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Vol. 45, No. 11

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Wounded Warriors t being the month of Thanksgiving, I thought it he wanted to do something more about it. His appropriate that in this issue you’ll find more idea was to organize a father-son hunting trip for than one example of loggers who do more Wounded Warriors back home in Florida. Last than just run exemplary logging businesses. year, he discussed it with Gary and they put the These guys take the time to give back, in one plan in motion. way or another. For instance, the cover story Through Wounded Warriors, Gary and Rodney (starting on page 8) is on Florida’s Tim Southerinvited a group of Marines from North Carolina land, who makes it a point to serve the industry to come down to their home base in Perry for a in the political arena both locally and at the week of outdoor activities in February 2016. national level.

Gary took them fishing for three days, and RodProviding another positive role model are the ney took them hunting for three days. The week men in charge at M.A. Rigoni, also in Florida. also included a tour of the Gainesville Regional Partners Rodney Schwab and Gary Brett, along Utilities’ biomass facility, the Gainesville with Rodney’s sons Richard and Chad, have long Renewable Energy Center (GREC), and a visit to been invested in giving back in more ways than one of T.W. Byrd’s Sons, Inc.’s logging jobs. one. Richard, of course, just ended his tenure as “We also took them skeet shooting and they President of the American Loggers Council, but caught quite a few fish in the gulf,” Rodney says. it isn’t just industry activism that keeps the Rigo- “We related really well with the fathers and sons, ni team busy outside the business. For years, they enjoyed it.” they have been involved in missionary work in Central America. They started in Honduras in the early 1980s, and since the mid ’90s have been making trips to Nicaragua. They have donated not only their time but their equipment to help build churches and houses and to repair roads for tribes in remote areas.

Closer to home, Rodney has for the last few years also been making trips to Colorado with the Wounded Warrior Project.

If you don’t know, that’s a charity service organization aimed at helping and The Wounded Warriors visited the logging job of T.W. Byrd’s Sons. empowering injured veterans and their families—whether the wound is physical or psychological. Rodney, who loves to cook, In all eight Marines attended, each bringing a goes to prepare meals for the veterans while on guest. Five brought a son, two brought their hunting trips with the Wounded Warriors. daughters and one brought his father, a Vietnam The hunting expeditions take place on a veteran.

60,000 acre ranch owned by one of Rodney’s It wasn’t just the M.A. Rigoni team or even friends, whom he met on a business trip to other members of the local timber business comNicaragua in 2010. “I was down in Nicaragua munity. The whole town of Perry got involved. working with this guy and he said he wanted me “We had tremendous participation from people to come take care of his Warriors,” Rodney who lived in town,” Rodney says. “The day we recalls. brought them in, there were over 50 people at the This particular wing of Wounded Warriors is hotel waving American flags for them. The town specifically for Marines in Texas. “We have been commissioner called it Wounded Warrior Week hunting with these guys for five years,” Rodney in Perry. Signs and pictures were put up.” says. “I kept listening to their stories of coming He continues, “Two Marines and their sons home. Most of them were telling me the biggest were in the truck with me; we had a police problem for them was relating back to the family, escort, and when we made the turn to go to the especially the children.”

Holiday Inn, I didn’t know these people would That tugged at Rodney’s heart, and he decided be there. One of the sons turned to his dad and

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said, ‘Dad, they’re doing for this you.’ That made the whole week worth it, to see that he knew people were honoring his father for being wounded protecting our country. That was the best indicator that this program is working to bring fathers and their kids together.”

Understandably, all this undertaking was far from cheap. Rodney estimates that the price tag was around $30,000. That included hotel rooms and food for 16—eight Marines and their guests—but the most expensive single aspect was transportation. Airline tickets alone were close to $10,000.

Gary notes that M.A. Rigoni had several local partners who also got involved and helped make it happen. These included Brian Condon at GREC, Matt Webb at Genesis Timber, Ryan Pavlik at Stoutamire-Pavlik & Associates Insurance, Don Everett, Jr., at Ware Oil and Supply Co., and Ryan Sherrer at Ryan’s Automotive.

“We had a tremendous response from the industry and people contacting us asking how can they get involved,” Rodney reports. “It really worked out well.” Well enough, in fact, that they plan to make it an annual event. He can’t say yet exactly when the next one will be. That will depend on coordinating the best dates for fishing in the gulf with youth turkey hunting and spring gobbler season in Florida.

Not only will they do it again, but they hope to expand it a bit. “I couldn’t make the trip this year in Colorado (due to the ALC meeting in Florida at the same time), but they hunted with a triple amputee—he has lost both legs, one arm and fingers on the other arm.

And he killed an elk.” Inspired by that, Rodney says they plan to open the door wider next year to more veterans and their families—their sons and daughters and maybe their wives too.

Rodney has no doubt that the program has helped veterans reconnect with their families, and in some cases, even more than that. “We have seen guys who said they were going to kill themselves, and this gave them a desire to live,” Rodney says. Then, he reflects, “You know, in the forest industry, we do a lot of great things, but we don’t tell anybody.” Hey, that’s what I’m here for: to tell your stories.

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Positive Impact ■ Tim Southerland practices what he preaches when it comes to giving back to the industry he loves.

By David Abbott SOUTHPORT, Fla. f you’re ★ reading this, Tim Southerland has a message for you: get involved. Southerland, 49, is the owner of K&B Land and Timber Co. and he is actively engaged in his industry at both the local and national level. He has made numerous trips to Washington, DC with the American Loggers Council, and to the Florida state capitol in Tallahassee with the Southeastern Wood Producers Assn.

“Daddy always told us whatever you get into, whatever you do, in any industry there will be givers and there will be takers,” the logger recalls. “You make sure you are a giver and that you leave your industry better than when you found it. If you keep that mindset, you not only do well but the people around you do better, too.”

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The logger activist draws a distinction between his commitment and responsibility to his own company and that to the industry in which his company operates. For him, the two sides complement more than they conflict, but he knows where to

draw the line. “When we are competing on a tract of timber, I put on my K&B hat, and it’s game on,” he explains. “But when I’m working with the ALC or SWPA, I wear my industry hat. Then it’s not about me but about the industry. Some people

Tim Southerland spoke to members of the American Loggers Council when they visited his job site during the group's annual meeting in September.

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don’t know how to do that.”

He also participates in political campaigns on behalf of candidates he supports. “I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who, when he was asked what kind of government the founders had conceived, replied, ‘A republic, if you can keep it,’” Southerland says. He uses the story to illustrate the importance of vigilance in maintaining that republic.

“You have to be involved or you don’t know what’s coming down the pipe. Even if you can’t take the time or the money to go, you can write an email or a letter, you can call your congressman or your senator’s office. You can vote in the elections. And if you don’t, then don’t be surprised if you don’t like the outcome.”

Unfortunately, he laments, not everyone in the industry shares his belief in the importance of being engaged. “Growing regulations on our industry are driving the cost of tractors,” he notes as an example of

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Southerland is a loyal John Deere customer thanks to his long relationship with dealer Beard Equipment.

how political action, or the lack thereof, has real repercussions on the wallet. “If we want to control the cost of machines then we have to control the cost of regulations.

You will pay; whether it is now or later is up to you. Every time I have traveled to DC, the halls are full of people who stay there all the time who don’t want us cutting timber.

We are there for one week, they are there every day. No wonder we get our teeth kicked in by environmental regulations; we are not making ourselves present.”

It isn’t just logging, either.

Southerland has also worked with one coalition group, Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations, a project of the National Federation of Independent Business. “Every small business with 20 employees or less is paying on average $15,565 a year per employee in regulation requirements,” Southerland explains. “Even with my little mom-and-pop operation here, that’s $100,000 a year for regulations that I could put into two more jobs or machines.” Southerland is quick to point out that some regulations do make sense and he does not oppose those, but he simply believes there are too many that cause a needless expense.

compass heading.” Two hours later, they made it home.

To Southerland, the compass for any business is its mission statement, and he advises every company to have one. “When the seas are rough and you can’t see the bow of the boat, you have to look at your compass,” he explains. “It will direct you to your end goal. In the downturn and tough markets and environmental regulations loggers face, we have to keep an eye on our

compass and know our heading or we will end up on the rocks.”

Southerland has actually taught leadership classes on this subject for the SWPA Master Logger program. He says that on average, in a room of 25-30 companies represented, only three or fewer would have a mission statement—about 10%.

