong, Eddie Foster, Wesley Hall, Dernell Garner
Truck driver Wade Nations
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Most of the time, one cutter keeps both crews busy.
Two loaders set up on separate decks in different parts of the tract.
Equipment in Magnolia, the lineup includes two skidders (632E and 620E models), a pair of 234B loaders, and a 726G feller-buncher that serves as the primary cutter. As a backup, they also keep a 2006 model 724D that has racked up 12,000 hours of service but can still go strong. For road work, they have a ’17 Caterpillar D6N dozer, and for trimming they use Stihl pole saws. They cite both durability and resale value as big reasons for their partiality to Tigercat. “I have a used equipment man who buys and sells, named Russell Brown of JRC-3 Equipment out of Farmerville, La.,” Todd says. “I could call him and
in-between on our Viking four bolsters. It’s called a Texas edition.” The brothers agree that the biggest headache in logging is trucking. “I call a truck a necessary evil,” Todd says. Finding the right drivers is a universal challenge in the business, but not so much in the Bowlins’ experience. “When you have ’16 and newer Peterbilts, you have no trouble finding drivers, and the same with new equipment,” Terry reports. “Everybody wants to be comfortable and in nice stuff, and not have to work on it every day in the woods.” With all that late-model iron, the company has more than $1 million in trucks and trailers alone, and with
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have any piece out here sold by this afternoon and come out ahead on it.” The trucking side is similarly new, with the Bowlins maintaining a fleet of eight Peterbilt trucks pulling 11 Viking and three Pitts trailers, all ’16 models and newer. All their rigs use Viking scales. The trucks run on Cummins and Paccar engines, 500HP. When it comes trailers, they believe lighter is not often better. “You either pay for it now or you pay for it later,” Terry says. “Trailers that are too light get torn all to pieces in the woods. But there are pros and cons either way. We have started switching to, not a lightweight and not heavy duty, but
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logging equipment added in they figure their investment total is significantly upward of $3 million. They obtain financing mostly directly through Tigercat and Peterbilt or PACAR Financial, with some purchases handled through local banks. Years ago, like many loggers, they admit they had trouble getting financed. “You had to be strong with the bank because Tigercat didn’t offer financing,” Todd says. “But if you pay your bills, you don’t have that much trouble getting financed.” Along with salesman Bill Nunnery and manager Randall (Red) Williamson at B&G for their Tigercat machines, Terry and Todd buy
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their trucks from the Peterbilt dealers in McComb and Jackson, Viking trailers and Vulcan scales from Nations Welding in Brookhaven, Pitts trailers from McComb Diesel and the Cat dozer from salesman Lane Sasser at Puckett Machinery Co. in Brookhaven. The Bowlins typically trade machines after three years or 6-7000 hours, either selling or trading in, wherever they get the most value. Since they keep everything under warranty, most major repairs or main-
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tenance will be done by the dealers, which keep detailed records, useful at trade-in. All machines get serviced at 250 hours, with oil and filters changed by the operators on site. The Bowlins send oil samples to B&G, as required by the warranty. “If you do what is supposed to be done, when you have any issues that are questionable, they will stand behind you,” Todd believes. Trucks are serviced around every 15,000 miles at Dunaway Equipment in Brookhaven, which is
also where they buy Firestone tires, their preferred brand both for trucks and woods equipment. Several of the trucks have dash cams. “We started installing them about three years ago, but we don’t have them all yet,” Todd says. “We haven’t had any accidents for it to help yet, but if we ever do we will be able to prove who was at fault.” Most all petroleum products come from RB Wall Oil Co. in Brookhaven. The crew keeps two 110-gallon fuel tanks on its three Chevy crew
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trucks, which the company uses to provide employees transportation to and from work every day. The brothers also have a Dodge 5500 service truck with welder, air compressor, crane and tools along with spare hoses and filters.
Supply, Demand Although they consider the operation as having two crews, both crews generally work in tandem, separate but on the same tract. In most cases the 726G cuts for both loaders, which are set up on separate ramps in different parts of the tract. Tract size can range anywhere from 40 to 300 acres; they were on a 233-acre block when Southern Loggin’ Times visited in March. The crews work in pine almost exclusively. “That’s all Weyerhaeuser grows,” Todd says. “My guys prefer hardwood because there are fewer sorts, but we only work in hardwood if it is left over from yesteryears. They keep it sprayed now so the hardwood understory won’t grow.” They do final harvests, no thinning, on timber with an average age of 25 years old and an average DBH of around 22 in. “Weyerhaeuser comes behind us and handles all the BMP work, but we use mats for creeks.” They worked for Plum Creek, and now Weyerhaeuser since the merger in 2016. A forester from that company keeps them busy. “He has a tract lined up for us well before we get through with the one we are on, so we never have to sit and wait unless Mother Nature throws an obstacle,” Terry says. The most common obstacle Mother Nature has had for them, of course, is rain. “We have been on quota but it hasn’t been a problem, they give us all we can haul anyway, so we haven’t really missed work from it,” Todd says. “We’ve missed work mostly from rain.” They report that wet weather last summer and through the winter has made it a struggle to work very far off company roads. “It hasn’t really been a lot, but it is more than normal,” the older brother continues. “We have missed more this year than the last two years in a row at this point in the year. And we ran duals on skidders year-round for the last few years, for stability but also because it’s been so wet.” The crews send pulpwood to Drax Biomass in Gloster and Georgia-Pacific in Monticello, Miss. Pine logs and chip-n-saw go to Weyerhaeuser in Magnolia or Rex Lumber in Brookhaven, with smaller chip-n-saw bound for Hood Lumber in Silver Creek (formerly Joe N. Miles & Sons). Small poles go to three different markets: Car-
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penter’s Pole and Piling, DeSoto Treated Materials or Salt Dome Timber, Inc., all around the Wiggins area.
Crew Terry spends much of his day as the regular operator of the 632 skidder, while Todd, who refers to himself as the general flunky, handles running around and picking up parts, does road work with the dozer or fills in any machine as needed. A veteran of more than 20 years with the company, Eddie Foster mans one of the loaders while Eric Birdsong, who originally worked as a truck driver for the Bowlins, took over the other loader five years ago. Dernell (Rabbitt) Gardner drives the smaller skidder, although the crews have only been running two skidders regularly for just over a year. Prior to that, one bigger skidder was enough to feed both loaders. Wesley Hall, who has been with the company for the better part of the last decade, is the cutter man. Truck drivers are Jeff Floyd, Wade Nations, Tommy Channell, Rodney Wardley, Blake Chisholm, Shan Case, Jimmie Whitington and Angie Williams—she’s been driving a log truck for close to 30 years, the brothers say. One contract trucker, Tootie Arnold, has worked for the Bowlins for years, first as an employee and then as an independent. Last year Arnold upgraded to a ’16 model Peterbilt, which he bought from the brothers. As far as retaining good employees, Todd says the key is simple enough. “We keep them in good equipment and treat the way we would want to be treated.” The Bowlins bring in safety consultant Don Chennault of Southern Safety Solutions, LLC, based in Taylorsville, to conduct a monthly safety meeting with the crew. In between, Todd says he addresses any other safety concerns at weekly tailgate meetings. The brothers also include a note with a different safety topic memo in the paycheck envelopes every week. Both brothers and most of the employees are CPR and first aid certified, with training from Southern Safety Solutions.
