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Remembering James Edward (Jim) Mooney II James Edward (Jim) Mooney’s family and many of his friends and associates gathered in Charlottesville, Va. on November 1 to bid him farewell. Jim, well known and passionate logger advocate and logging industry activist, a former logger, and community volunteer, left this life at 7:41 p.m. on October 27, about 14 months after he was informed that he had lung cancer. He was only 55.

My wife Jane and I were privileged to be part of the assembly, and I had the double-edged honor of assisting in his eulogy. Fortunately, we had visited with Jim and most of his family just a week before. At that time, he was sitting up, talking, and even laughing. We had antic- Jim Mooney: “a leader among leaders” ipated a sad visit but it turned out to be just the opposite. Jim intended for it to be that way.

My friendship with Jim didn’t span that many years but it developed into a deep, enduring bond. It began to accelerate in 1999 when Jim, then president of the American Loggers Council (ALC), hosted the organization’s annual meeting at Wintergreen Resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A year later, at the ALC’s annual meeting in Beaumont, Tex., and several months after he had exited the logging business, I approached him about writing a column for this magazine, surmising that his logging experience and ongoing appreciation for loggers and logging would benefit a large segment of our subscribers. The first Mooney’s Corner appeared in May 2001.

Jim The Writer Jim’s writing skills were not that refined but it was clear he poured his heart and soul into the effort and longed for improvement. He was easy to coach and soon his work advanced and became more polished. Over the years he wrote about a lot of timely topics, some serious and some not so much. One of his most creative and memorable pieces, titled On The Horizon…A Logger Union, was a fictional account of events that led to the development of a logger’s union in the Southeast.

He loved it when his work resulted in subscriber feedback, which was often the case when he wrote about controversial topics. He soon learned that praise and criticism came with the territory, and he handled both with the grace of a Virginia gentleman. His work helped make this magazine more valuable and useful to many subscribers. At the same time, this writer-editor pathway fueled our friendship and deepened our respect for one another.

Jim’s loyalty to Timber Harvesting corporate parent Hatton-Brown Publishers manifested itself in other ways. For almost a decade he interviewed loggers and sawmill owners/managers and wrote feature stories for several of our publications, in effect serving as a noble ambassador for our organization. On a few occasions when I could not make it to the annual meeting of the ALC, he ably stood in for me in presenting the Timber Harvesting Logging Business of the Year Award.

The writing arrangement was cut short by the dark economic clouds of late 2008, which forced us to quickly cut costs. I remember making that painful call.

Jim did not welcome the news but understood. While our communications became less frequent, we remained steadfast friends. It turned out to be a positive development for him, who devoted more time and effort to his role as executive director of the Virginia Loggers Assn. (VLA).

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Jim The Leader, Giver Of all Jim’s attributes, his ability as a leader was perhaps the most pronounced. John C. Maxwell, the best selling author and speaker on leadership, defines a leader as “one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” That description fit Jim to a T. Jim became an Eagle Scout at the minimum age of 13, some two years earlier than the average Boy Scout achieves this status, as I understand it.

After earning a forestry degree at Virginia Tech in 1982, the next year he co-founded Piedmont Thinning and Harvesting, Inc. and operated the company for many years. Piedmont was a thinning specialist, rare for its day in the area, but developed a good reputation among private landowners for the conscientious work it performed.

A quick review of his life’s journey reveals that in a world of takers, Jim was prone to be a giver. He joined the local volunteer fire department and rescue squad, became an EMT, helped organize and later captain a swift water rescue team, and once rescued a couple trapped by rising creek waters. He always traveled with rescue and first aid paraphernalia at the ready, and pushed the importance of safety and first aid training on logging operations.

Jim The Organizer Jim was also known for his calm demeanor, self-confidence, commitment, and ability to get things done. An active member of the Virginia Forestry Assn. (VFA), he served on the group’s Logger Committee and encouraged other logging contractors to get involved with the VFA. He was instrumental in getting the forestry association to form a logging council, of which he was the first president. This group was the genesis of the Virginia Loggers Assn., of which he was also the first president. He later was hired as VLA’s first executive director, serving with only partial compensation for several years. He remained at the VLA helm at the time of his death.

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national group, the American Loggers Council. He helped write bylaws for the ALC, was a member of its first board of directors and rose through the ranks to serve as the group’s fifth president. He was also one of three loggers who represented the national logging community on the SFI Logger’s Forum.

Unlike most former ALC presidents, Jim remained steadfast in his commitment to the organization after his years as an officer were behind him. He wanted to see the ALC continue to develop and mature. He attended most spring and summer board meetings, at times taking his kids along, and never missed an annual meeting until 2013. Perhaps more than any other member of that core group, he remained an active part of the ALC leadership, at his death serving as chair of its communications committee and as a member of its membership committee. Moreover, he was a strong advocate on legislative issues and led the Virginia contingency during the ALC’s annual lobbying visits to Washington.

At the same time, he was a huge supporter of Log-a-Load for Kids, serving the cause in local, state and national capacities.

He dearly loved—practically revered—his alma mater, Virginia Tech, where during his early post graduate years he often returned to address forestry students or agreed to host them on his logging turf.

They say a good friend is a person with whom you can have no contact for weeks, but when you do phone them, it seems like you talked with them only yesterday. To me, Jim was that kind of friend, that kind of person.