He keeps his mission statement in mind when making decisions, including during the hiring process.

“I seek that because we all have to

row in the same direction, and we all have to march to the beat of the same drum so we can all make it to the same end destination.”

The K&B Land and Timber mission statement is this: “to have a positive impact on every life we come in contact with.” For some, he acknowledges, the mission and goal may be only about money. “If that’s the case then the mission statement might be to be the most profitable company. That’s ok, but that’s not

Compass Offshore fishing is a frequent hobby for the logger. When his son was 12, the boy asked to drive their boat back home on one of their fishing trips. They were more than 35 miles from land. The boat is of course equipped with modern GPS, making navigation easy…as long as the system is functioning. Southerland threw a towel over the screen.

When his son asked why, Southerland replied, “Your power just went out. Now, what are you going to do without GPS? Keep an eye on your

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my goal. My goal is to have a positive impact. If I do that, I’ve lived a good life, I’ve accomplished something. If you just look out for number one and your goal is to be number one, remember, one is a lonely number,” he advises.

A Plan Another lesson Southerland has learned through experiencing the hardships of a down market, he says: fruit grows in the valley, not on the mountaintop. “The mountaintop has great views, but it is barren and lonely,” he says. “Sometimes you have to go through hardship to gain wisdom and knowledge to be able to handle what’s in front of us.”

On all of his trucks, Southerland paints a verse of biblical scripture: Jeremiah 29:11—not what the verse says, just the reference. He does it specifically anticipating that people will ask him about it. “It opens the door for me to tell them what it says: ‘I have a plan for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you, not to harm you, but to give you hope and a future.’”

He also posts the verse, he admits, as a reminder to himself.

“When I unlock my doors and load

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Southerland is investing in maintaining older machines rather than buying new ones, until the market improves.

the first truck, it reminds me that He has a plan for me and it is up to me to get in that plan. If I find His plan I am guaranteed hope for the future.

That doesn’t just always mean monetary gain, but he wants me lacking nothing. To the world a lot of times that means a nice boat, a nice truck or gun, but, no, it means all the necessities in life.”

Faith is obviously a key component in the makeup of Southerland’s identity and world view. “I am a born again Christian, but I am made of flesh,” he acknowledges. “Just like I believe in Jesus, I also believe in Satan. He is the prince of the air

and I know he wants me, he wants me bad. So I have to keep that verse in front of me every day so that I will keep looking at my compass.”

Equipment Equipment on Southerland’s K&B crew is all John Deere: a 643K feller-buncher with FD 45 sawhead, 437E loader with CSI delimber and two skidders, a 648H and 648G-III. Along with some contract haulers, Southerland runs three trucks of his own—two Kenworths and a Peterbilt—pulling Magnolia and Pitts trailers. He has

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run five trucks in the past, but in current market conditions has found it more profitable to run three fulltime than to have five without enough to do.

The businessman stresses that his loyalty to Deere is based more on relationships at the local level than on brand name. “I feel like it is important not only to have a good relationship with the manufacturer and dealer during the purchase, but it is important to continue to have a good relationship as a machine ages.” Southerland has maintained such a relationship for 20 years with Beard Equipment in Panama City, the John Deere dealer through which he purchases all his machines.

He continues, “I feel like these relationships go much further than just purchasing and servicing the tractors. It is a business partnership with long term benefits for both.”

Can you put a price on the value of relationships? Southerland has; in one case, the value was $20,000.

That’s how much he could have saved on a machine if he’d bought it from a different dealer further away, but he chose to spend the money and stick with Beard. That’s not just because he likes them, though. It was an investment in

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future service; how well, he figured, could a dealer take care of him from 150 miles away? And he made sure Beard knew about it. “I did bring that up in negotiations,” he says. “I reminded them to tweak terms and interest and to make sure they take care of me once the deal is done.

I’m paying more for you to answer the phone when I call, and they have done that.”

Most of his machines are at least four years old, Southerland acknowledges, and it’s not by accident. “I had considered purchasing new equipment, but due to mill uncertainties in the Southeast, I have been keeping my liabilities low to make sure I can weather a possibly long market downturn,” he explains. “So I will be there in the end but I have to be smart in my purchasing. I have reduced my gross income but I have increased my profit margin. Once the market steadies itself, I do plan on replacing equipment.”

Maintenance With that strategy, Southerland knows it’s important to keep his existing equipment in good working condition. When he starts to recognize the maintenance and repair cost

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of a machine increasing, he begins setting aside half of what the payment for the machine had been, to reinvest in rebuilding the machine. “I make myself budget at least half of the payment to reinvest until it is back to a condition that it doesn’t need it,” he explains. “You put in $3,000 a month instead of $6,000 to buy something

new, and in a few months you might be surprised at how well your old machines come back to life.” Recently, for example, he spent $6,000 refurbishing the FD sawhead.

Aside from keeping the machines producing longer, this approach has an added benefit, he notes: higher trade-in value. “In the past, a lot of

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times I just drove a machine till I drove it into the ground, and then traded in,” he admits. “But because of the market in the Southeast, I have started building them back up, because it puts me in a better position. Those dollars come back at trade-in.”

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mechanic with two other loggers; he estimates the mechanic works on his machines about 25 hours a week, performing all the heavy maintenance and major repairs. The operators, of course, still perform simple routine maintenance and minor repairs in the woods.

Whenever possible with spare and replacement parts, Southerland prefers buying from manufacturers that participate in purchase agreement programs with the SWPA and ALC. “It helps fund my causes, and those are also partnerships with my industry, so those are the ones I seek out first.” He points to Baldwin filters and Giant Tire in Hialeah as examples of companies he deals with for this reason. Some of these programs, he adds, can save as much as 25-45% on purchase cost.

go, rarely are we over about five ft. above sea level,” he says. “We work in the flat woods of Florida, where there are not many hills so it’s always wet, sometimes two or three ft. of water.”

The crew hauls an average 60 loads a week of pine pulpwood, most of it (80%) to WestRock in Panama City. The remaining 20% of K&B’s production goes to Rex Lumber LLC in Bristol and Graceville and Spanish Trail Lumber Co., LLC in Cypress.

Markets have been down for over two years, Southerland says, causing his production to drop by 10 loads a week overall. Still, he remains optimistic. “I do believe the market, like all markets do, will steady itself,” he predicts. “The demand for logs will come back, but at this time there is an oversupply, producing more than the mills can take. That puts everyone on a very slim profit margin. So I am trying to look down the road and make sure I can weather the storm.”

When the storm passes, he believes, the steps he’s taken will put him in a strong position, poised to take full advantage of new opportunities as they emerge.

Team K&B has three men in the woods and three truck drivers, most of whom have been with Southerland about five years. They are Andre Williams, Aaron Brannon and Owen House in the woods, and

Family Business Southerland did not grow up in a logging family—far from it. In fact, his family business…he’s the third generation…is a funeral home.

Southerland Family Funeral Home in Panama City hasn’t closed a minute since 1955. That’s right: it has been open non-stop, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for more than 61 years. Their funeral home has a mission statement, too: “We exist to glorify God by touching hurting people with gentle healing hands.”

Because it is a family-run business, Southerland of course spent plenty of time working at the funeral home all the way till he went off to college. But he knew early on that his career would take a different direction. His father took him to the woods when he was five years old. “I cried all the way home because I knew I belonged in the woods,” he recalls.

He attended forestry school at Lake City Community College from 1987 to 1990. “I started with excitement and anticipation that I would get paid for making my livelihood in God’s creation and would have the privilege of being a steward of the forest.” After graduating, he spent four years with Stone Container in Georgia, then moved back home to work as a procurement forester for North Florida Lumber Co. By 1998, he knew it was time to start his own business, and K&B was born.

Markets K&B has a purchase contract with Deer Point Timber Products in Panama City, and Southerland buys tracts from private landowners with whom he has developed long-standing personal relationships. The majority of tracts are on low-lying, wet ground. “No matter where we Southern Loggin’ Times

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Southerland runs three trucks: two Kenworths and a Peterbilt, hauling an average 60 leads a week.

Craig Collins, Tom Hutchins and Eddie Benton in the trucks.

Rather than a single heavy-duty truck, Southerland has opted to run two smaller pickups for the crew.