Talyn, 10 months old. Todd’s son, Sawyer, does what he can to help the family business when he’s not in school. Todd’s daughter Ashley, who graduated from Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson with an associate’s degree in business, takes care of all the office work for Bowlin Logging, under Todd’s supervision. “You see people on Facebook working on trucks and equipment all weekend, but that’s not us,” Terry says. “We want to go home
and enjoy our nights and weekends. That is why we keep newer stuff.” When they’re not working, the extended family enjoys camping on the river and riding ATVs. Todd’s spare time is spent taking care of cows. The company contributes time and money to various things in the local community, especially the sports teams their kids join. Bowlin Logging is a member of the Mississippi Loggers Assn. Looking ahead, neither brother predicts much change anytime
soon. “I really don’t see an upgrade or expansion, we just hope to be more efficient,” Todd says. “We don’t look for market to be better or worse. The market is weak now but it is the normal ups and downs.” Offering his advice to young loggers starting out, Todd says succinctly: “Don’t be stupid. Just work hard, long hours, but don’t stress. I don’t stress out about this business. I am concerned but I don’t stress. I don’t miss any sleep because of it, I SLT can promise you that.”
Priorities Todd and Terry have one older brother, Ted, who did not follow in the family footprints. “He was smart,” Terry says. “He became a Baptist preacher instead.” Their parents, Claude and Carolyn, are both still alive and well. Terry and his wife Jeri Lynn have two sons, Layton, 7, and Southern Loggin’ Times
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A Man’s Wages ■ Scott Lynn’s operation might just be in the thick of a modern movement.
By Jessica Johnson TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. hen I first ★ called Scott Lynn, who was then working a 20-acre tract on the side of a mountain near Oliver Springs, Tenn., I had no idea what to expect. In the same way, I never know what I am really getting into when I visit most loggers on the Southern Loggin’ Times editorial department’s radar. We can learn the basic details in advance, but every time we show up to a new landing for the first time, we always find something a little different—that little unique something that makes the story for the magazine really pop. For me, when I met Scott Lynn, that something different turned out to be a simple phrase: “I work young ladies,” he told me by phone as we set up the appointment. “And since they do man’s work, I pay them a
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man’s wage.” It stopped me in my tracks, mainly because he presented it as no big deal. It was just the fact. As a woman, I was grateful that somewhere out in the world, especially in the male-dominated world of logging, there was someone doing right by a young lady who’s working her tail off, but I really didn’t think much of it at first. It wasn’t until I was in the car on the way to Tennessee to visit Lynn that the significance of his comment hit me: I was visiting his operation on “Equal Pay Day,” April 10, 2018. The National Committee on Pay Equity created Equal Pay Day in 1996 as a way to raise awareness of the gap between men’s and women’s wages. According to Fortune, the date, April 10, was selected to illustrate how far into the calendar year women have to work to earn what men (on average) made by the end of the previous year. Many women in the working world, in and out of the woods, do “a
man’s job,” as Lynn put it, but don’t make “a man’s wage,” on average making 80 cents on the dollar, according to The Huffington Post. Logging is a tough business, and the finances of it can be challenging: wages, rates, fuel prices, taxes, equipment, parts. Everything seems to cost more and more, while the profit margins are frighteningly less and less. For some folks, that means hourly wages for woods workers aren’t what they used to be— regardless of gender. While many national newspapers and the internet were abuzz with Equal Pay for Equal Work on April 10, 2018, Lynn and his sole employee, Hailey (Little Bit) Taylor, were living it. It’s nice to see our industry ahead of the curve on gender equality.
Girl Power Taylor isn’t the first woman Lynn has employed. In fact he’s hired several right out of high school to
Hailey Taylor, Scott Lynn's only employee, says she prefers running older Timberjack skidders.
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work on his logging crew while they figure out what’s next for them. He pays each a fair wage and teaches them how to operate the equipment: first a tractor, then a skidder, then a loader. Some are taught how to fell with a chain saw. Of the six he’s employed, five have gone on to college and into careers that run the gamut from registered nurse to teaching English as a second language in Japan. Working in the woods has been sort of their stepping stone, Lynn says. Each of them comes into the woods green, and Lynn prefers it that way. “I would rather you don’t know anything, that way when I teach you, there’s no danger in it,” he explains. “You know where to stop. If you think you know, you will turn a machine over or get hurt and I don’t have control over that.” Lynn didn’t necessarily intend to be the logger with a female crew, but when he and his seven brothers decided some years ago to down-
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size the tough mountainside logging operations they had been running, he got to a point where he was having trouble finding good help. That’s when his niece approached him about hiring her to work in the woods. Then one of her friends saw how well it was working out for her and approached him about joining the crew as well. And then another. Then another. “They work just as good or better than men,” Lynn says definitively…because of course they do. Teaching someone how to log is just as much about what not to do as it is what you are supposed to do, Lynn believes. “You have to show them what you are doing, what the machine’s tipping point is, how steep of ground you can handle,” he adds. “The main thing is cutting the timber right to get it out, so you can pull by the stump down the slope. But you have to know what to do. When you have the chance to teach it right, there’s not much danger in it. That’s the secret on the mountain.” For her part, Taylor says logging wasn’t always her plan, but she felt led to the work. Her family had been in logging most of her life. She likes being outside and she’s mechanically inclined. “He’s the best teacher,” she says of Lynn, for whom she’s worked for five years.
In The Woods These days, it is just Taylor and Lynn on the crew. Taylor runs the skidder and the loader. Though she knows how to run a chain saw, Lynn handles it. Tracts are usually small, filled with bluffs of 60 ft. or more and rocky ground. The logging isn’t easy, and Lynn and Taylor make sure to discuss safety every week, as it isn’t uncommon to hear of other crews having serious acci-
dents. Scott Lynn Logging has never had an accident since its inception in 1999. Both Taylor and Lynn carry radios, so if Lynn finds himself hung up with the saw, or Taylor is stuck on a bluff she can’t climb out of, they have a reliable way to communicate. Both agree that being able to communicate is critical to their success. Lynn does purchase his own tracts, but he also does a significant amount of contract work for R&R Lumber Co. in Harriman, Tenn. Average production, given ground conditions, timber and weather, is 10 loads a week of hand-felled hardwood. Lynn contends that it is impossible to use a feller-buncher in the steep ground he works. It’s hard enough with his vintage Timberjack skidders. “Machines can’t climb this. Most of this timber has to be choked and cabled.” So, as with the rest of his equipment, he runs what he knows is tried Owner Scott Lynn, back, and employee Hailey Taylor and true: Husqvarna chain saws. Lynn says there is no secret to keepWhile many logging crews today ing them running for 23 years aside would balk at the idea of running a from running good oil and grease. 1995 450 Timberjack skidder, a ’98 Lynn prefers 303 hydraulic oil and 460 Timberjack skidder or a ‘95 Rotella motor oil. 210D Prentice loader, Taylor says Taylor merchandizes wood she prefers them to the newer mod(mainly red oak and poplar) for els. “I love the Timberjacks,” she R&R into 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 ft. declares. “It feels good, and it’s logs on a vintage Prentice loader. well balanced for rough places.” Either Taylor or Lynn hot load R&R
contracted trucks each day. “We used to run our own trucks, but that’s a headache and two people just can’t do it,” Lynn says. Instead of a mill delivered price, Lynn works on a negotiated flat rate.
Wrench Turning Lynn and Taylor ride to the woods together, and work within an 80mile radius of his 40 x 60 ft. shop in Tellico Plains. From there, Lynn and Taylor keep busy in winters and during bouts of bad weather by doing mechanic work for their crew and others. Lynn also runs a parts business, H&L Logging, Heavy Machinery and Parts. The parts and mechanic business keeps the winter busy, Lynn says, noting this past winter he and Taylor rebuilt a skidder from one end to the other for someone in North Carolina, in addition to working on their own machines. A fourth generation logger, Lynn remembers well when he and his brothers ran a bigger operation and got 50 loads per week in these same conditions. “But you’ve got more men, more machinery, more upkeep, more expense,” he says. These days he likes the slower pace of a smaller logging operation. “I’m getting older and I figured it would be easier. I’d rather be like this than SLT anything else.”