Whether family, friend, or associate, we will all miss him, perhaps more tomorrow than today. Let us fill the void he left by remembering the passionate person and leader he was, his giving spirit, what he stood for, and what he accomplished.

Survivors include his children, Maggie, Jonathan, and Emily; one grandchild, Levi Mooney; one brother, Bob Mooney; and his parents, Bobbie and Russell Mooney. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to either the Hospice of the Piedmont, 675 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 300, Foremost Authority For Professional Loggers

Jim Mooney In The Words Of Others “Jim was there from the beginning of the American Loggers Council. His steadfast determination in seeking better opportunities for professional timber harvesters never faltered, and without his leadership during those formative years, the American Loggers Council would not have become the “National Voice for Loggers” that it is. Jim was a leader among leaders and his presence and input at our Board of Directors meetings will be sorely missed. His early departure from this world is a great loss to professional loggers across the country.” —Danny Dructor, Executive Vice President, ALC “As a former logger Jim was determined to be a part of an association that would work for the logger. He was a part of the ALC from the beginning and made sure the battles and hardships of loggers were always addressed. I worked 15 years with Jim, 12 of that being from the beginning of the VLA until now. He will be missed as a friend, and his dedication and leadership will surely be missed by the logging industry.”—Judd Smith, President, Virginia Loggers Assn.

“Jim and I were not only very close friends but counterparts for many years.

We both followed similar career paths in the forest industry—graduate foresters who left the profession to become logging contractors, which led us to logging association management. Our friendship went back 20 or so years and we shared many good times and a few bad times.

“Jim considered his presidency of the ALC and his leadership of the VLA more than just a job; it was his passion. Mr. Mooney—I don’t know why but that’s what I always called him—left a legacy his family can be proud of! To his family, please know that your dad and son and brother, and my Mr. Mooney, will be greatly missed and that all of us in this business, especially those of us who knew and loved him, will always be thankful for what he did for this industry.”—Joe Allen, former Executive Director, Southeastern Wood Producers Assn.

“What struck me vividly about Jim in those early formative years of the ALC was the way he handled himself. Some business meetings could become contentious and boisterous, but Jim pushed past words and barbs, stayed in control, and remained focused on the task at hand. I think some of the hardships in Jim’s life, which I could personally relate to, had prepared him well for his role in the ALC leadership. My heart goes out to his children—Maggie, Jonathan, and Emily. Your father was a good man and a good friend.”—Ken Swanstrom, former President, ALC “While Jim may have been small in stature, he was large in leadership, innovation and vision. Twenty years ago Jim was a maverick! A forester by education and a logger by heart, his logging company was small by definition and yet Jim was not afraid to be part of any conversation or initiative that would benefit his colleagues and profession. I first met Jim in Washington, DC as the ALC was forming and responding to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. His cool head, carefully selected speech and principled belief that loggers deserved an equal seat at the table truly impressed me and others. He had the deep respect of many within the forest products industry.”—Cheryl Russell, former Executive Vice President, ALC Charlottesville, VA 22911; or to the Jim Mooney Scholarship Fund, Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation. Checks for the latter should be made payable to the Virginia Tech Foundation Inc. and sent to the Office of Gift Accounting (0336), University Gateway Center, Virginia Tech, 902 Prices Fork Rd., Blacksburg, VA 24061.

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NewsLines Loggers Speak Loudly With Silent Protest The vast majority of logging and trucking operations that deliver wood to the Boise Paper (Packaging Corp. Of America) mill at International Falls, Minn. staged a “silent protest” and refused to deliver wood October 30-31.

The few truck deliveries that were made were probably by suppliers who hadn’t heard of the protest, accorA few words said it all for frustrated Lake States loggers. ding to participants. Some suppliers instead directed their trucks to other markets.

While the protest specifically targeted the Boise Paper mill because of alleged poor and erratic rates paid by the company, many other mills in the Lake States region are similarly at fault, according to logging spokesmen. They add that a recent shortage of pulpwood inventory at some mills is related in part to a decline in logging capacity as more loggers have been less willing to sustain financial hardship, with some going out of business.

“The Boise wood delivery shutdown was an absolute success in that it demonstrated that loggers and truckers were willing to stand together,” according to Scott Dane, one of the organizers of the protest and who is executive director of the Associated Contract Loggers & Truckers of Minnesota. “Loggers and truckers decided to just stay away and let their absence speak for them.”

The protest came three days after the PCA CEO stated that the company’s third quarter earnings represented the eighth consecutive quarter of record earnings.

Dane says ACLT’s particular non-profit status allows it to perform collective bargaining, and while it has been reluctant to move in that direction, a meeting will be held to present this option to the membership.

Wood deliveries resumed as normal in the week after the protest.

Dale Erickson of Erickson Timber Products, Baudette, Minn., was one of those who directed his trucks to other delivery points. “I think the real story here is the pulpwood supply to mills, logger financial health, logger age, some of the agencies’ efforts to supply stumpage and the fact it took the mill yards running out of wood all across the Lake States to bring it to the point where they are willing to discuss things that have become survival issues for loggers,” said Erickson, who is a former Lake States Region Logger of the Year and former president of the Minnesota Timber Producers Assn.