The reason is mobility, in the interest of safety. He explains why: a while back, the crew was working six miles off the paved highway when one of the team, already complaining of what appeared to be a diabetic episode, suddenly passed out from a heart attack. “I’m glad we weren’t in a one-ton trying to get to the nearest medical facility,” Southerland recalls. “We got him to an ambulance, and they said the only reason he lived was because we got him out of the woods and to the fire station very quickly.”

The man actually flat lined three times en route to the hospital, but paramedics were able to revive him and he survived. Southerland admits he may have caused another heart attack with the way he was driving. “Growing up around the funeral home, I saw what happened when you don’t get to a doctor. So when he grabbed his chest, I floored it and dialed 911.”

Another safety precaution the crew takes: they always point vehicles facing out of the woods when parking so that, if there is an emergency, “We are not trying to do a three-point turn on a two-point road,” the logger explains.

The crew has safety meetings, with materials from various industry association magazines, once a month, and the employees sign a sheet to show attendance. K&B also requires drug tests of all truck drivers. No one works on the ground, except for occasionally trimming a load or a butt with Stihl pole saws and chain saws. Insurance has been under Davis-Garvin Insurance Agency for 17 years.

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of 28 years, have two adult children: Kayla, 23, and Blake, 20.

While neither of the children take part in the company named from their initials—K and B—Stacy handles the bookwork and insurance for K&B. Although Blake is currently entering a master’s program in occupational therapy at the University of West Florida, he did consider a forestry degree first. His father encouraged him to look elsewhere due to what he deems an uncertain longterm future for the timber business.

“I raised my kids in the woods and they love the woods, but there’s not a whole lot of stability here, and no certainty,” Southerland frowns.

Even so, it wouldn’t be accurate at all to say that the kids aren’t following the family tradition. “Blake wants to work with downs syndrome kids,” Southerland elaborates. One of his nephews has downs, or “ups,” as the family prefers to say. “He brings us up. If you have a bad day, hang out with him, he will cheer you up.” Kayla, meanwhile, has been an ambassador

for the March of Dimes. She was born two months early, weighing only three pounds, and was in fact a recipient of Log A Load funds. It’s her desire to give back some of the care that was given to her. “We made certain to pass on to our kids, not just a love of the woods, but a love of people. Make a difference.”

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Get in The Ring commitment to political and community involvement must run in the Southerland family. Tim’s brother Steve Southerland, a licensed funeral director and still the president of Southerland Family Funeral Home, is also a two-term congressman for Florida’s 2nd congressional district.

“To a lot of people, politician is almost a dirty word,” Tim says.

“It is not all like how the media makes it look. We lose sight of what they go through. You can’t even have a minor conversation with somebody without someone with a microphone misconstruing everything. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of public opinion.”

Steve Southerland There’s also a loss of privacy. Tim relates that after a while, his brother stopped going to restaurants because of the constant barrage of people wanting to talk to him. He never got to finish his meals. “They said Steve was the hardest working congressman they had seen. He’d stay up till midnight then wake up at 4 and answer 500 emails, and do it again the next day. He felt like, being in that position, it was important that he had to answer everyone’s questions. That’s what public servants are supposed to do.”

Steve also served as auctioneer at the American Loggers Council’s annual meeting in Panama City in September. Richard Schwab, the outgoing ALC president, was very involved in Steve’s campaign, and had a connection with Tim through both men’s involvement in the SWPA. Since Schwab lives in Perry but wanted the ALC meeting this year in Panama City, in the Southerlands’ home turf, Tim helped facilitate the event with Schwab and ALC Executive Director Danny Dructor. It was Southerland’s job that the ALC members toured during the meeting. Schwab asked Tim if he knew a certified auctioneer in the area. “No,” he admitted, “but I know a guy who raises money for charities and I know he knows how to work a crowd.”

Steve chose not to run again after two terms, wanting to have more time for his family. But he is still active.

When Donald Trump recently came to Panama City, Steve gave a speech. While saying grace for a dinner meeting in front of about 400 people, Steve made sure to pray for both candidates. “He thanked God for both candidates, that there were people willing to get out of the bleachers and get in the arena,” Tim explains, echoing some of his own feelings on the subject. “Whether you like the individual or not, they got out of the stands.

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On The Road ■ Heith Harper knows his business and knows how to make each piece work for him.

By Jessica Johnson JOAQUIN, Tex. s kids we all heard the adage, “The early bird gets the worm.”

Heith Harper, who is routinely at his shop by 5:00 a.m. to see his trucks depart, proves the adage true. Harper, 38, describes himself as “an opportunist.” If you’re sitting at home, he warns, opportunities can pass you by. “If someone offers something to me, I don’t know how to say no,” Harper adds.

For the most part, that philosophy has worked out for him. His company, HLH Timber, runs four crews, and an aggressive trucking program that not only hauls his own wood, but has six trucks in the International Paper dispatch trucking program in his area.

For many loggers, trucking is the necessary evil to get wood hauled and make money on their harvesting operations. Harper doesn’t see it that way. Instead, he views trucking as a way to make money—one has only to pay attention to the markets and the opportunities they present.

“We run a light truck, very fuel efficient,” he says. “Most loggers aren’t going to admit this, but we make a little money off of trucks.”

The company runs all Western Star 4700s. He made the switch to Western Star three years ago, and hasn’t

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looked back since. They are rotated on a three-year basis, keeping all parts in warranty. Harper likes that the trucks are lighter and, in his opinion, tougher. He says the ★ same for Viking trailers, his preferred brand.

Another slight departure from some loggers’ trucking mindset: Harper isn’t afraid to purchase trucks brand new when he sees a need. “We’re able to move a lot of wood with zero contract trucks,” he says. “I want to haul my own wood. I don’t want to be at the mercy of someone else.”

With 25 trucks and 25 drivers, Harper’s right hand man Donald Barbee helps with coordinating the logistics. Barbee oversees all HLH trucks except those in the International Paper pool.

All trucks run Fleetmatics GPS. “It’s a lifesaver,” Harper admits. He likes being able to check in on drivers’ habits, as well as their locations.

While some may need the GPS to keep a close eye on drivers, Harper doesn’t have too much trouble with his. He cites a high pay rate and newer trucks as his main incentives for retaining quality drivers. He adds, “I’ve got three or four that have been with me since I started.”

Harper estimates an over $4 million investment in his trucking arm alone, so naturally, he takes pride in his machines. They are all painted in his hometown’s school colors, and he believes it helps with building the

community’s view of his operation.

Drivers are instructed to park their trucks at the 10,000 sq. ft. shop each night, allowing any quick maintenance to be done in the evenings.

Mechanics are routinely at the shop until 6:30 p.m.

Harper staffs the shop with three Heith Harper mechanics; at least two are always in the building handling maintenance on weekdays, and some Saturdays. Anything under warranty or too large for the in-house mechanics, Harper sends to his Western Star dealer, Lone Star Truck Group in Tyler, Tex. All of the trucks run DEF, but Harper doesn’t report many troubles.

When DEF first came out, he says the trucks gave some trouble, but not as much anymore, especially when you consider the long hauls of between 70 and 100 miles.

In-Woods In order to keep all these trucks busy, Harper’s woods crews have to keep up the pace. Of his four crews, two are strictly pine plantation thinners, and two are strictly clear-cutters. Three stay on company contracts with Hancock, International Paper and local timber company Forest

Management; one crew works tracts Harper cruises and purchases himself.

Thanks to the purchase of a large-scale skidder, Harper has been able to downsize his big crew from five men to four with two loaders, one cutter and the large skidder. The other three crews are three men with one loader, one skidder and one cutter.

Crews are encouraged to be production orientated, because Harper is production orientated. He has to be, in order to keep the wheels on his trucks moving. Thanks to that production-focused mindset, he does not like to keep in-woods equipment past three or four years.

“For the most part everything is 2011 or up. I like to only run machines for three or four years and then trade them. I’ve found that they are equitable at four years,” he explains.

In Harper’s experience keeping something past five years means more breakdowns—something he can’t afford when he expects at least 250 loads per week across the four crews. “We move a lot of wood with not a lot of people,” Harper says with a shrug.

The crews make use of Caterpillar 2670C and 2470C feller-bunch-

Harper says they've got trucking "figured out." When the woods crew out produces the trucks, Harper isn't afraid to purchase more Western Stars. Currently, the company uses 25.