SLT SNAPSHOT Scott Lynn Logging Tellico Plains, Tenn. Email: scottlynn37@gmail.com Founded: 1999 Owner: Scott Lynn No. Crews: 1 Equipment: 2 skidders, 1 loader, 1 dozer, 1 chain saw Production: 10 loads per week Average Haul Distance: no more than 80 miles Tidbit: Hailey Taylor, friends with Scott Lynn’s niece, first showed interest in working on the logging crew by helping Lynn hand-feed a chipper when Lynn was cutting timber around fence posts before she graduated high school.
Lynn and Taylor have a good working relationship in the Tennessee mountains.
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2018 EXPO Richmond Exhibitors
May 18-19, Richmond, Va. n 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. n Exhibitors as of April 26 Aervoe Industries, Inc. Booth 510
Bell’s Machining Lots G2, G3
Corley Mfg Booths 4238, 430, 432, 527, 529, 531
T.H. Glennon Co., Inc. Booth 611
Kaufman Trailers Lots L7, L18
AFLAC Booth 101
Ben Jones Machinery Booths 310, 312
Country Saw & Knife, Inc. Booth 612
Go Fast Manufacturing LLC Lots H8, H9
Keith Manufacturing Co. Booths 409, 411
Aftermarket Parts Booth 329
B. H. Payne & Co., Inc. Booths 427, 429
Cresswood Shredding Machinery Booth 636
Golden Rule Equipment Booth 606
Kelco Chains, LLC Booth 308
Air Systems Mfg of Lenoir Booth 719
Biolube Inc. Booth 744
Cummings & Bricker, Inc. Lot G28
Greenfield Equipment Sales Lots L8, L17
Kelco Chains, LLC Booth 308
Air-Flow Trailer Systems, LLC Lot M6
Biomass Engineering & Equipment Booths 206, 208
Custom Milling & Consulting, Inc. Booth 704
Greentech Mfg / Crown Royal Stoves Lot M3
Kenne-Saw & Supply Co. Booth 633
Airline Hydraulics Corp. Booths 110, 111
Blackberry Farm Enterprises, LLC Booth 118
Cutting Systems, Inc. Lots I1, I2, I7, I8, I9
Gregory Poole Lift Systems Lots L5, L20
Key Knife, Inc. Booth 416
Albach International Lot A21
Blue Ridge Iron Lot J16
D.A. Dunaway Sales Booth 627
HAIX North America, Inc. Booth 715
Keystone Machinery Corp. Lots G14, G15
Alderman Saw Shop Booths 220, 222, 224
Boldesign Inc. Booth 716
D.W. Bands Booths 228, 230
Hanover Tool Lots OD-2
Kiln-Direct Lots H4, H5, H6
Alliance Automation Booth 2
Brewco Inc. Lot F4
Hatton-Brown Publishers, Inc. Booths 705, 707, 709
The Knifesource Booths 232, 234
Alliance Tire Americas Inc. Lots L10, L11, L14, L15
Brewer Machine & Parts Lots M7, M8
Dabney S Lancaster Community College Booth 3
HeatmasterSS / by SteelTech Inc. Lot B2
KNL Holdings, LLC Lots G11, G12, G13
American Built Machinery Co, LLC Booths 405, 407
Bronco Pallet Systems Lots B10, B11
Hewsaw US Inc. Booth 622
L & L Sales Booth 740
American Logger’s Fire Supression Co. Booth 619
Brunner-Hildebrand Lumber Dry Kiln Co. Booth 519
Diehl-Clayton Booth 422
Hitachi Construction Machinery Loaders America Inc. Lot L9
Landen Strapping Booth 120
American Lumber & Pallet Booth 722
Brush Wolf by Cross-Tech Mfg. Lot C6
Diesel Laptops Booth 332
HMC Corporation Lots K7, K8, K16
American Signumat Ltd. Booth 623
Brute Force Distributing Lot I3
Discount Hydraulic Hose Booth 202
Honeyville Metal, Inc. Booth 746
American Strapping Company Booth 10
Built-Rite Mfg Corp. Lot A14
DVA, Inc. (Ditch Witch of Virginia) Lot C16
Hub Industrial Supply Booth 638
American Wood Dryers Booth 521
Burton Saw & Supply Lots w/ Simonds International
Dyna Products Lot K4
Hurdle Machine Works, Inc. Lots J1, J17
AMEX Hard Wood Inc. Booth 621
Carolina Giant Tire Lot K6
Eastonmade, Inc Lot F3
Hurst Boiler Booths 718, 720
Apollo Equipment Booth 512
Carolina Inspection Services Inc Booth 333
Econotool, Inc. Booth 327
Husqvarna Lots A10, A11 & A12
Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc. Booth 48
Carter Machinery / Caterpillar Lots K1, K2, K3, K19, K20, K21
Farm Bureau Booths 34 & 35
ICE Companies, Inc Lots L6, L19
Carter’s Machine & Planer Fabrication Booth 307
Farm Credit Booths 750, 752
ICM Equipment NA Corp Lot L13
Automated Industrial Technologies Lots W/ PMG in Old Dominion Bldg
CAT Loader Championship / Caterpillar Forest Products Lots L1, L2, L3, L4, L21, L22, L23, L24
Fecon, Inc. Lot L16
Industrial Reporting, Inc. Booths 732, 734
Automated Machine Systems, Inc Booths 212, 311
Cemar Electro Booth 608
Flying Dutchman, Inc. Booth 431
Innovative Data Systems, Inc. Booth 515
Automation & Electronics USA Ltd Booth 309
CJ Logging Equipment Booth 532
Forest Pro, Inc. Lots D4, D5, D6, D7, D16, D17, D18, D19
Innovative Trailers Lot G21
B & C Truck Sales, Inc. Lots C4, C17
Cleereman Booths 402, 404, 406, 408, 410, 412, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, Lot H11
Automated Biomass Systems Lots A19, A20
Bad Dog Tools Booth 601 Bailey’s Inc. Lot F2 Baker Products Lots G23, G24, G25 Ballantine Booth 617 Bandit Industries Lots K10, K11, K12, K13 Barko Hydraulics Lots with Jewell on Exhibition Pad Bates Distributors, Inc. Lot J3
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Colony Tire & Service Lot J15 Commercial Credit Group, Inc. Booth 4 Comstock Logging Supplies, Inc. Booth 100 Continental Biomass Industries Lots A7, A8 Cooper Machine Company, Inc. Booths 640, 739 Cord King Lots G18, G19
Delta Computer Systems Booth 523 DFM / Dougherty Forestry Mfg. Lot F1
Forestry Mutual Insurance Booths 315, 317 Forestry Suppliers, Inc. Booth 520 Forestry Systems, Inc. Booths 516, 615 Fulghum Industries Booths 334, 336, 433, 435 Gaines & Critzer Ltd. Booth 27 GBN Machine & Engineering Corp Lot A9 GCR Tires & Service Lot G16 Gem Chain Bar, Inc. Booth 217
Interpack Systems, Inc. Booth 738 Iron Bull Mfg. LLC Booth 321 ISK Biocides, Inc. Booth 227 James River Equipment Lots J5, J6, J7, J8, J9, J10, J11, J12 Jewell Machinery Lots Exhibition Pad JK Enterprise Landscape Supply, LLC Booths 216, 218 Jones Manufacturing Co Lot G27 Kasco / Woodmaxx Blades Booth 811