Boise Paper shut down two paper machines at International Falls last October, laying off a third of its work force, about the same time the company was sold to PCA.

ALC Celebrates 20th At Annual Meeting A spirit of celebration permeated the American Loggers Council’s annual meeting, its 20th, September 25-27 at Harris, Mich., a few miles outside Escanaba. About 200 from across the country participated.

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are headed,” said ALC outgoing president Brian Nelson. “We’re excited about the progress that has been made and look forward to extending those efforts as we head into 2015. We are confident that we are headed in the right direction as the national hub for logger information exchange, linking local, state and regional organizations around the country.”

In giving his report during the business session, ALC Legislative Committee Chair Jim Geisinger commented:

“Over the past 20 years the progress the organization has made is amazing.

Where once there was once no unified voice for loggers in Washington, DC, today Washington is calling us. Just this year members of the American Loggers Council have been called several times to testify on the issues and legislation that have the potential to impact their operations, as well as have two of our issues, the Endangered Species Act and Truck Weights (Right To Haul Act) introduced as bills in both the House and Senate.” Geisinger added that “having this many state representatives and senators, as well as U.S. Congressman Dan Benishek attend this meeting, is a testament to the progress that we are making.”

During the closing president’s dinner, several ALC past presidents, including the first, Michigan’s Earl St. John, joined the group’s first executive vice president, Cheryl Russell, in the celebration. All were recognized for the work they did to keep the organization moving forward.

Corbett Caudill, president of Caudill Chipping, Inc., Dundas, Ohio, received the Timber Harvesting Logging Business of the Year Award from DK Knight of Hatton-Brown Publishers.

Caudill, 71, has logged for more than 50 years and remains the active coach of a dedicated chipping-roundwood team that includes his son, Cory.

At its awards luncheon where ALC recognizes its sponsors, the group presented a new award, the National Logger Activist Award, to Mike Albrecht, owner of Sierra Resource Management, Jamestown, Calif. Albrecht has been a passionate industry advocate for many years. Nelson presented the President’s Award to two logging association leaders for their work on ALC’s behalf: Jim Geisinger, Associated Oregon Loggers, and Keith Olson, Montana Logging Assn.

ALC moved its traditional logging tour ahead by one day and made it optional, gave Friday over to technical sessions and streamlined its business meeting on Saturday. Technical sessions included presentations on running a successful business, identifying issues that impact and opportunities related to timber harvesting businesses; telematics programs now offered by certain machinery manufacturers to increase efficiencies and help increase uptime; Tier 4f engine issues

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NewsLines and natural gas applications in trucking; and the fire suppression efforts of Timber Equipment Applications Management (TEAM).

New ALC officers for 2014-15 include Myles Anderson, California, president; Richard Schwab, Florida, first vice president; Ken Martin, Mississippi, second vice president; and Mark Turner, Oregon, secretary-treasurer.

ALC’s 2015 annual meeting will be September 24-26 in Eureka, Calif.

Cool Planet Receives USDA Commitment U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has issued Cool Planet Energy Systems a $91 million conditional commitment for a loan guarantee to support construction of the company’s first commercial manufacturing plant to be located at the Port of Alexandria, Louisiana. The plant is expected to produce renewable fuels by converting wood chips into high octane gasoline and aromatic blendstocks that are chemically identical to fossil fuels, according to Cool Planet.

Cool Planet states it expects this commercial plant to be the first of hundreds of plants that its company builds across the U.S. Cool Planet broke ground at the Port of Alexandria earlier this year.

Site preparation and detailed engineering design work is under way, and the company expects to start construction in early 2016.

Cool Planet reports its strategic investors include BP, Google Ventures, GE, ConocoPhillips, NRG Energy, the Constellation division of Exelon, and leading venture capital investors, including North Bridge Venture Partners.

wable energy. This contract is the largest renewable energy project in the history of the U.S. Army, according to ReEnergy Holdings.

The ReEnergy Black River facility, located inside the fence at Fort Drum, has 60 MW of generation capacity.

ReEnergy acquired the facility in December 2011 and invested more than $34 million to convert the facility to use biomass as its primary fuel. The converted facility commenced operations in May 2013.

Global Energy Solutions Tells Of Alabama Plans A spokesman for Global Energy Solutions LLC (GES) on October 17 revealed that it intends to build a $20 million chip mill, eventually followed by a large pellet plant, at the Port of Epps in west Alabama (Sumter County).

Construction on the chip mill, which will have the capacity of producing a million tons per year, will begin in the first quarter of next year, according to GES’ Scot Corbett, who met with local officials at the University of West Alabama campus in making the announcement.

“With the combination of the infrastructure that is there—the power, the gas, the rail, the port, and the interstate within 1.2 miles of the site—this is an incredible opportunity,” he said.

GES said the pellet plant could be a $120 million investment (1 million metric ton capacity) that could help in the development of the Epes Intermobile Facility (EIF). Owned by Sumter County, the EIF would be specifically designed for the transportation of the chips and pellets produced at the plant.

U.S. Army Awards Contract To ReEnergy

Enviva Increases Wood Pellet Capacity

U.S. Defense Logistics Agency awarded a 20-year contract to ReEnergy Black River to provide renewable electricity to Fort Drum (New York).