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Each of the four HLH Timber woods crews use Prentice loaders with pull through delimbers.

ers, and Prentice 2384C loaders.

Loaders are outfitted with CTR, CSI and Riley pull through delimbers. Skidders are a mixed bag of Caterpillar 525Ds, 525Cs and one John Deere 848L. Although he is a thorough Caterpillar fan, Harper recently purchased the John Deere skidder. “We used to run big skidders, and we quit running them, because we were running four man jobs and we couldn’t make it work financially at the time. So, we wanted to go back and try some bigger machines. I’d bought some used pieces of John Deere from Texas Timberjack, but never anything brand

new. So I gave them a shot, and it got high production,” he says.

While Harper admits he probably has some spare pieces of Timberjack branded equipment on his yard, the John Deere is a real departure for him. And while he likes the production the skidder gives him, he’s not thinking of changing his entire fleet anytime soon.

Harper values loyalty and Texas Timberjack in Lufkin has always been supportive of his business. He notes with pride that with the exception of the new John Deere skidder, every piece of logging equipment he’s ever purchased has been from

Texas Timberjack, now a Cat dealer.

“The machine is 50% but the dealer and the service are the other 50. It all depends on your personal relationship with the dealer. They all make pretty good machines, I think. That’s why I’ve stuck with Texas Timberjack. They’ve always done what they can do to help me,” he explains.

Routine maintenance is done every 250 hours on the machines, handled in the evenings by the operators and assisted by one mechanic. “If we have to do any kind of repair that’s going to take more than three hours, we bring a spare out and bring the machine in for a repair,” Harper says.

Lubrication products are purchased from Glass Oil Co.; parts are either from Texas Timberjack or Fleet Pride.

Safety Conscious A self-professed graduate of the school of hard knocks, Harper is very aware of the danger behind operating machines. Fortunately, he reports zero accidents in the woods and has all his trucks governed at 65 MPH. The trucks are governed as an added layer of safety, though it does help with fuel mileage.

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ly. Harper says it can be a struggle to keep everyone focused when they are all together in the shop before work, wanting to catch up on what other crews are doing or talk about the latest ball game, so the woods crews meet on alternate weeks from the truck drivers.

Everyone employed by HLH is in a random pool for drug testing.

Bitco, serviced by Davis Insurance Agency in Lufkin, provides workers’ comp insurance.

Harper's right-hand man, Donald Barbee, coordinates trucks, hauling 250 loads weekly.

Challenges Including two ladies in the office, and Harper’s wife Crystal who manages the office, HLH employs 47. With that many employees, plus

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load tickets, purchasing timber, and so many trucks, paperwork can be a challenge, especially when factoring in that no two of Harper’s crews work for the same landowner.

“When the paperwork comes in we may have as many as seven or eight different contracts we’re dealing with at one time,” Harper says.

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doesn’t have a lot of challenges.

“Donald and I keep everything pretty well moving,” he says, “I keep the crews working and he keeps the trucking working. As far as challenges go, there’s every day stuff, but there’s nothing that really just eats our lunch.”

Harper’s positive attitude and open mind help tremendously when it comes to the future of HLH Timber. Right now, he’s pleased with where the business is, but if the markets dictate some growth opportunities, he isn’t closed off to the idea of more trucks or another crew.

“I think we do pretty well with what we’re working with. It comes down to it’s a job and you do what SLT they ask you to do.”

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Plan In Action ■ The American Loggers Council got down to business at its annual meeting last month.

By David Abbott utgoing President Richard Schwab hosted the assembled members of the American Loggers Council in his home state of Florida for the organization’s 22nd Annual Meeting, held September 29October 1 at the Sheraton Bay Point Resort in Panama City Beach, Fla. Among the highlights of the weekend, the ALC laid out its vision for a strategic five-year action plan to strengthen and grow the organization. Recommended by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and accepted by the full body, the plan will be implemented in stages over time.

“The action plan for the ALC that was approved during the meeting will help to steer us in the direction that those we represent have asked for,” according to executive director Danny Dructor.

Major points of the plan include the following: The ALC will retain contract services to assist with communications outreach, including expanded use of ALC’s web site and social media like Facebook and Twitter. It will also send out press releases to professional services like PR Newswire.

To this end, ALC has retained the services of marketing consultant Nick Smith, who has already been performing such services for ALC for much of the past year.

“Bringing a communications specialist like Nick Smith into the organization will not only help us in our outreach to the public, but in our advocacy work in Washington, DC,” Dructor believes. “We are very fortunate to find someone with his experience willing to assist us with our work.” Smith has already been instrumental in expanding the scope of the organization’s online footprint and promoting it in a much wider capacity.

ALC plans to interact more with state and regional member associations by attending and exhibiting at major trade shows and by attending state and regional association meetings when requested. It will ask regional directors to write quarterly updates, which will be distributed and published.

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At the Board of Directors meeting Saturday morning, left to right, Ken Martin, outgoing President Richard Schwab, Executive Director Danny Dructor and Chris Potts got down to business.

A key aspect of the action plan is to become more involved in the political arena. This will include assisting the ALC legislative committee in rewriting the organization’s position statements on issues that impact the industry at a national level. In addition to continued coordination of Spring Fly-In visits to Washington, DC, ALC will consider subscribing to VotersVoice.com. This

aids in contacting members of the Senate and House from a grassroots angle.

On this note, ALC will also consider hiring a part time contract lobbyist in DC, and will begin working more closely with sponsors, such as Caterpillar and John Deere, that have a presence in DC. Board member attending the Spring Fly-In will be challenged to bring a friend, and

During meetings, loggers from all over the country made reports for various committees.

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the ALC will commit to work with other like-minded organizations to promote positions and legislation of mutual interest.

To promote professionalism in the logging industry, ALC will evaluate the current state of the Master Logger Certification program and consider how to expand it. ALC will also work with the North America Forest Partnership to develop logger

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stories to promote the industry. This will also involve working with sponsors on their programs such as Cat’s Restoring Natural Infrastructure Coalition and Ponsse’s Iron Horse Loggers stories.

As part of promoting safety, ALC will help develop job site and trucking safety improvement initiatives, such as Team Safe Trucking, Team Fire and OSHA partnerships.

On the business management side, ALC will consider developing annual meeting topics on leadership, management, marketing, negotiations, taxes, succession planning, corporate structure, general business management, and human resources/employee relations. It will also consider developing a best practices statement for professional logging businesses and working with manufacturers to develop technology training.

As far as expanding membership, the action plan calls for ALC to seek alternative methods of bringing new member states into the organization—Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania were specifically targeted. The organization plans to improve interaction and communication with individual logger members and to increase recruitment by asking friends of existing members to join.

The organization is also considering a change to its annual meeting format. Rather than hosting the meeting in the current president’s home state, as it has always done, ALC may consider taking the annual meeting to an area where it is attempting to recruit new membership.

At Thursday's tour of Tim Southerland's logging job, John Deere's Berry Johnson, second from left, chatted with Alabama loggers Chris Potts and Ezell Castleberry.

Full Slate Aside from discussing and passing the five-year plan, attendees of the three-day meeting found a schedule jam-packed with other activities and events.

On the first day, Beard Equipment hosted an optional tour of local logger Tim Southerland’s operation.

South Carolina Timber Producers Assn. president Crad Jaynes helped during Friday night's auction.

Southerland, who helped organize the weekend due to its proximity to his home base, also helped arrange a lunch after the tour at a hunting camp ground owned by Neal Land and Timber in Blountstown. There,

At the auction, the toy skidder drew big bucks.

representatives from Enviva’s Cottondale pellet plant gave a presentation of their operations in lieu of a planned tour of the facilities that had to be cancelled at the last minute.

After, attendees enjoyed the wel-

come reception that Thursday evening, and the ALC Executive Committee met.

Following breakfast on Friday morning, four educational seminars took place. First, forestry consultant

Southern Loggin' Times co-publisher DK Knight, left, presented the Timber Harvesting Logging Business of the Year award to Frank Myers and Stephen Wright of M.M. Wright, Inc.

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Dructor bid farewell to Schwab as his tenure as ALC President drew to a close.

Arkansas Congressman Bruce Westerman, right, met Louisiana logger/statesman Jack McFarland, left, at the Saturday awards luncheon.

and columnist Wendy Farrand spoke to the assembled loggers about career development and the need for attracting young millenials into the industry. She pointed out that only 6% of the current work force is under the age of 30. Farrand also encouraged loggers to take control of telling their own stories in order to shape public perception of the industry. “Nobody gives a hoot about the logging industry except for loggers.