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Landmark Spatial Solutions, LLC Booth 736 Laona Machine Supply Booth 229 Link-Belt Mid-Atlantic Lot L12 Liquitube Marketing International Booth 330 Log Max, Inc. Lot K5 The Log Ox Booth 109 Logging Encoders.com Booth 522 Logical Systems, Inc. Booth 418 Long Island Lumber Lot K9 Lumbermen’s Equipment Digest Booths 25, 26 Lumbermen’s Exchange Booth 105 Machinery Installation Co., Inc. Lot F5 Macoser, Inc. Lot C8 Manac Trailers, USA Lot M9 MASS Booth 714 Massaging Insoles Booth 24 McAllister & Co. Booth 807 McClung-Logan Lots K14, K15 McDonough Manufacturing Co. Booths 624, 723
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Mellott Mfg Co. Inc. Lots D11, D12
PRS Group Booths 731, 733, 735
Reiter Technical Services Booth 809
Ryan’s Equipment Inc Lot B1
Menominee Saw & Supply Co. Inc. Booth 712
Quadco / Southstar Lots E6, E7, E8, E9
Riley Forestry Equipment Lots E1, E2
Salsco Lots A15 & A16
Messersmith Manufacturing, Inc. Booth 331
Quality Craft Tools Lot J2
Rising Son LTD Booths 6 & 7
Saw Control Systems Booth 132
Metal Detectors, Inc. Booth 233
R & R Beth, LP Booth 319
ROI - Ragnar Original Innovations Inc. Lot H10
Saw Service & Supply Inc Booth 721
Metropolitan Staple Corp. Booth 508
Rayco Industries, Inc. Lots K17, K18
Roll Rite, LLC Booth 306
Sawmill Hydraulics Booth 724
Midwest Machinery & Automation Booth 711
Redwood Plastics Corp Booth 401
Rotobec Lots A3, A4
Sawmill MD Booth 603
Morbark, LLC Lots D8, D9, D10, D13, D14, D15
Reimler Parts Mfg. Booth 104
Rotochopper, Inc. Lots H1, H2, H12, H13
The Sharp Tool Company Booth 323
Multitek North America Lots B4, B5, B6, B7, B8 National Association of Consulting Foresters Booths 16 & 17 National Hardwood Lumber Association Booth 742 National Wooden Pallet & Container Association Booths 49, 50 Newman Machine Company, Inc. Booth 304 Nicholson Manufacturing Ltd Booths 602, 604, 701, 703 Nokian Tyres Lots E4, E5 Norfolk Bearins & Supply Co., Inc. Lot C7 Norwood Sawmills, USA Inc. Lots C13, C14, C15 North America Supply Booth 134 Nyle Systems Booth 717 Oak Lawn Blade Sales & Service Booth 506 Offroad Trackchair LLC Booth 5 Oleson Saw Booths 702, 800, 802, 801, 803, 805 Olofsfors Inc. Lot A2 Outback Heating of VA, Inc. Lot C18 Pallet Machinery Group, Inc. Lots Old Dominion Building Pantron Automation, Inc. Booths 706, 708 Paw-Taw John Services, Inc. Booth 511 Peerless Saw Co. Booths 128, 130 Pendu Manufacturing, Inc. Booths 434, 436, 438, 440, 533, 535, 537, 539 Peterson Pacific Corp Lots C9, C10, C11, C12 Pinnacle Trailer Sales, Inc. Lots G20 & G22 Piper’s Saw Shop, Inc. Lot G1 Precision Husky Corp. Lot E3 Profile Technology, Inc. Booth 106 Progress Engineering LLC Booth 524
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SII Dry Kilns Booths 112, 211 Simonds International Booths 536, 538, 540, 635, 637 & 639 Smart Products Lots J4, J13, J14 Smetco Inc Booth 502 Sonny Merryman, Inc. Lot G17 Southeast Industrial Equipment Lots A5, A6 Southern Carlson Booth 504
SPIB (Southern Pine Inspection Bureau) Booth 620 Star City Brokers Booth 609 Mid Atlantic - Stihl Lots C1, C2, C19 Stringer Industries Booths 122, 124, 221, 223 T.S. Manufacturing Booths 316, 318, 320, 415, 417, 419 Talladega Machinery & Supply Co. Booth 302
Taylor Machine Works, Inc. Lots M1, M1A
Titan International Lot I6
Universal Tag, Inc. Booth 420
Telco Sensors Booths 628, 630
Trade Tec Computer Systems Ltd Booth 219
U.S. Blades LLC Booths 102, 103
Tigercat Industries, Inc. Lots D1, D2, D3, D20, D21, D22
Trilink Saw Chain LLC Booths 116, 215
USNR Booths 632, 6343
Tigra USA, Inc. Booth 727
Truck Enterprises Richmond Inc. Lot A1
Utility Management Booth 729
Timber Automation Booth 328
Alan Tye & Associates Lot I4
VAB Solutions Inc Booth 403
Timber Products Inspection, Inc. Booth 517
U-C Coatings LLC Booth 813
Vacu-Therm Lot H3
Timbersoft, Inc. Booth 534
Universal Machinery Sales Booth 231
Vermeer Mid Atlantic Lots M4, M5 Vidmar Sales Lot C3 Viking Engineering & Development Lots Arena Virginia Department of Ag and Consumer Services Booths 42 & 43 Virginia Department of Forestry Booths 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 36 and two booths outside Commonwealth Bldg. Virginia Forest Products Association Lots Exhibition Building Virginia Forestry Association Booth 47 Virginia Logger’s Association Booths 44 & 45 Virginia Tech Center for Forest Products Business Booths 18-23, 28 & 29, 32 & 33 Virginia Tech SHARP Logger Program Booths 30 & 31 Vision Tally (Industrial Vision Systems) Booths 605 & 607 Vollmer of America Corp Booths 629, 631 Wallingford’s Inc Booths 760, 762, 764 Waratah Forestry Attachments Booths 301, 303, 305 Webster Industries, Inc. Booth 424 Wellons Group Booths 616, 618 West Salem Machinery Co Booths 107, 108 White & Company Booth 737 Windy Ridge Corp Booth 210 Woodcracker NA Lot C5 Woodland Parts & Service, Inc. Booths 322, 324, 421, 423 Wood-Mizer LLC Lots Inside 528, 530 / Outside G4, G5, G6, G7. G8, G9, G10
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Equipment Linc LLC Hosts Open House
Tom Hirt, in green shirt and cap, winds up his sales pitch for the DF703 Phoenix triwheeler, two of which have been sold in Alabama in recent months.
A chilly drizzle didn’t faze this group. Heavy rain fell on the demo site the night before.
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ging equipment dealer located near Maplesville in Chilton County. Customers from near and far were treated first to an equipment demo held a few miles from the
facility. They watched a DF703 Phoenix tri-wheel feller-buncher, mated with an 18 in. DF sawhead fitted with Quadco teeth, drop trees for a Tigercat skidder, which
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Prepared by a local caterer, the food was delicious and plentiful. Equipment Linc shares abundant space with other Parnell enterprises.