ReEnergy Black River submitted a proposal in spring 2013 to the Defense Logistics Agency as part of a competitive procurement process to provide renewable power to Fort Drum, a U.S. Army installation that is home to 37,000 soldiers and family members and employs almost 4,000 civilians.

The federal government is increasing its demand for long-term rene-

Enviva, which is building two additional pellet plants in North Carolina, and is purchasing the Green Circle Bio Energy pellet operation in Cottondale, Fla., is now seeking a $100 million initial public offering.

Pointing to its growing production capacities and to forecasts for tremendous gains in global demand, Enviva believes it is positioned to capture a significant portion of this wood pellet growth.

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NC; Northampton County, NC; and Southampton County, Va., while operating purchased plants in Amory, Miss. and Wiggins, Miss. The combined wood pellet production capacity from these five facilities is 1.6 million metric tons. Enviva exports its product through terminals in Chesapeake, Va. and Mobile, Ala. The company also recently announced plans to build two more facilities in Richmond and Samson counties in southeast North Carolina with an investment of more than $214 million.

The Green Circle facility reports a production capacity of approximately 650,000 metric tons per year. The plant benefits from an abundant supply of locally procured raw material, principally pine, and exports its product from the Port of Panama City, Fla. Like Enviva, Green Circle supplies wood pellets under long-term contracts to major European power generators that replace coal with biomass.

The Green Circle facility began production in 2008.

Roseburg Has Weed Plywood Mill Going Roseburg Forest Products announced a phased ramp-up of production at its Weed, Calif. veneer facility.

The repairs to the entire mill, which was damaged by the “Boles Fire” on September 15, will likely take until the first quarter of 2015. The fire hit the facility at 1 p.m. All Roseburg employees were evacuated and there were no injuries.

Canfor Purchases Southern Lumber Co. Southern Lumber Co., Inc. announced the sale of substantially all of its assets to New South Companies, Inc., a subsidiary of Canadian Forest Products, Ltd. (Canfor) of British Columbia, Can. The sale includes the 90MMSF capacity pine sawmill in Hermanville, Miss. and the headquarters office building in Ridgeland, Miss.

The sale, which is scheduled to close at the end of the first quarter, 2015, was for $48.7 million, according to a report from Canfor.

Southern Lumber was established in 1983 by Bill Dearman, Sr. and Floyd Sulser, Sr. The company manufactures predominately long, wide lumber.

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IndusTREE Offers Full M Milling operations complement woods work, offer vertical integration advantages.

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IndusTREE Logging is part of an organization that moves more than 1 million tons of timber annually.

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auling 75 loads a day—and as part of an organization that routinely produces 200 loads daily— IndusTREE Logging has grown exponentially in the past decade-plus, from a single crew in 2003 to eight crews today. IndusTREE Logging is operated as a separate company, one of several under the IndusTREE umbrella that includes timber procurement, logging, property management and manufacturing divisions and employs 150 overall.

The IndusTREE companies are headed by President Larry Jones and Vice President Lee Davis, two west Alabama foresters and Auburn University graduates who have built an impressive and vertically integrated forest products operation that can handle all aspects of the forest industry, from seedling and stump to end product shipping from several timber processing facilities.

Working with timberland owners large and small, the IndusTREE group offers landowners a full menu of forest industry services, from high-production logging for some of the largest companies and timberland owners in the industry to custom management plans for small tract owners. Along the way, Jones and Davis have forged a reputation for quality and integrity that’s built on providing the best service possible for landowners big and Foremost Authority For Professional Loggers

In early fall Timber Harvesting caught up with one of IndusTREE Logging’s crews southeast of Montgomery, Ala. in Bullock County, working a 100-acre private landowner tract. The crew had been on site for a month doing a fifth row first-thinning on roughly 16-year-old timber. Output consisted of all pine pulpwood going to International Paper’s Prattville mill. The job also held the prospect of future work for the same landowner who owns 4,000 acres in the area.

On site were a Deere 843K feller-buncher with new Deere sawhead, Deere 748H skidder and Deere 437D loader with CTR delimber/slasher system.

Looking at the machines work, Davis said the 748H is a larger skidder than they’ve used previously in thinning applications, and he’s liking the change.

“You don’t bog down as much, you get more fuel savings and less wear and tear,” Davis said, adding that additional skidding capacity makes all phases of the operation more efficient, and over time the company will be looking to upgrade skidder size as equipment is replaced.

Davis says he’s also impressed with the new FD55 Deere sawhead running on the 843K. With 23 in. cutting capacity, 6.8 sq. ft. accumulation capacity and a taller design, the sawhead is more productive and stable, he believes.

“It’s got more strength up high,” Davis says. “Most sawhead pockets are on one side, but this one has a dual pocket area sort of like an upside-down heart shape.” As a result, he says, the machine is more stable handling accumulated stems since all the weight isn’t put on one side, and the robust tower design provides additional stability, he adds. “It gives you the height support you need.” TH

More robust Deere FD55 sawhead design offers good stability, Davis says.

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small. And it’s all done with the goal of maximizing timber value but also reaching any additional objectives a landowner might have.

company name was changed to IndusTREE Timber in 2004.)

It was a dizzying time as Jones remembers: He and Davis in their early 30s had become part owners in a sawmill and also owned and managed a growing timber company that was up to eight or so additional timber buyers.