Maybe the equipment dealers do,” she quipped. Comparing logging to the farming industry’s “no farms, no

said. By showing a short video about a logger that had been produced and distributed by the logger’s son, Smith demonstrated that social media can be an excellent tool for telling those stories. He noted that Facebook alone has 1.7 billion users.

After lunch, Tom Trone, formerly of John Deere, led two panels to discuss different topics. The first panel, which discussed succession planning, included Ken Martin from Mississippi, Charles Johns from Florida, Ken Swanstrom of Mon-

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food” promotion, she added, “If you don’t take care of yourselves, no one else will.”

Communications specialist Nick Smith followed Farrand with his own presentation, which continued the theme of “tell your story.”

Smith, who along with his work for the ALC, is the founder and executive director of Oregon-based Healthy Forest, Healthy Community, advised loggers to control the narrative of how their industry is viewed by the rest of society. “Tell the world what you do and why,” he

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tana and Mark Turner of Oregon.

Noting that an organized succession plan is rare, the panel discussed how to set up succession, what age to think about this and how to value the business.

Trone’s second panel had for its theme “Growing Your Business.” It again included Turner, this time with Richard Schwab of Florida, Brian Nelson of Michigan and Miles Anderson of California. During this discussion, Trone said, “If you’re only hauling to a single customer, then that’s not much more

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Schwab passed the gavel to incoming ALC President Ken Martin Saturday night.

than indentured servitude.” Observing that two loggers in the same area can have drastically different experiences of their local market conditions, Trone said that diversification allows independence and flexibility to better weather the cyclical storms of the industry.

Going, Going, Gone Friday night after the president’s reception and dinner, the annual ALC auction offered a fun time, raising over $21,000. Among the more noteworthy items, a carved wooden bowl went for $800 following a fierce bidding competition, and a hand-crafted, fully-articulated wooden skidder model sold for $2,200 on the opening bid. Also, a

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Stihl Farm Boss chain saw was auctioned for Log-A-Load for Kids and raised $2,000 for the charity. Logger Tim Southerland’s brother Steve served as auctioneer.

Saturday was dedicated to meetings for the ALC Board of Directors followed by a full membership meeting. Committee reports were given at this time, and nominations for 2016-2017 were officially presented. These included: President Ken Martin, First Vice President Mark Turner, Second Vice President Chris Potts, Secretary of Treasury Shannon Jarvis, as well as delegates from each region.

Awards An awards luncheon followed the Saturday morning meetings. Dructor and Schwab presented President’s Awards to Congressman Bruce Westerman of Arkansas for introducing the Resilient Federal Forests Act, H.R. 2467, and to Rocky Bunnell of Bunnell’s Logging in New Hampshire for bringing loggers from Vermont and Connecticut to the ALC Spring Fly-In in DC. Louisiana logger Jack McFarland was recognized as the ALC Logger Activist of the Year.

ALC also recognized 27 sponsors, though not all were present.

At the President’s farewell dinner that night, DK Knight, the copublisher of Southern Loggin’ Times and Timber Harvesting, presented the Timber Harvesting Logging Business of the Year award to Stephen Wright and Frank Myers of M.M. Wright Inc., based in Gasburg, Va. Finally, Schwab issued a farewell address and passed the symbolic gavel to incoming President Ken Martin of MarCal Inc., based in Mendenhall, Miss.

Martin closed out the weekend with a short and sweet message promising to continue the efforts of his predecessors in service to SLT the logging community.

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35 Years Strong ■ Marking an anniversary this year, Peterson continues looking to the future.

By Dan Shell elebrating its 35th anniversary in 2016, major grinder and pulpwood biomass processing machine supplier Peterson is continuing to expand its facility while fostering the ongoing development of new machines and machine innovations.

The company has grown from regional equipment innovator to national and now international major player in the chipping and grinding equipment market. In its fourth decade of business, Peterson continues to expand and develop new business, says Marketing Manager Michael Spreadbury.

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New 6300B can handle stems up to 36 in.

an 8 pocket standard chip drum and the other a 16 pocket microchip drum. An optional grate system redesign allows adjustment from micro-chip to 2 in. chip with the same grates.

Trends While machinery development is ongoing and Peterson equipment is constantly evolving to become more efficient and productive, Spreadbury says sales are strong right now, possibly a move among potential customers to buy before more restrictive engine emissions regulations (Tier 4) kick in next year.

The activity is adding up to a record sales year for Peterson, Spreadbury says, adding that the land-clearing, pipeline and mulching machine markets are strong, and Peterson’s blower truck line is also doing well.

International sales also make up a big contribution to Peterson’s bottom line, as the company now has sales in 35 countries. Spreadbury cites Australia, Asia, and South America as three strong market areas right now.

An example is the 2710D horizontal grinder that was designed as a lighter and smaller machine that better suits the infrastructure in many export markets.

“It’s been very well received for that reason—in addition to being highly productive,” Spreadbury says.

Peterson is also introducing new products at the high end of horsepower applications, with the new 6300B drum chipper that can handle stems up to 36 in.

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Background Peterson has its roots locally as Wilber Peterson & Sons in nearby Springfield, a heavy construction outfit founded in 1961 by Wilber Peterson, whose son, Neil, inherited his father’s desire to innovate and develop more efficient and productive ways of operating with different types of equipment and innovations.

The company had opened a satellite chip mill in the late 1970s, and the Petersons were soon working on ways to produce cleaner, higher-quality chips. They eventually came up with a chain flail delimber design; Peterson Pacific was formed in 1981 to produce the machines, which gained a loyal following of chip producers.

Founder Neil Peterson worked with paper companies such as Longview Fibre, Union Camp and Scott Paper in demoing the delimber, making multiple trips “back East” to show off the new machine. In 1986

Peterson introduced the 4800 delimber/debarker, followed in 1989 by the Model DDC 5000, which added chipping and made the 5000 an all-in-one machine. Peterson made its first wood waste recycling grinder in 1990, leading to its successful line of horizontal feed wood grinders in use around the world.

As demand for its products gained momentum, the company expanded, building a 60,000 sq. ft. plant in 1993 at its current location in northwest Eugene, and in 2000 expanded again by adding another 50,000 sq. ft. to the manufacturing facility.

In 2001 Peterson diversified into a new product when it acquired the manufacturing rights to BloTech blower trucks. The move into the erosion control and commercial landscaping industries complements Peterson’s grinding machines that produce the mulch used in such applications.

Developments Another big milestone came in 2007, when Peterson was acquired by Astec Industries.

Spreadbury notes that one of the first things Astec Industries did after acquiring Peterson was make a major

Peterson fabricates 98% of components in-house.

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$1 million investment in the machine shop. And in the years since, when Peterson has asked for capital investments Astec has stepped up as long as the company is showing progress and a solid plan for the future.

Peterson has moved over the years to bring more of its manufacturing and fabrication activities in-house, to where 98% of all Peterson products are produced and fabricated at the Eugene plant. There, the company operates with more than 110,000 sq. ft. of modern manufacturing space.

And most recently, Astec invested by buying the property next door to the Eugene facility, doubling Peterson’s footprint, and paving the way for future expansion. Though the work will be done in stages, there are already plans to double the fabrication shop’s size.

Full Service Solutions Another big development for Peterson is the addition of the Telestack line of bulk material handling products and telescoping portable radial stackers, a nice complement to Peterson’s chipping and grinding equipment. An Astec Industries sister company, Telestack specializes in handling free-flowing bulk materials of all types, from ores, coal and aggregates to wood chips, pellets, grains and more. The stacking conveyors will be branded as Peterson products and sold and serviced thru Peterson’s dealer network in North America.

Peterson is also the North American distributor for Terra Select screening products. Terra Select offers a full line of trommel and star screens, as well as separation machines to pull plastic, stones, and other unwanted material from the product stream.

“Peterson is now well placed to offer full service solutions for composting and mulching operations that need grinding, screening, and conveying products” says Spreadbury.

“This is a very exciting time for us as we continue to flush out our catalog of full-service solutions in stationary electric or diesel machines, and are now a one-stop-shop for businesses looking for reduction and sorting SLT services.”