relayed them to a Barko 595B loader coupled with a CSI 496 delimber. For some younger loggers, this may have been their first time to see a tri-wheel buncher in action. DelFab introduced its machine a couple of years ago, nine years after Valmet stopped production of its version, which was the last of its type to be manufactured. DelFab’s marketing manager, Tom Hirt, was on hand to answer questions and to point out notable features. Earlier this year, a south-central Alabama company took delivery of a 703, the first sold by Equipment Linc, according to president Tommy Moore, who sold several Valmet tri-wheelers years ago while working for another dealer. He pointed out that DelFab actually made the Valmet machine, saying it did a very good job. DelFab has upgraded the previous machine and offers it at a price within reach of more potential customers, he noted. After the demo wound down, customers reassembled at Equipment Linc’s building for a lunch that included catfish and all the trimmings, hamburgers, and home-cooked desserts. Drawings were held for numerous door prizes. James Willis won a Milwaukee impact wrench donated by Quadco; Daniel Thompson won a Yeti cooler donated by CSI; and Ken Chance took home another Yeti cooler donated by Truckworx Kenworth. Additional smaller items were given away by Equipment Linc, DelFab, and Barko. Other equipment reps attending were David Clark, Barko; David Sanders, Rotobec; Kelly Logan, Quadco; and Dennis Andrews, CSI. “Everyone at Equipment Linc would like to say a big thank you to each and every person who joined us. We enjoyed visiting with old friends and making new ones. We look forward to continuing our relationships and building new ones as we strive to meet the needs of all of our customers,” SLT said Moore. 36
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n the first few months of 1978, these events were unfolding in the South’s forested landscape: —Scott Truck & Tractor Co. of Louisiana held back-to-back grand openings at two new branch facilities in Shreveport and Alexandria, drawing a combined total of about 400. Headquartered in Monroe, Scott was a dealer for International Harvester, Tree Farmer, and Prentice, among other brands and types of equipment. Representing Tree Farmer at the events were Phil Crider and Pat Doyle. —R.A. Dunlap, McCormick, SC, added a new International S10 Pay Logger cable skidder (129 HP) to his logging operation. —Thirteen years with the company, Gary Vaillancourt assumed management of Timberjack’s company stores in Tuscaloosa and Montgomery, Ala. —Tidewater Equipment Co. staged a grand opening for its new location at Newberry, SC, its fourth in the state and its 14th overall across four states. Its principal product lines were Franklin and Husky. —Waycross, Ga. swamp logger Roy (Charles) McDonald added a Tree Farmer C7 grapple skidder to complement the capacity of his Drott 30 tracked feller-buncher. From left are Charles, Larry and Q.J. Hill. Earl Holland, Georgia Timberlands’ Division —John Deere dealer Mid-South Equipment Co. opened a new 46,000 Manager, is at right. sq. ft. store in Montgomery, Ala. —Bill Duke was named a sales rep for Spartan ment Co., Louisiana; North Florida Clarklift, Florida; Phillips Machinery, Equipment Co. in coastal South Carolina, and Dennis Virginia; Tree Harvesting Equipment Co., Alabama; Tri-State Equipment, Vollmershausen was named manager of marketing Tennessee; Turner-Coleman, Inc., South Carolina; West Georgia Equipfor Eaton’s Forestry & Construction Equipment Div. ment Co., Georgia Equipment Co., and East Georgia Equipment Co., (Timberjack), Woodstock, Ontario. Georgia; and Tri-County Tractor Co., North Carolina. —Cotton-Hutcheson, Inc., Evergreen, Ala., pro—Headquartered in Jeffersonville, Ga., Hill Logging Inc. moved a conmoted Tree Farmer sistent 300 cords a week with 30-year veteran skidders and Dunham Q.J. Hill at the helm. Sons Charles and Larry, Log Hog loaders. Cotthen 30 and 26, respectively, played a big part ton-Hutcheson was a in the company, which was teamed up with Dennis Vollmershausen key retailer for DunGeorgia Timberlands. ultimately became Tim—Boise Cascade announced it would invest berjack’s chief executive. ham, which manufactured skidders, loaders $130 million to expand newsprint and pulping and trailers and was based in Minden, La. capacity at its joint venture pulp-paper mill at —Standridge Tractor & Implement, HayDeRidder, La. den, Ala., was a dealer for Massey Ferguson —Johnson Trailer Sales Corp. opened a forklifts and skidders (the 80 HP 320 cable sales, parts and service facility in Waycross, model). Ga. —Buddy Nolen, 27, was selling equipment —Husky Hydraulics introduced the model for Timber Harvesters Inc., Albany, Ga., XL-200 knuckleboom loader, calling it “the working a 17-county area. most for your money in the 22,000 lb. class.” The IH S10 as used by R.A. Dunlap —Loggin’ Times, as it was known at the —National Hydro-Ax was growing its line time, was in its 7th year and called itself “The of hydrostatic feller-bunchers and adding to South’s Only Logging Newspaper.” its dealer base. —Logger Paul Fly, 43, was getting it done —Sherer Timber Co., Selma, Ala., added a out of Coffeeville, Miss., with the help of his Timberjack RW30 harvester to its thinning brother, Billy, and son, Ricky, then 19. crew, believing that it would help it better —About 650 loggers, foresters, equipment compete in buying timber from private people and landowners turned out for the third landowners. biennial Timber Harvesting Expo in Tifton, —Kelley Logging Co., Bolton, NC, was Ga. The two-day, static-live event incorporatsuccessfully using a Bobcat feller-buncher fited a hydraulic system troubleshooting session ted with a Morbark shear to thin plantations conducted by Barko’s Joe Wood, the master owned by Federal Paper Board. jokester and storyteller extraordinaire. —Ken Gray, service manager for Franklin —These companies were representing Equipment Co., died of a heart attack. He was Clark Equipment Co. and its line of forestry 46. equipment: Piney Woods Tractor & Imple—The 16th East Coast Sawmill & Logging ment, Texas; B&G Equipment, Mississippi; Equipment Expo was held May 19-20 at RichBobcat feller-buncher was fast and agile in thinning applications. SLT Clarklift of Arkansas, Arkansas; HP Equipmond, Va. 40
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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP
As We See It: ALC Continues To Make Progress For Loggers In Visits To Washington, DC By Danny Dructor The American Loggers Council held its annual FlyIn to Washington DC in March, connecting loggers to members of Congress and the Dructor Trump Administration. Our event would’ve had record participation if not for an early spring snowstorm. Fortunately, 60 members made it to our nation’s capital and together we made progress on several policy priorities to benefit loggers. As with past events, the Fly-In gave ALC members an opportunity to meet with their respective members of Congress. However, this year loggers enjoyed increased access to administration officials. ALC held a meeting with officials in President Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As the people who most commonly do the work on federal forests, we urged the Administration to change
the way the U.S. Forest Service does business. We also had an audience with Interim Forest Service Chief Vicki Christensen and Deputy Director of Forest Management John Crockett. A highlight of our Fly-In was passage of the bipartisan wildfire and forest management agreement in the omnibus appropriations bill. The forestry package includes a new fire suppression funding mechanism that will adjust funding caps to accommodate federal firefighting needs and end the need for regular fire borrowing from non-fire accounts at the Forest Service and Interior Department. The package also provides land agencies with some new tools to reduce wildfire risks, including a new categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for Wildfire Resiliency Projects, an amendment to the Healthy Forest Restoration Act to allow creation of fuel-breaks and firebreaks under that law, and reforms to vegetation management regulations around power lines. In
LOGGING LIFE AT HOME Thanks To A Logger Who Saw The Long Haul Deborah Smith has been married to Rome, Ga. logger Travis Smith for 34 years. They have 10 children: seven by birth, three adopted from Africa, and two granddaughters. A college English major, she began home-schooling their children in 1991. Says Smith: “I love my family; I am passionate Travis and Deborah Smith about encouraging others to keep the faith, to keep taking the next right step, no matter how hard life gets.” Visit her blog: buttercupsbloom here.blogspot.com
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remember standing on the beige carpet he installed in our used single wide trailer home for the first four years of our marriage. I had figured it all out. After smelling those delicious honey buns being baked as I drove by the bakery to college classes every morning, I had done the math. Working at the town’s bakery was going to pay way more than being a public school teacher in the early ’80s in northwest Georgia. So, it was easy peasy. I was going to quit college two and a half years in and get a job at the bakery. Then the bank would let us get a loan to build a house, I would have a baby, and life would be grand. I just knew my hard working logger, with his sometimes working equipment and long days and longer nights in his brother’s shop, fixing EVERYTHING that broke, would be overjoyed at my plan. Nope. He wasn’t. He stood on the carpet and looked me straight in the face. Calmly, without raising his voice, he spoke words that changed how I thought about myself at the time, and every day since. He gave me permission and freedom that I had never dreamed of giving myself. But as