Background

Jones, from Selma, Ala., and Davis, from Camden, Ala., had become well acquainted at Auburn, where the forLogging Too estry school puts the same students in the same In 2003, Jones and classes for their final two Davis decided to start their years in the program, and own crew. Davis, who they were also in the same Davis, left, and Jones: Committed to customer service, maximizing timber value. heads up the logging venfraternity. After graduatture (LLB Timber Co. at to grow, so it was a good fit for both ing in ’92, they went their separate the time), says, “We had been around of us,” Jones remembers. ways but stayed in touch as each logging all our lives. We bought all Second, two local sawmills closed in began working for west Alabama timJohn Deere equipment the first time 2000, one in Montgomery, the other ber dealerships, Jones with H.C. around, and we’ve been learning in the north of Wetumpka. One of Jones’ Moore and Davis working with Jimmy process of growing ever since.” major timberland owner contacts, Bass Travis and Wilco Timber Co. The LLB Timber venture had Lumber, operated a local pallet mill and But both Jones and Davis were grown to three crews by late 2013, was needing sources for lumber. Owner looking to start their own operation. when the company bought out another Larry McGinn approached the timber “We both wanted to do something on contractor who operated two crews, dealership about investing in a new our own, and were both looking for an then added yet another crew to field greenfield sawmill to be built on the site six going into 2014. (As of December opportunity to better ourselves,” Jones of a former chip mill north of We2013, LLB Logging’s name was says. “We both had a drive to do that, tumpka. Seeing the advantage in ownchanged to IndusTREE Logging.) Will and our philosophy has always been ing a market for some of the timber the Marks is foreman for crews 1-2-3, and that two people combined can equal company produced, the foresters took Jerrid Smith is foreman for crews 4-5more than two in terms of operations, the plunge into sawmill ownership.

6. This past June, IndusTREE Logging determination and success.”

“That was a big investment for us,” bought out another local contractor Davis and Jones formed a partnerJones says of the 18-month project and who operated two crews, and former ship with Travis and started Central sawmill, which ended up with the timowner Ron Hilyer stayed on to be Alabama Timber Co. in 1994, initially ber dealership and Bass Lumber ownbased in Clanton, then moved to Millforeman of crews 7-8. ing the venture. (Thornton was evenThough each crew can handle thinbrook and ultimately its current locatually bought out of his interest in both ning and clear-cut applications as retion in Wetumpka. “Lee and I were the the sawmill and dealership, and the quired, there are some specialties only two employees,” Jones remembers. “We cruised the timber, checked among the lineup. For example, two of on the loggers, paid the bills.” the crews are dedicated to working exclusively on Resource Management Initially independent, the company gained a Macmillan-Bloedel procureServices timberland; three work priment contract in the mid ’90s and soon marily pine tracts, while two are conafter a contract with Union Camp in sidered hardwood specialists.

Prattville to supply its major central Davis is at the top of the IndusAlabama pulp and paper mill log yard.

TREE Logging pyramid, coordinating closely with Marks, Smith and Hilyer.

By ’95 and ’96 Davis and Jones had In addition, each crew has its own added office employees and their first leader. “It can be a loader man or cutadditional timber buyer. By ’99 they ter man, but it’s really whoever stands were up to six employees, and were out and can see the bigger picture of about to find opportunity knocking: what we’re trying to accomplish,” First, Central Alabama Timber was Davis says. given an opportunity to merge with The basic setup for each is a cutter/ longtime Wetumpka timber dealership skidder/loader with delimber/slasher Jimmy Thornton Timber. Central Alapackage, though two crews operate bama Timber was dissolved, and the with two skidders and another two company operated as Thornton & Ascrews share a spare skidder. Crews are sociates for several years. “We were Adding skidding capacity is a goal. looking to grow, and Thornton needed occasionally placed on the same tract 12

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simultaneously if needed.

Equipment for an eight-crew logging setup lineup is varied, including one Caterpillar, two Deere, two Valmet and five Tigercat feller-bunchers; one Caterpillar, two Tigercat and eight Deere skidders; and one Barko, two Cat, two Tigercat and three Deere loaders. Each loader has a CTR or CSI pull-through delimber, and one crew runs a Chambers Delimbinator.

Crew 5 runs the newest equipment—a 2014 Tigercat 724E f-b and 620E skidder and a 2014 Deere 437D loader. Crew 3 runs a 2014 Deere 843K f-b, a 2014 Deere 748H skidder and a 2014 Caterpillar 559C loader. Crew 2 runs all Caterpillar equipment, 2012 models—563C f-b, 525C skidder and 559B loader. Most remaining equipment dates back to within the past five or so years, with a ’99 Tigercat 726B f-b on Crew 6 the oldest piece. The company also operates six dozers, a mixture of Deere and Cat. Two employees work full-time on nothing but road and BMP assignments.

Davis notes that all crews do a good job, and with similar equipment lineups all are considered roughly equal in terms of production. “We don’t have any low producers among the crews,” Davis says, adding that each also does a good job of merchandising timber.

“It’s all based on the buyers and our foresters doing the field work, and that’s an advantage for us,” Davis says, noting that the whole IndusTREE organization has a wealth of knowledge and opportunities in its contracted markets, its own internal mill markets and other mill contacts throughout the Southeast. Even so, he adds, buyers and crews try to find the fine line of minimizing separations without losing revenue in order to maximize efficiency and production.