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A Billy Graham Story

Life’s ‘Test Kitchen’

The Rev. Billy Graham tells of a time early in his career when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was.

When the boy had told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, “If you’ll come to the Baptist church this evening, you can hear me telling everyone how to get to heaven.”

“I don’t think I’ll be there,” the boy said.

“You don’t even know your way to the post office.”

Ponder This Story Once upon a time there was a king who wanted to go fishing. He called the royal weather forecaster and inquired as to the weather forecast for the next few hours. The weatherman assured him that there was no chance of rain in the coming days.

So the king went fishing with his love, the queen. On the way he met a farmer on his donkey. Upon seeing the king the farmer said, “Your Majesty, you should return to the palace at once because in just a short time I expect a huge amount of rain to fall in this area!”

Polite and considerate, the king replied: “I hold the palace meteorologist in high regard. He is an extensively educated and experienced professional. And besides, I pay him very high wages. He gave me a very different forecast. I trust him and I will continue on my way.”

However, a short time later a torrential rain began to fall. The king and queen were totally soaked and their entourage chuckled at seeing them in such a shameful condition.

Furious, the king returned to the palace and gave the order to fire the professional. Then he summoned the farmer and offered him the prestigious and high paying role of royal forecaster.

The farmer said, “Your Majesty, I do not know anything about forecasting. I obtain my information from my donkey. If I see my donkey’s ears drooping, it means with certainty that it will rain.”

So the king hired the donkey.

Thus began the practice of hiring dumb asses to work in the government and occupy high, influential positions. And the practice is unbroken to this date.

The Laws Of Life Mechanical Repair—After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee.

Gravity—Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe.

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A young woman was complaining to her father about how difficult her life had become.

He said nothing, but took her to the kitchen and set three pans of water to boiling. To the first pan, he added carrots; to the second, eggs; and to the third, ground coffee. After all three had cooked, he put their contents into separate bowls and asked his daughter to cut into the eggs and carrots and smell the coffee.

“What does this all mean?” she asked impatiently.

“Each food,” he said, “teaches us something about facing adversity, as represented by the boiling water. The carrots went in hard but came out soft and weak. The eggs went in fragile but came out hardened. The coffee, however, changed the water to something better.”

“Which will you be like as you face life?” he asked. “Will you give up, become hard—or transform adversity into triumph?”

Probability—The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

Random Numbers—If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal; someone always answers.

Variation Law—If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you switched to.

Close Encounters—The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.

Results—When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will!

Biomechanics—The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

Lockers—If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

This is also true for parking spaces. If the parking lot is empty the next person will park adjacent to you.

Physical Surfaces—The chances of an openfaced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.

Logical Argument—Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.

Physical Appearance—If the clothes fit, they’re ugly.

Public Speaking—A closed mouth gathers no feet.

Commercial Marketing Strategy—As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it or the store will stop selling it.

Physicians—If you don’t feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor; by the time you get there you’ll feel better. But don’t make an appointment and you’ll stay sick.

Food For Thought —Birds of a feather flock together, and then crap on your truck.

—A penny saved is a government oversight.

—The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.

—The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

—He who hesitates is probably right.

—The Roman numerals for 40 are XL. —When you join together ‘The’ and ‘IRS’ it spells ‘THEIRS.’ —If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

—The sole purpose of a child’s middle name is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble.

—A bad attitude is a lot like a flat tire: you can’t get anywhere until you replace it.

—Whatever hits the fan will not be distributed evenly.

—Follow your dreams, except the one where you’re naked in church.

—A bartender is merely a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

—Money isn’t everything, but it sure keeps the kids in touch.

—Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should just relax and get used to the idea.

—Don’t worry about avoiding temptation as you mature, for it will avoid you.

—Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

—Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of selfesteem so high that the rest of the world can’t poke enough holes in it to drain it dry.

—You are the only person on this earth who can use your ability.

—Happiness is much like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it comes softly and sits on your shoulder.

—The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else solve theirs.

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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP make in the coming months that will As We See It: A Nation Divided affect us, not only as individuals, but

By Ken Martin First I would like to thank Richard Schwab for his Leadership of ALC during the last year and the great job he did.

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as entertaining in the delivery of those thoughts. He was certainly born “out of the box.”

As 2016 moves right along, Thanksgiving and Christmas are fast approaching. We have a lot of serious decisions to

our country for years to come. I am sure most of us remember 9-11. Our country was united as never before following this tragic event. Being united is what America has done for more than 200 years. We became the nation that the world looked to for leadership, financial stability and a model democratic government.

Today America is as divided as most of us have ever seen. We appear to have run low on leadership at every level of government.

We stall meaningful legislation in Congress because we are so divided. Where is the humility that our founding fathers had when writing a document that has served us for more than 200 years? Our very presence as a democratic society is at stake. This may very well be the most important election of our lifetime.

When we go to the polls in November, we must elect leaders who will bring Americans back together, leaders who truly want to inspire and serve the people and not their own financial interests.

We must elect leadership that will pass laws that will create an environment encouraging entrepreneurs to develop new, productive technology and equipment, to exert the U.S. in global trade, and allow American industry to once again lead the world with our ability to produce quality products at a competitive price while employing American workers. We must select leaders who inspire us to be the very best we can be.

Make no mistake, the men and women we elect in November will set the tone in Washington while the world evaluates our decision.

The next president will most likely have the opportunity to appoint several Supreme Court justices for life, to make appointments that shape the attitude for clean air and clean water standards and transform our transportation industry, just to name a few.

These are serious times; do not take your choice of elected official lightly. Become an informed voter before you go to vote this year and vote for candidates who will unite and inspire us to once again be the best that we can be.

Martin is president of the American Loggers Council and owns and operates MarCal, Inc., Mendenhall, Miss.

The American Loggers Council is a 501 (c)(6) not for profit trade organization representing professional timber harvesters in 32 states. Visit amloggers. com or call 409-625-0206.

Two Rivers Lumber Plans New Sawmill Two Rivers Lumber Co. plans to invest $65 million to build a stateof-the-art sawmill in Demopolis, Ala. that will create nearly 100 jobs eventually.

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the company’s name. Two Rivers plans to produce all sizes of southern yellow pine dimension lumber.

“We are excited about building a new sawmill in west Alabama and what it will mean to local landowners as well as bringing quality manufacturing jobs to the area,” says Jay McElroy, a principal in Two Rivers.

“Planning began over a year ago and this project would not be possible without support from the City of Demopolis, the State of Alabama,

and our lender, Alabama Ag Credit.”

McElroy has formed the operation along with Roy Geiger, owner of Sumter Timber in Demopolis, according to a report.

Two Rivers has contracted with Bid Group to design, build and provide equipment. The mill will have an annual capacity of 200MMBF, according to the governor’s office.

Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2017, with mill production expected to begin in September 2017.

The company said it expects the mill will create many indirect jobs to support the operation.

McElroy pointed to his family’s long history of forest operations in the area. In 1964, J. C. McElroy, Jr. started a small pulpwood trucking business, which grew into a hardwood logging operation named Sumter Timber Co. By the 1970s, Sumter had become a logging contractor and was hauling chips, sawdust and shavings for local mills,

and eventually began shipping lumber from area sawmills to regional states.

In 1985, the flatbed portion of the operation expanded to form its own separate business, named McElroy Truck Lines. Through the years, MTL, based in Cuba, Ala., added satellite terminals, trailer pools near customers and more truck drivers and trucks. Today, McElroy is a successful customer-service focused company that specializes in handling large volumes for strategic customers.

Group Emphasizes Safe Trucking TEAM Safe Trucking (TST), a broad-based, non-profit volunteer group seeking to elevate the standard and performance of the American forest industry’s transportation sector, is moving ahead with its ambitious agenda, according to organizers, who met in early fall to review the progress of TST and to tweak its priorities.

The group launched a web site (teamsafetrucking.com) in October. The web site is being populated with information and tools designed to help TST reach its objective. Its emerging safetyfocused program will embrace awareness and education; driver training, skillset improvement, motivation and recruitment; fleet best management practices; and public image enhancement.