addition, the package allows repair and reconstruction of forest roads on Good Neighbor Authority projects and provides relief from the “Cottonwood” decision that has threatened federal timber production throughout the West. For years ALC has worked with other forestry organizations to bring attention to the poor health of our federal forests and the social and economic devastation caused by the decline in federal timber harvests. Unfortunately, the agreement excludes many of the reforms in the House-passed Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017. Even with the positive provisions in the omnibus agreement, it’s clear that more needs to be done to significantly expand the amount of work that’s needed on federal forests. The spending agreement also offered loggers a partial victory on the issue of wood-based biomass, a byproduct of logging operations that can serve as a source of renewable energy for industries and communities. The utilization of biomass has been hampered by low costs of
fossil fuels and federal energy policies. The spending agreement extended the government’s policy of biomass’ “carbon neutrality” through September 2018. We’ve also made progress in our effort to promote uniform truck weight limits for log truck drivers. For many years ALC has sought to create a more predictable system across state lines on federal interstate highways, especially as individual states have received various exemptions from the limits. We have proposed creating an additional exemption for agricultural (including forest) commodity loads that meet state-legal requirements and tolerances. As we’ve written in the past, our efforts to establish more predictable weight limits have been met with fierce resistance from lobbyists in the railroad industry. During the Fly-In several members of Congress pledged to introduce legislation to provide relief from this patchwork system. Moving forward ALC will invest in researching solutions and developing policy that can pass Congress. We’re also continuing to advocate for ALC’s Future Logging Careers Act to give 16- and 17-year-olds in family logging companies more hands-on experience in mechanized
for my plan, it was a no go. Me (proud of myself): “I figured something out today. I’m going to quit school. I can make a ton more money working at the bakery with Clara than I can being a teacher.” Travis (dead pan face): “You ain’t quittin’ school. No ma’am.” Me (quite surprised): “I’ll make more money! We can get our building loan…” Travis (calm, but serious): “When we first got married, people came up to me and said, ‘She’ll never graduate from college, now.’ You are going to graduate.” Me: “I’m tired of staying up till 2 in the morning writing about Jane Eyre and getting up early to study for tests…” Travis: “Then don’t stay up late.” Me (exasperated): “I have to work hard for my As. I have to stay up late and get up early to make As.” Travis (dead serious): “Then don’t do your homework. Make Cs” Me (that moment you know someone really loves you): “What?” Travis: “Just graduate. You’re walkin’ across that stage and I’m gonna watch you walk across that stage. You’re gonna graduate.” Those words are with me, changing my life a little each day, to this day. The important thing was to graduate. He saw the long haul, something all good loggers do. They see what’s out there, in the future. Every day, Travis and hundreds of other self-employed loggers make decisions for the long run. Sometimes we need to change a little of the here and now, to make the most important decisions for the future. When we see the real needs, the real problems, and the goals, and we face them, we can set a path to get where we need to go. We can make detours or carry an extra load for a little while, when we know that we are working for the long run. Yes, I graduated. No, I just couldn’t let myself make Cs. But it sure felt good knowing that I could. We built the house. We had seven kids and adopted three. On a hard day, I look back at my younger days and see that if I did that hard thing, graduating, I can do the next hard thing and the SLT next hard thing…thanks to a logger who saw the long haul. Visit Deborah Smith’s blog: buttercupsbloomhere.blogspot.com. Southern Loggin’ Times
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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP logging. Since it passed the House last year as part of the larger Resilient Federal Forests Act, the bill has languished in the Senate and is unlikely to move forward this session. Nonetheless, our bill’s supporters on Capitol Hill have pledged to continue searching for a legislative pathway in current and future sessions. It’s unclear what additional
actions this Congress will take on forest-related issues. The prospects for a 2018 Farm Bill as an additional vehicle for reforms is murky due to partisanship. That’s why we are increasingly focusing on working with the Trump Administration to advance our priorities. Thank you to the members who participated in the 2018 Fly-In, including those
who were stopped by the weather. We are loggers working for loggers, and we are making progress. Dructor is Executive Vice President for the American Loggers Council, a 501 (c)(6) not for profit trade organization representing professional timber harvesters in 32 states. If you would Visit www.amloggers.com or call 409625-0206.
Last Rites Held For Tommy Glancy Thomas (Tommy) Glancy II, 55, owner of Glancy Logging of Pinetown, NC, was memorialized April 14 in Washington, NC. He Glancy died at a Greenville hospital on April 9. A native of Craven County, Glancy was a 1980 graduate of Washington High School and was respected for operating his successful logging business with a hands-on, low profile style. His passions were his family, his business and helping others. Survivors include his widow, two sons, two daughters, mother, one brother, one sister, and two grandchildren. The family asks that any memorial contributions be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, Triangle/Eastern NC Chapter, 7721 Six Forks Road, Suite 136, Raleigh, NC 27615.
Forestry Mutual’s Lemire Recognized By FRA John (J.J.) Lemire was honored earlier this year with a special “Safety Recognition Award” by the Southeastern Region of the Forest Resources Assn. (FRA). According to the FRA, Lemire exemplifies the safety leadership
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that his company fosters. As Director of Loss Control for Forestry Mutual Insurance Co., Raleigh, NC, he has authored many FRA Safety Alerts and Technical Releases aimed at improving logging and trucking safety awareness. Lemire has also served as the Chairman of FRA’s Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation and its Southwide Safety Committee. Lemire and Forestry have contributed to the development of many excellent logging safety videos that have been incorporated into state logger training and education programs. Lemire and Forestry Mutual are playing a key role in the current efforts of TEAM Safe Trucking (www.teamsafetrucking.com) to elevate the safety performance of the log trucking sector.
Georgia’s Eley Frazer Was Forestry Leader Southern Loggin’ Times was recently informed of the death of Eley C. Frazer, III, co-founder of F&W Forestry Services, Albany, Ga., and a well-known and highly respected forestry leader. Frazer, 91, died on January 29. His health had been in decline for several years. A native of Lafayette, Ala., Frazer
completed high school and est, then worked for five joined the Navy at 17, servyears as assistant unit ing in the Pacific Theater in forester for Georgia lands World War II. While attendfor St. Joe Paper Co. ing the University of FloriIn 1962 he helped launch da, where he earned a F&W Forestry Services, degree in forestry, he owned first serving as operating and operated a logging partner. Five years later he Eley C. Frazer, III business that he continued became president of the to run for four years after company. In 1988 he his graduation. became Chairman of the Board. He served for three years as man- Today F&W is one of the nation’s ager of Blackwater River State For- oldest and largest forest consulting
Mid-South Show Draws 70+ Exhibitors, Brands As of late April, more than 70 exhibitors representing more than 100 brands of products and various services, had booked space for the Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show (MSFES) in Starkville, Miss. Set for September 21-22, MSFES is the nation’s longest running live demo event and the South’s premier venue of its type. Those who reserved space in April included Alliance Tire Americas, Manac Trailers, MDOT Law Enforcement, Mississippi Forestry Commission, Midwestern Insurance Alliance, TRAX Plus, Renasant Insurance, Lumbermen’s Equipment Digest, Southern Safety Solutions, LMI-Tennessee, Timber Clothing Co., Waters Internaitonal Trucks, and MSU College of Forest Resources. A listing of exhibitors to date can be found at midsouthforestry. org; information for potential exhibitors can be found at crf.msstate. edu/msfes. In addition to featuring the latest in harvesting equipment and transportation products and technology, the event this year will again incorporate the Caterpillar Loader Championship and a separate show-sponsored skidder contest. As well, it will include two $1,000 cash door prizes, continuing education sessions for loggers and foresters, Log-A-Load for Kids fund raising efforts, a biennial tie-in meeting of the Mississippi Loggers Assn., and on-site cooking by certain vendors on Saturday. Established in the early ’80s, the show in 2016 drew record exhibitor participation and attracted roughly 7,000 across two days. Southern Loggin’ Times
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and management firms, operating 15 offices in nine states. Along the way, Frazer served as an officer in numerous professional and business organizations. He testified on forestry issues many times before Congressional committees and became a recognized expert in rural real estate and forest appraisal. He was an active member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Albany, serving as elder, deacon and Bible teacher.