IndusTREE logging has 18 trucks (11 Peterbilt), the rest a mixture of Kenworth, International, Volvo and Mack. Davis says he looks to buy used trucks and works with a local big rig engine rebuilder and truck reconditioner to be able to operate high quality log hauling rigs at a lower cost.

“We want a good image on the roads, and we run well-maintained trucks,” Davis says.

The trucking side includes 44 trailers, primarily Pitts units, plus some Magnolia trailers and more than a few shop-built trailers. This includes three lowboys, some standard 4-bolster trailers, and a few platform trailers for Foremost Authority For Professional Loggers

Eight crews have a variety of equipment, can handle thinning and clear-cut work.

occasional mill hauling when needed.

“We try to keep trucks dedicated to the same job, and each supervisor is communicating with the others to make it as efficient as possible,” Davis says, adding that he’s looking into developing a dispatch system and is also using GPS systems on five rigs currently to gather more information.

“We’re trying to integrate the trucking better with all the crews,” he says.

“Ideally, we would have a system where the foremen and all eight loader operators could communicate.”

Though equipment operators do much of the preventive maintenance work themselves, a staff of three mechanics handles more involved work.

Crew foremen are in charge of equipment work and schedule jobs with the mechanics when needed.

“We’ve been monitoring fuel consumption for every piece of equipment

IndusTREE employs 150.

to see how they’re holding up,” Davis says. Operating so much Deere machinery, IndusTREE has a good relationship with Warrior Tractor in Montgomery, he adds.

The newer Deere machines in the lineup are equipped with the JD Link on-line system, which Davis has worked with some but admits he hasn’t had time to fully explore all its features but he monitors idle time, run time and fuel usage using it.

Right now Davis has JD Link set up for automatic email alerts, plus any warranty issue. Warrior has worked closely with IndusTREE in helping troubleshoot with the JD Link system on any repeat codes or warnings they’ve received, Davis says.

Operations Today, IndusTREE Logging is part of an operation that includes a timber procurement company (IndusTREE Timber), timberland management company (IndusTREE Properties) and mill division (IndusTREE Manufacturing). All divisions are operated separately. “We set them up as separate entities because they all need to stand on their own legs, plus they’re easier to manage,” Jones says.

IndusTREE Timber has grown to feature 15 full-time procurement foresters serving parts of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. These timber buyers work with a network of 40 Professional Logging Management-certified independent loggers located throughout their respective procurement areas. Overall, the operation moves more than 1 million tons of timber annually.

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ships and some working agreements with major wood consumers and suppliers such as International Paper, Georgia-Pacific, West Fraser and John Hancock Timberlands, in addition to dozens of other markets (plus their own) throughout the region.

IndusTREE Timber has a close relationship with Resource Management Services, the firm that acquired much of International Paper’s former timberlands in central Alabama in 2006.

Through a cut-and-haul agreement, IndusTREE provides consistent logging production and hardwood and pole markets, Jones says, noting IndusTREE Logging has two crews dedicated fulltime to harvesting RMS tracts.

Jones and Davis are proud of their adherence to following BMP guidelines and note that RMS has the company doing much of its additional BMP work as well, not just for IndusTREE crews.

IndusTREE Manufacturing, after beginning with the Central Alabama Wood Products sawmill venture at Nixburg, Ala. in 2001, IndusTREE also has ownership positions in Castleberry Wood Products in Castleberry, Ala., Wilton Wood Products in Montevallo and full ownership of IndusTREE Pole & Piling in Goodwater.

Together, the mill operations each year produce more than 30MMBF of a full range of hardwood lumber products. The manufacturing division also produces more than 300,000 crossties and 50,000 poles and pilings annually.

A rail siding at the pole plant facilitates log and lumber shipping.

IndusTREE Properties specializes in land management activities outside of traditional logging and hauling jobs, meeting specific landowner objectives such as wildlife habitat enhancement, pond and bridge building, prescribed burning, chemical treatments, road work and more.

Both Davis and Jones believe their vertically integrated business approach with IndusTREE’s separate divisions provides timberland owners of any size with the best possible combination of market knowledge and quality logging and land management services to maximize timber value.

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Managing the office and a mountain of paperwork are, from left, Donna Lee, Martha Crim, Mary Jane Cook, Twana Herman and Diane Tyler

know what the needs of the mills are when markets change,” he adds.

“We’ve got as good a take on the markets as anybody in the region, which is very important—and a key benefit that a landowner can recognize.”

Combined with such market knowledge is IndusTREE’s commitment to customer service and quality operations. “To have the growth we’ve had, it’s all about having quality people, and we rely heavily on them,” Jones says.

“We’re big on hiring quality people and people with a good reputation,” Davis says, “because in this business your name and reputation are everything. We treat the landowners as good as we can and always leave the tract in better shape and roads in better condition when we leave.”

‘Next Level’ Backing the IndusTREE operations is a staff that handles the mountains of paperwork and information such a multi-faceted organization generates.

Five ladies who are all cross-trained handle account payable, receivables, payroll, trucking paperwork and more.

The company uses Forest Products Accounting business management software that’s truly suited to the industry, Jones says.