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THANKFUL, TOGETHER 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 about encouraging others Travis and Deborah Smith to keep the faith, to keep taking the next right step, no matter how hard life gets.” Visit her blog: buttercupsbloomhere.blogspot.com he next adventure begins, and it’s a challenging one. We aren’t going

T somewhere on a whim to our favorite place in the mountains. We are

not changing anything visible. No, for nine weeks we are looking money straight in the face, and for us, that’s hard and it hurts and I am filled with regret so strong sometimes that I want to just quit. But we can’t quit. Too much has been invested in us, and too much is at stake. We have so much to win in the area of joy and peace, and so much to lose in the area of a happy marriage and a future retirement.

One of our older daughters is hosting us at her house each Monday evening, nine weeks straight, to go through Financial Peace University (FPU). Dave Ramsey is the teacher, a guy who himself made a ton of financial mistakes and crawled out of them, and then started teaching others how to live in financial peace. I used to roll my eyes at the mention of that guy, and think, “Well, I’m glad you have enough money to make that work.” Through watching my daughter rebuild her life, I have seen that you don’t have to be rich to take care of money, but you have to be careful to take care of money.

And so, our journey has begun. We are on week four, and just finished the heart and soul of FPU, making the monthly budget. I learned that

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changing it and tweaking it are the norm, and things that used to scare or intimidate me have no power if I will look at them, talk about them, face them. Our kids are our biggest fans, telling us we can do this.

So what does this have to do with being a logger husband? Everything.

It seems that Mondays are always Mondays in the woods, and he comes home tired, and covered in Georgia red dust because we are still in a drought. He takes care of the tool truck, the pigs, and any mechanical crisis of the day at home, and we take off for town. He promised his daughter that for nine Mondays in a row he would be at her house for supper and the class. He switches his brain from the woods to home, from company to family, from breakdowns and quotas to the power bill. And it’s not easy, on either of us. It’s one of those times I could say, “You just don’t understand everything I do at home. I’m tired. You handle this.”

And he could retort, “You just don’t understand what goes on in the woods. You handle this.” The truth is, both of us have handled the finances solo, and both of us haven’t done a very good job. If we can just grab hold of what this class is teaching us, we can do a great job, together.

To change something that has been the same stressful mess for 34 years takes determination, honesty, trust, hard work. And that’s what my logger is made of. If all goes as planned, we should be finishing up our class on the week of Thanksgiving, and the week I turn 55. Heading towards financial peace with Travis, together, will be both a blessing and a great adventure, even if it’s a tough thing to do.

I pray for other logging families to find the same adventure. These days are hard, unpredictable, and at best, the scariest of logging times that I have seen. When these hard times come, hold on together, go through the storm together. As couples, we have more to gain by staying together than we can imagine. We have more to lose than we can calculate or divide. Our lives affect the lives of kids who aren’t even born yet. Finances are the one thing that tear apart businesses and marriages. Stay strong. Face the troubles, and SLT then go through them—together.

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have contributed funds to TST. As well, Virginia Tech University has committed funds and a graduate student to conduct log/chip truck accident research, which is just beginning. The study will help guide TST’s work going forward.

Organizers consist of logging companies, log trucking entities, wood fiber suppliers, paper/wood products manufacturers, insurance companies, and logging and forestry association representatives.

According to TST President Rick Quagliaroli, “Our objective is to help make the forest industry’s trucking segment safer, more accountable, more efficient, and more acceptable to the public.

This will take some time. For the good of the industry as a whole, we’re asking for all connected parties to ‘buy in’ with their ideas, enthusiasm and support.”

To learn more, visit teamsafetruck ing.com, email Quaqliaroli at rick@swampfoxagency.com or email Jimmie Locklear at jimmielocklear@forestry mutual (phone 910-733-3300).

zontal Grinder l 223 Flail l 23 Chiparvestor l 30/36 NCL Whole Tree Drum Chipper l 40/36 NCL Whole Tree MicroChipper l Beever M12R Chipper l Beever M18R Chipper l Beever M20R Chipper with loader l 6600 Track Wood Hog Horizontal Grinder l 1300B Tub Grinder

SpecSys Purchases Former Prentice Plant A Minnesota-based company reports it completed the acquisition of a heavy equipment factory in Prentice formerly owned by Caterpillar, saving dozens of jobs.

SpecSys Inc. (Specialty Systems), a contract engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in Montevideo, Minn., bought the plant as part of its ongoing strategy to seek

rurally located manufacturing operations, according to CEO Kevin Wald.

No purchase price was disclosed.

SpecSys provides 40,000 hours of manufacturing services and 5,000 hours of engineering services each month. “You are hard pressed to find a major equipment manufacturer in the world that we do not have an existing relationship with,” Wald says.

At 220,000 sq. ft., the Prentice plant is a “nice step up in capacity,” Wald says. “The values you find in

Morbark Hosts 10th Demo Days

Morbark guests size up the new 223 flail during Demo Days in Winn., Mich.

Morbark, LLC, welcomed 250 customers, members of its dealer network and other guests from around the world for its 10th Demo Days event in Winn, Mich. on October 13-14.

Morbark’s Demo Days give attendees the opportunity to not only watch the equipment in action, but also meet the people who build and support the equipment as they see firsthand the manufacturing processes. Events included factory tours, networking opportunities, vendor booths and a chance to see the equipment up close, as well as try out Morbark’s Boxer line of compact utility loaders.

The event culminated with demonstrations of equipment for the forestry, biomass, recycling and tree care markets, including the: l HT1042 Slow-Speed Shredder, shown at Morbark’s electric test panel l 3200 Electric Wood Hog Horizontal Grinder, shown at Morbark’s electric test panel l 3200 Track Wood Hog HoriSouthern Loggin’ Times

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The plant was founded in 1945 by Leo Heikkinen and produced the Prentice hydraulic loader.

Wald’s parent company Ritalka, supports other companies and government agencies. SpecSys, one of the Ritalka’s subsidiaries, now has 275 workers and 700,000 sq. ft. of facilities in eight sites in Minnesota,

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Demo On The Slopes DEMO International 2016, a three-day forestry event of the Canadian Woodlands Forum, welcomed 7,366 visitors who came to view live demonstrations in the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest near Maple Ridge, British Columbia. The 13th edition of DEMO International showcased more than 100 exhibitors. Along with thousands of Canadian delegates, the show welcomed visitors from New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, India, United States, United Kingdom and France. The show was preceded by the DEMO International Conference with the theme: Canada’s Forest Sector—Adapting to a New Reality. More than 350 participants attended more than 60 technical presentations, which addressed why the adoption of new technologies, best practices and innovation is critical to ensuring a successful and competitive forest sector. The next DEMO International will take place in 2020, in a new but yet-to-be-determined location. Stay tuned to www.DemoInternational.com. (Jessica Johnson photos)

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Corp. President Dale Heikkinen. “We want to thank the Wald family for considering Prentice.”

Truckworx Awarded

By PACCAR, Kenworth PACCAR Parts and Kenworth Truck Co. recently held its 2016 Parts and Service Meeting in Orlando, Fla. where Birmingham, Ala.-based Truckworx was honored as TRP AllMakes Dealer Of The Year and received Kenworth’s prestigious Gold Award, presented to top Kenworth dealers.

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AT THE MARGINS Financing For Success

By Jamie Kane, Product Marketing Manager, John Deere Financial logger’s ability to have the equipment and cash flow they need when they need it is vital to running a successful operation.

When acquiring new equipment, it is important to utilize your dealer to identify a financing solution that makes the most sense for your business.

Joe and Joey Ross of J&J Logging in Macon, NC, worked closely with their dealer to determine the best financing options. They selected a solution that not only saved them money, but also allowed them to acquire new equipment, decreasing money spent on repairs and downtime in the long run.

After experiencing substantial downtime and repair costs with a mixed fleet of used machines, J&J Logging decided to make a switch to new equipment from one manufacturer. After meeting with their dealer, the attractive financing offerings made the process easier and opened the doors to even more equipment options. After reviewing their financial history, J&J Logging qualified for zero percent financing and interest. This allowed the company to use the saved monthly cash on improving their business and crews.

When making the switch from used to new equipment, Joey knew they would end up paying more each month than they would with used equipment. However, from a longterm perspective, he also realized they would save more money by not needing to spend thousands of dollars on repairing older equipment. J&J Logging was able to replace five older machines with three new models, increasing machine productivity and creating savings. The switch was easy to make once they reviewed their options with the dealer.

Attractive financing offers enable loggers to increase their monthly cash flow and invest the savings into improving their business in an increasingly competitive market.