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Westervelt Plans New Sawmill In Southeast The Westervelt Co. plans to construct a new sawmill in the Southeast. Specific location and design of the new Westervelt lumber facility are being prepared for final approval by Westervelt’s Board of Directors. The new mill will complement the company’s flagship lumber facility in Moundville, Ala., which Westervelt
reports is the second largest southern yellow pine production facility in the U.S. The expansion will take advantage of the proximity of the company’s timberland and pellet facility, as well as workforce and existing customer bases. The new mill will produce 250MMBF annually and create more than 100 jobs. “The Westervelt Co. has a long history in lumber manufacturing and environmental stewardship,”
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says President and CEO Brian Luoma. “The expansion of our lumber business will continue to build on that legacy. Our customers are growing, and we are doing our part to grow our lumber business to support them.” The Westervelt Co., a privately held company headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Ala., was founded in 1884. The company is currently under the fourth generation of family leadership. Westervelt’s announcement is the fifth announcement in recent months for construction of greenfield southern pine lumber sawmills. Rex Lumber Co. plans to invest $110 million to build a sawmill with a minimum 240MMBF annual production capacity near Troy, Ala. Hunt Forest Products, based in Rushton, La., and Tolko Industries of Canada will partner and build a $115 million sawmill in Urania, La. It will produce 200MMBF annually and operate as LaSalle Lumber Co. LLC. Georgia-Pacific will build a sawmill at Warrenton, Ga. on property adjacent its existing lumber mill. The $135 million sawmill will produce 350MMBF annually. GP is currently constructing a sawmill in Talladega, Ala. Canfor Corp. announced its plan to build a sawmill in Washington, Ga. with an investment of $120 million and with a production capacity of 275MMBF annually. The mill will be located near the company’s glulam facility in Washington. More SYP sawmill announcement are expected in the near future.
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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY New Caterpillar Machine
Caterpillar has produced two Cat® Forest Machine models, the 548 and the 548 LL. The 548 and 548 LL and other 500 series Forest Machine models meet U.S. EPA Tier 4f emission standards and feature outstanding fuel efficiency and optimized work tools while increasing horsepower, swing torque, lift capacity and tractive effort. Cat Forest Machines are versatile, purpose-built track machines that can be customized to perform a complete range of tasks for forestry operations and contractors. The Cat 548 forestry excavator
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is configured for tasks ranging from road building and site preparation to processing logs roadside or at a landing. The 548 LL is configured as a log loader and can perform log handling tasks, such as shovel logging, loading, power clam/butt-n-top applications and mill yard activities. An enhanced hydraulic system delivers a higher level of efficiency and power. Upsized pumps, the layout of components and back-toback main control valve all optimize hydraulic oil flow. The hydraulic updates enable the 548 and 548 LL engine to run at a lower steady state RPM while maximizing power. An almost 20% boost in swing torque, depending on the model, provides more power to move trees, increasing production and efficiency. Heavy lift mode and other updates enable greater lift capacity to handle larger payloads with improved control, and tractive effort has improved by as much as 13% to allow efficient maneuvering when working away from the road. Visit cat.com/forestry.
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In 2017 Tigercat developed and released its most compact skidder platfrom, the 602 series. The prototype 602 skidder was sent to France last summer to be fitted with a Belgian designed and manufactured swing boom for use in mountain regions of Europe. Now, the 602 is available as a cable skidder suited to pockets of North America and other traditional winch skidder markets. The 602 cable skidder is ideal for high value selective hardwood logging and for retrieving timber from steep slopes and gullies. The 602 is equipped with the
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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY Tigercat FPT Tier N45 engine, which provides full emissions compliance for Tier 2 and Tier 4f , along with excellent fuel economy. Both engines deliver 168 HP at 2,200 RPM. The machine has a fixed front axle with an oscillating center section to achieve a very narrow overall width of 106”. The agility of the 602 is ideal in selective felling applications. The machine can access high value timber in steep terrain, while mini-
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mizing damage to the residual stand. Maximum fuel efficiency is achieved by the use of Tigercat’s load sensing hydraulic system— only supplying the amount of oil that the various functions require for reduced engine load. Bill Shufflebotham, based in Rockport, Ill., purchased the first 602 cable skidder. He states, “It’s the only quality small machine on the market. It’s easy to move at nine ft. wide and it’s powerful.”
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Ponsse presents a new loader, the K121, for its Elephant and ElephantKing forwarders.The loader combines high slewing torque and lifting power, increased reach, and a new type of loader geometry that is easy to control. It enables shorter loading and unloading times, facilitates working in conditions where load handling takes up a large proportion of the working time, and makes it easier to work on sites where large trees must be handled
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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY and on slopes that demand more powerful loaders. The improved geometry of the K121 loader, easy control system, and the ability to install a grapple with a surface area that is 16% larger adds up to significantly increased load-handling performance. The K121 loader further improves work performance on slopes by providing the high loader power that is essential for steep conditions. Such conditions also demand a large tilt angle for the crane pillar in order to ensure smooth load handling. The tilt stand
available for the K121 has a larger tilt angle, guaranteeing that the loader works at the right angle even in steep environments. Ponsse’s Elephant and ElephantKing forwarders are also widely used on work sites where extremely large sawlogs are handled. The new loader model makes it easier to efficiently handle and move large logs, for example when loading onto freight trains. Thanks to the high torque, lifting power and stronger reach, trees can be lifted from even farther away than before. This reduces the need to
move the machine closer to the trees, or having to bring the cut logs to the ground next to the machine before lifting. The loader has been field tested in demanding conditions in Canada, Russia and the U.S. The hydraulic system, hoses and pipes have been placed inside the boom for added protection. The extension cylinders are also protected inside the boom, and the piping of the rotator has been protected by passing the pipes directly through the hanger. Visit ponsse.com.
Peterson Pacific Chipper
Peterson Pacific Corp. offers the 3310B drum chipper, a smaller and lighter model that can operate on tighter landings for biomass and land clearing operations. With a 540 HP Tier 3 or Tier 4 Caterpillar engine, the 3310B has the power to handle up to 24” diameter logs. With large access doors on both sides of the machine for serviceability, the fully enclosed engine compartment keeps things clean. The 3310B’s transverse design allows for a much smaller operations deck, providing flexible production configurations in diverse terrain. With 230 degrees of rotation, the end-load or optional topload spout design allows trailers to be loaded in a variety of positions, depending on the demands of the job site. Using the proven drum and knife design from the larger 4300-series drum chippers, the 3310B’s main components are robust and offer long life. The 3310B is available with a fourpocket drum for typical biomass chips, or an eight-pocket drum for microchipping applications. The chips exit the machine from an innovative auger system, which feeds an accelerator to increase payload density. The 3310B is available with an optional powered feed deck, allowing for shorter stems and tops. Both the powered- and standard fixed feed deck can be stowed for transportation purposes. The Peterson 3310B drum chipper is also Peterson+ enabled—a new remote monitoring solution providing machine owners access to real-time and historical data of their machine’s performance and location. Visit petersoncorp.com.