IndusTREE recently hired Brian Roth as CFO to get a better handle on finances and R.O.I. after such fast growth the past few years. He’s also tasked with an effort to better harness current and new technology to help take IndusTREE to the “next level” of performance in terms of operating efficiencies and cost savings.

In the woods the company is explor-

ing technology, running the Timberguide harvest management GPS system from Genesis Industries on three cutters, plus using five GPS units on trucking to help develop more efficiencies and an efficient dispatch system.

Roth is also interested in better handling log accounting information, starting with the traditional hard copy weight ticket many drivers get. “I think a good step would be the use of smart scanners that drivers can use to scan in weight ticket information and better sync that data with the accounting software,” he says.

In the meantime, more systems are being developed to take advantage of the cost efficiencies available with an operation so large, including bulk buying systems for everything from skidder tires, oil and fuel products to diesel exhaust fluid.

“We’re getting those things in place and making efficiency gains we can take advantage of in the future,” Davis says.

Meanwhile, IndusTREE remains in a sweet spot with its working relationships, market knowledge and vertical integration advantages. “I think there are better days coming, Jones says.

“The companies that have survived the downturn are stronger, and hopefully both landowners and mills will see the need to strengthen the logging capacity that’s out there.”

UPDATE: Since this issue went to press, IndusTREE Logging has added several pieces of equipment to crews 4 and 7, including a Caterpillar 559 loader, Deere 437D loader, Deere 843K f-b, Tigercat 724E f-b, and two TH Deere 748H skidders.

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North Country Excellence John Rolle does it right, keeps it simple; hopes for better conditions.

JayDonnell John Rolle has been active in Minnesota’s logging community for more than 30 years.

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hen John Rolle started logging in 1980 he soon knew he never wanted to do anything else. Rolle attended Hibbing Community College and worked for his father’s construction company for several years, but he had a passion for the woods, especially hunting and fishing. One day he picked up a logging magazine. “I saw a Timber Harvesting magazine and decided maybe I should get a cable skidder,” Rolle recalls. “One cable skidder, then two cable skidders and then an old Barko 60 loader mounted on one of my dad’s old cement trucks.

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tractor and that evolved into John Rolle Logging, Inc., based in Chisholm, Minn., in the state’s northeastern section. For more than 30 years Rolle has been active in Minnesota’s logging community, on the ground and as a member of the Minnesota Timber Producers Assn., serving on the organization’s board of directors for the past 10 years. He’s been an advocate for fellow loggers with local units of government and state governmental agencies.

State, Regional Awards Rolle Logging’s overall efficiency and the way it takes care of the land during a harvest were primary reasons

why the company was named Logger of the Year in 2013 by the Minnesota Sustainable Forestry Initiative Implementation Committee. The award was presented to him at the Minnesota Loggers Education Program (MLEP) Loggers Conference. Rolle, 60, has been a long-time member of MLEP. Forest Resources Assn. selected Rolle Logging its 2013 Lake States Region Outstanding Logger, which automatically made the organization one of five finalists for the FRA national award. As was brought out in his nomination for the recognition, Rolle excells in riparian zone management, wildlife habitat, historical/cultural consideration, and soil productivity.

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Rolle’s operation was adhering to sustainable practices long before Minnesota’s Voluntary Site-Level Forest Management Guidelines were established in 1999. “Many years ago we started keeping treetops out of wetlands, using buffer strips, and keeping everything on high ground. We never really had any issues,” he says. Rolle regularly attends MLEP annual training to stay up to date on new developments in guidelines and harvesting.

Operational Details Running one crew, the business hires five to seven employees depending on the time of year. Production reaches up to 1,000 cords a week during the summer but usually soars during the winter months, thanks to better timber and better ground conditions. Output is about evenly divided between softwood and hardwood.

“You’re only as good as the wood you cut,” he says. “You cut good wood, you can put a big pile out in a week. You cut junk and you don’t have much to show for it.”

Generally logging in Itasca and St. Louis counties and working on a lot of state DNR tracts as well as some industrial lands, Rolle harvests a variety of species, including aspen, red and jack pine, balsam, birch, and spruce.

His whole tree ‘hot logging’ process is somewhat unique among companies in the area in that stroke delimbers (two) move about a tract, delimbing and sorting at the stump and scattering the slash. Rolle believes the procedure consumes less fuel, maximizes skidding efficiency and results in less soil disturbance, better controlling mudsoil erosion and/or dust, depending on weather conditions.

When Timber Harvesting visited, John Rolle Logging was anchored on an 82-acre tract, conducting a regeneration cut on part of it and thinning the remainder.

Rolle bought the timber from a private landowner. “I bought this sale because the ground was good so you’re able to keep your employees going,” Rolle says. “We had an incredibly wet spring and an incredibly wet early summer.”

These conditions followed 70-plus days of below zero temperatures last winter. The combination of extreme cold and high fuel prices made for a rough winter for the company. “There Foremost Authority For Professional Loggers

John Rolle, left, pauses with his experienced crew.

were a lot of days where we couldn’t work because of how frozen everything was,” Rolle explains. “With some of the mills closing we were having to haul farther than we were used to and the high fuel prices made things difficult.”