Loggers should work with their dealer to review their business and financial history in tandem with their financial advisor or accountant, creating a financing plan that makes the most sense. Additionally, it is important to consider factors like downtime and productivity when making a decision. While used equipment may seem like the cheaper solution, over time it may be more beneficial to combine new equipment with financing options to maximize cash flow

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throughout the year.

When looking to purchase equipment, the dealer can help simplify the financing process, allowing loggers to focus on growing their business.

Additionally, dealers can help with the decision making process, walking through the operation’s business history and projected jobs, cash flow and financial history to identify all of the financing options available.

Butch Lewis, owner of Lewis Logging, LLC., in Chester, SC, also takes advantage of financing for all of his equipment purchases, whether he is trading in a machine or putting money down. When Lewis is ready to purchase a new machine or upgrade an older model, he simply calls his dealer who travels to the jobsite, bringing the necessary paperwork to complete the purchasing process. Lewis is able to get the equipment he needs without needing to take time away from the job at hand.

In Haddock, Ga., Kip Smith with Kip Smith Forest Services, LLC also utilizes financing for his equipment purchases. His dealer simplifies the entire process, acting as the liaison between the manufacturer, financial department and the customer, allowing Smith to focus on his business.

By working with the dealer to identify low interest financing rates based on his financial history, Smith can put that money towards his business.

Loggers should consider other options when reviewing financing plans, including unique options that can help with weathering the ups and downs of the logging industry throughout the year. Some manufacturers offer skip payments, which allow the customer to select one to three months to skip the payment. An offering like this can be extremely beneficial during anticipated slow seasons, allowing loggers to pocket the money that would normally be spent on a financing payment.

Additionally, loggers should look beyond equipment when they meet with their dealer to discuss their financing options. Financing also allows loggers to have the items they need, like attachments, spreading payments out over time instead of spending one amount all at once.

Extended warranties, maintenance packages and insurance are other added items that can be financed, allowing loggers to focus on the growth of their business and spend less time worrying about unexpected costs down the road.

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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY Caterpillar Forest Machines Caterpillar offers two new Cat Forest Machine models, the 538 and 558. They are the first models in the 500 series to meet U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final emission standards. Both machines feature outstanding fuel efficiency and optimized work tools while increasing horsepower and swing torque.

Cat Forest Machines are versatile, purpose-built track machines that can be customized to perform a range of tasks for forestry operations. Like other Cat Forest Machines, the 538 is available in a general forestry version for road building, stroke delimber applications, grapple applications, site preparation and processing. Both the 538 and the 558 are available in a log loader configuration for log loading, shovel logging, butt-n-top/power clam

applications, and mill yard activities.

The 538 features a wider track gauge and heavy-duty counterweight to maximize stability and operator experience in diverse logging conditions.

Application versatility is enhanced with a purpose-built boom and stick arrangements and new grouser options.

The heart of the Cat 538 is the 164 HP (122kW) Cat C7.1 ACERT Tier 4 Final engine. The Cat 558 is more powerful, equipped with the 239 HP (178kW) Cat C7.1 ACERT Tier 4 Final engine, a twin-turbocharged power plant. Both models feature uniform speed control to maintain a constant engine speed regardless of load.

The main pumps, control valves and hydraulic oil tank are located close together to allow for shorter tubes and lines between components, reducing friction and pressure drops. Updates to the hydraulic system translate to an impressive boost in performance: maximum horsepower, greater swing torque, and added lift capacity.

In addition, an electronic boom regeneration valve minimizes pump flow when the boom lowers by regenerating oil from one end of the boom cylinder to the other, saving energy and improving fuel efficiency.

The engines feature an improved side-by-side cooling system with increased cooling capacity for both models. The radiator package has been updated, and fin spacing has increased 25% to improve airflow and cooling capability.

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CAT 579B (PR65023), 2011, 9,270 HRS., CAB, AC, 1122.5 TRLR, GRPL, DELIMBER .....................$122,500

HRDRO-AX 670 (8154), 2003, 8,375 HRS., CAB, AC, 22B SAW W/ SIDE CUT ..................................$28,000

CAT 559C (CEKAS00329), 2013, 4,235 HRS., CAB, AC, 5505 PRENTICE GRPL, 11R22.5, DELIMBER ...................$165,000

CAT 563C (0JCB00268), 2014, 5,002 HRS., CAB, AC, 30.5X32, SAW ..............$97,500

CAT 535C (052501634), 2013, 5,757 HRS., CAB, AC, 30.5-32 20PR FS, 14.4SQFT GRPL, DF WINCH, GRPL..............................................................$120,000 CAT 545C (0KGP00120), 2015, 1,326 HRS., CAB, AC, 35.5L-32 24PR FS, ARCH BOOM, GRPL, DF WINCH .....................................................$294,500

PRENTICE 2470 (PB19355), 2007, 11,347 HRS., CAB, AC, SH50 SAWHEAD .......................................................$77,500

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Feller-Buncher Operator Breaks Power Line BACKGROUND: On a summer day in the South, a rubber-tired feller-buncher operator was performing a first thinning in a pine plantation. The feller-buncher was working in a new area of the stand, removing the take-down row and thinning the two rows on either side. The trees were approximately 15 years old, and there was a rela-

tively thick layer of underbrush.

The stand of timber surrounded the landowner’s home.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The operator was in his mid20s and had run feller-bunchers for about three years.

UNSAFE ACT AND CONDITIONS: The power company’s metered line ran from the pole-mounted transformer through the landowner’s maintained yard to the landowner’s home. A second metered line also ran from the transformer to a polemounted night light approximately 100 yards away on the bank of a

small farm pond. The right-of-way to this second metered line was not maintained, and the line was completely obscured by the pine plantation and the thick underbrush and regrowth. Additionally, the line was only about 10 feet off the ground at its lowest point. As the feller buncher was thinning, the operator did not see the power line ahead of the machine and continued cutting.

ACCIDENT: The head of the machine made contact with the line and pushed it forward far enough to cause an electric arc and break the line. After seeing the electrical arc and then the power line, the operator slowly backed the machine a safe distance away from the downed line.

INJURY: The operator was not injured.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CORRECTION: Harvest preplanning should include locating and marking all utilities. Close coordination with the landowner is essential when the harvest area includes dwellings, barns, septic systems, farm ponds, etc. Any unusual or dangerous areas or features of the harvest tract should be discussed and field verified in advance with all machine operators to ensure operational safety. Whenever possible, maintain a safe operating distance of at least 50 feet (more for tall trees) from a power line for all harvesting activities. (See FRA Loss Control Overview LCO-30, Power Line Safety, at http://loggingsafety .com/sites/loggingsafety.com/files/bul letin_pdfs/LCO-30.pdf.)

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Morbark Appoints David Herr As CEO Morbark, a leading manufacturer of equipment used in forestry, recycling, tree care, landscaping, sawmill and biomass markets, announced the appointment of David Herr as Chief Executive Officer.

In addition to being an active member of the current Morbark Board, he brings extensive knowledge from experience with both products and services companies. He replaces Dan Ruskin, who resigned due to health issues.

“The Board is thankful for Dan’s leadership over the past six months as the company has transitioned to the next phase in its development,” says Ray Whiteman, Chairman of the Board. “Our thoughts are with Dan and his family, and we wish him a speedy recovery.”

“Morbark is fortunate to have a strong and deep leadership team and Board, and we are pleased that David Herr has agreed to step into the CEO role,” Whiteman adds. “We have known Dave for many years and have been impressed by his track record of building high-performing leadership teams that drive growth while respecting core values.”

Herr is an accomplished industry executive with more than 30 years of experience in operations, supply chain management and executive management with major companies, including Navistar, GE Aircraft Engines and BAE Systems. He has diverse experience in the areas of heavy-duty truck manufacturing, commercial avionics, commercial ship repair, munitions production, and information and intelligence analysis. In his most recent role as executive vice president at BAE Systems, he was responsible for one of the largest government service sectors in the U.S. with more than 19,000 employees. He also currently serves as a Board Member for MHI Holdings, a ship repair contractor for the U.S. Navy.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from St. Francis College, in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Master of Business Administration degree from Northern Kentucky University. He will be relocating from Ft. Wayne to Morbark headquarters in Winn, Mich. in the near future.

“Morbark has built a great reputation with its customers and partners.

I look forward to moving from a board position to leverage my operational experience to further grow the Morbark franchise,” Herr says.

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