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2016 Bandit 3590 micro chipper, CAT 2005 Morbark 23WCL, CAT 3412 800hp, 2016 Ram 5500 HD, 4WD, Hemi 6.4L, C27 w/875hp, 2457 hours; engine war- 8000 hours; 3-knife 75″ disc, separator, 1500 miles, auto trans; Reading 11′ body, ranty, 5 years/10,000 hours....$423,000 stabilizers................................$127,500 5 year/ 100,000 warranty...........$57,500
2012 CAT 559B w/ CTR 426 delimber, 2012 CAT 573C FB w/ SC57 saw, CAT 2011 Deere 648H single arch, clean CAT w/9908 hrs.; Prentice grapple; Pitts w/ 8719 hrs., no DEF; disc replaced, cab, air ride seat, DD trans., winch, w/ hyd. trailer............................$76,500 cylinders packed, records......... $75,000 30.5 tires, tight pins, no leaks $59,995
2 Tigercat 630 single & D/A function; 2016 Tigercat 620E D/A grapple, 17 sfg; 2016 Tigercat 630E D/A w/ 21 sfg; FPT Cummins 6CTA8.3, hydrostatic drive, FPT w/900 hrs., warranty, winch, 30.5, w/4332 hours, warranty; 30.5 & 24.5 winch, Tires: 30.5 x 32...$30,000 each 24.5 outside dual available..... $209,000 tires..................................... $189,000
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Office : 903-238-8700 • Jason Bruner: 903-452-5290 Bill Bruner: 903-235-2805 H REDUCED PRICES H
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2015 Cat 573C Mulcher – NEW FAE 200/U225 mulching head, NEW high pressure pump and hoses, 240 HP Cat 7.1 engine, 30. X 32 tires, Cab with air, Ready to work! 300 hours since the conversion from a Feller Buncher. Monthly rental available! .................. $205,000
2011 Cat 563 Feller Buncher – 7,400 hours, SC-57 Saw Head, 28L tires, Cab with air, Ready to work!..................$69,500
2005 Timberking TK350 Feller Buncher9,100 hours, Waratah FD22 Saw Head, Cab with air, 28L tires, Cat engine with new injectors, No leaks, Serviced and ready to work!................................ $47,500
2012 Cat 573C Mulcher – FAE 200/U-225 Mulching Head, 240 HP Cat 7.1 engine, 28L tires, Cab with air, Ready to work! 900 hours since the conversion from a Feller Buncher. Monthly rental available!................... $159,000
MULCHERS 2017 Kubota SVL 95-2S Mulcher – 46 hours, Equipped with a New FAE mulching head. Rental available! Weekly / Monthly / Rent to own......... Call for price!
2015 Cat 553C Mulcher – NEW FAE 200/U225 mulching head, NEW high pressure pump and hoses, Cat 6.6 TIER 3 engine, Cab with air, Good 28L tires, Ready to work! 400 hours since the conversion from a Feller Buncher. Monthy rental available!.................... $175,000
LOADERS
2011 John Deere 437D Log Loader – Trailer mounted with Riley delimber, 3,000 hours on engine rebuild, Rebuilt hydraulic pump, Cab with air, Ready to work!............. $59,500
2014 Cat 553C Mulcher - NEW FAE 200/U225 mulching head, NEW high pressure pump and hoses, CAT 6.6 TIER 3 engine ,Cab with air, Good 30.5 x 32 LGP tires, ready to work! 400 hours since the conversion from a Feller Buncher. Monthly rental available!... $169,000
Late model used Saw Heads – Good used take off heads. These heads were pulled off for mulcher conversions. ......... Prices range from $7,500 - $12,500
2011 Cat 563 Mulcher- FAE 200/U-225 Mulching Head, 200 HP Cat 7.1 engine (Tier 3), 30.5 x 32 tires, Cab with air, Ready to work!........................................ $129,500
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2013 Deere 643K Feller Buncher STK# LT654068; 8242 hrs $58,000
2016 Deere 803M Feller Buncher STK# LU290856; 3444 hrs $265,000
2015 Deere 437D Knuckleboom Loader STK# LT278170; 6545 hrs $125,000
2015 Deere 437D Knuckleboom Loader STK# LT278774; 7022 hrs $116,500
2015 Deere 748L Skidder STK# LT667210; 6081 hrs $165,000
2015 Deere 848L Skidder STK# LT669069; 4053 hrs $212,000
2015 Deere 648L Skidder STK# LT668593; 4402 hrs $185,000
2012 Deere 648H Skidder STK# LT641386; 9450 hrs $98,000
2013 Deere 748H Skidder STK# LU652669; 9006 hrs $85,000
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Call: Ted Smith
5840 Hwy 36, Russellville, AL Home: 256-766-8179 • Office: 256-766-6491 Fax: 256-766-6962 • Cell: 256-810-3190
Hose, Fittings & Crimpers Helping Loggers Save Money For Over 20 Years 8309
Contact: Chris Alligood 1-252-531-8812 email: chrisa.cavalierhose@gmail.com
2016 Caterpillar HF201B sawhead. Full rotation wrist. Approximately 400 hours. Like new $60,000 obo
Cat 518 & Cat 518C skidders in TX, LA area Call Kent 936-699-4700 r_kentjones@yahoo.com
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In addition to new machines, CHAMBERS DELIMBINATOR, INC. now has factory reconditioned DeLimbinators. These units have been inspected, repaired, and updated as needed. Call us and we will help you select a DeLimbinator for your need.
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2008 Tigercat 630C. Good 30.5 tires. SWEDA axles. Dual arch. Less than 1000 hours on totally rebuilt engine and Tigercat reman hydrastats .................................................$55,000 obo Parting out: Tigercat 720B w/5400 head, 240B, 635 and 845B. Deere 437D, 648G, 748G, and 843. Prentice 310E, Cat 522B, Timberking 360, and Timberjack 735.
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2007 John Deere 909J, 360° FD22 saw, leveling cab. Located in Alabama................. $98,000
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2004 Tigercat 640C Clambunk. 8200 actual hours, 30.5 front with 24.5 duals, 28Lx26 on rear including duals, bogies in excellent condition, runs great, just don’t need anymore........................................... $140,000 obo
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COMING EVENTS May
September
18-19—Expo Richmond 2018, Richmond Raceway Complex, Richmond, Va. Call 804-737-5625; visit exporichmond.com.
9-11—Alabama Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Perdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach, Ala. Call 334-265-8733; visit alaforestry.org.
July
21-22—Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, Starkville, Miss. Call 800-669-5613; visit midsouth forestry.org.
16-18—Georgia Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Westin Resort & Spa, Hilton Head, SC. Call 912-635-6400; visit gfagrow.org. 20-22—Missouri Forest Products Assn./Missouri Loggers Council annual meeting, Old Kinderhook, Camdenton, Mo. Call 816-6305500; visit moforest.org. 29-31—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Summer Conference, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Fla. Call 336-885-8315; visit appalachianwood.org.
August 23-26—Virginia Loggers Assn. annual meeting, Colonial Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, Va. Call 804-677-4290; visit valoggers.org. 24-25—Arkansas Timber Producers Assn. annual meeting, Embassy Suites, Hot Springs, Ark. Call 501224-2232; visit arkloggers.com. 28-30—Louisiana Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Sam's Town Hotel & Casino, Shreveport, La. Call 318443-2558; visit laforestry.com.
28-30—Florida Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Omni Amelia Island, Amelia Island, Fla. Call 850222-5646; visit floridaforest.org.
October 2-4—Arkansas Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Hot Springs Convention Center, Hot Springs, Ark. Call 501374-2441; visit arkforests.org. 10-12—North Carolina Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Sheraton Hotel, Raleigh, NC. Call 800-2317723; visit ncforestry.org. 11-13—American Loggers Council annual meeting, Shilo Inn, Seaside, Ore. Call 409-625-0206. visit amloggers.com. 17-19—Texas Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Moody Gardens, Galveston, Tex. Call 936-632-8733; visit texasforestry.org.
November 7-9—Forestry Association of South Carolina annual meeting, The Westin, Hilton Head Island, SC. Call 803798-4170; visit scforestry.org. Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.
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