Rolle’s markets have held up fairly well, all things considered, but the state has seen numerous mill closures in recent years, including three oriented strandboard plants and a paper mill. Even the Boise-PCA mill at International Falls reduced production by shutting down two paper machines last year. Along with Boise, main markets include Sappi Fine Paper at Clo-

Rolle Participates In ‘Silent Protest’ To call attention to what they deem are out of date pay rates, Rolle Logging joined with scores of other loggers and truckers in not delivering any wood to the Boise paper mill at International Falls on October 30 and 31. This ‘silent protest’ stopped all but a trickle of truck traffic at the facility, according to published accounts. (See news item on page 6).

Rolle thinks the protest will make an impact. “I think it will be effective because they can’t afford to have these shutdowns and they know everyone is fed up with the low prices,” he says. “I think some of the mills have started listening to loggers more.”

quet, the LP OSB plant in Two Harbors, Hill Wood Products in Cook, Hedstrom Lumber in Grand Marais and Potlatch at Bemidji.

Men, Machines He closely monitors activities to guard against unnecessary risks and seeks input from employees to keep his equipment in good condition and working order, which in turn helps to ensure that everyone goes home issue-free at the end of the day. Some employees are trained in CPR and first aid. “We’ve had no safety issues,” Rolle says. “Most of these guys have 20-25 years of working in the woods.

I’ve been really fortunate to have such good people. No turnover at all. That’s the secret.”

Most employees have put in a good number of years with Rolle. They include Mike Anderson and Gary Fasso on delimbers, Dale Rahier on the loader/slasher, Nick Lake on a skidder or feller-buncher, and Don Larsen on a buncher. In the winter Kevin Lenzen and Tony Lautizi come in to run a buncher and skidder, respectively.

Rolle has three experienced truck drivers—Darryl Rahier, Terry Rautilola and John Scoefield. “There’s a shortage of hired trucks and drivers,” Rolle says. “A lot of the them went to North Dakota and the oil fields.”

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Production reaches up to 1,000 cords a week during summers, goes higher in winter.

The company owns two 495ML Barko loaders.

John Deere 748H skidder gets the job done.

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well. Each employee gets a vehicle because they all live in different areas.

He also provides health insurance, a Christmas bonus and contributes a percentage of their wages to a retirement fund.

For its size, the company has a good deal of equipment: two 495ML Barko loaders, 2054 John Deere track-type carrier with a Denharco delimber, a new 2154D John Deere track-type carrier with ProPac delimber, John Deere 748H and 648G III skidders, and two Tigercat 822 and one 822B track-type feller-bunchers.

“We need the two bunchers in the winter for cutting swamp spruce because the ground is not always frozen,” Rolle says. “We don’t skid on it right away, just to give it time to tighten up.” Rolle operates a buncher a couple of days a week just to help out and keep his skills sharp. Rolle owns three International trucks that pull Sta-Lite and Savage trailers.

Although he has no experience with them in harvesting machines to date, Rolle says he’s worried about the new Tier 4f engines operating in a cold climate. “With our climate we just don’t think the Tier 4f is going to work here until they improve them. The computer shuts them off if you idle for five minutes and that’s just not going to work for us with these 25 degrees below zero days we have.”

The company has a shop in Chisholm where machines are examined thoroughly and/or repaired during spring breakup. Machines are also brought to the shop in November to get them ready for winter.

Rolle periodically hires the services of a contract mechanic, Jeff Zgaynor.

Each operator greases machinery and changes the oil, which is changed every 250 hours, except in the winter when they run synthetic and change it out every 400 hours.

Rolle’s wife, Mary, helps with the bookkeeping. They have four children.

In spite of all of the success, there are continuing challenges. Availability of summer wood is one of them.

“Everyone is pretty much after the same wood and during the boom, stumpage prices got crazy here,” Rolle explains. “They’re creeping up again now so you just to have to go with your plan.”

Rolle’s plan is to keep it simple.

“By doing that I think I’ve been fortuTH nate to be successful.”

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Recent Shows In The Rearview Highlights Of Events In Wisconsin, Mississippi, Oregon, Ohio DKKnight

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eflecting an improving economy and steady-to-expanding raw material demand, late summer and early fall forestry equipment shows across the U.S. racked up strong numbers as renewed confidence in the forest products industry continues to build momentum. n Held September 5-6 in Oshkosh, Wis., the Lake States Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo drew 180 exhibitors and about 8,200 attendees, matching the show’s 2012 numbers for Oshkosh, according to Henry Schienebeck, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Assn., (GLTPA) which sponsored the event. Attendance was exceptionally strong on the show’s first day.

Wicsonsin Gov. Scott Walker, the candidate endorsed by GLTPA, appeared at the September 4 kickoff event, recognizing the importance of the forest industry to the state’s economy. Walker

was reelected on November 4.

Much of the equipment displayed was already sold, and many attending loggers were looking to buy more.

Ponsse put on an impressive display, spotlighting its newly introduced Scorpion harvester. Two of its cut-tolength machines stood out in a pink and black paint scheme—as ordered

by Shamco, an Iron Mountain, Mich.based customer—a timely gesture designed to call attention to the national breast cancer research effort.

Barko made a very big splash with its track-type harvesters, loaders, material handlers, forwarders, chippers and Pettibone Carry-Lifts.

Caterpillar/Fabco, John Deere/Nortrax and Komatsu/Roland Machinery were well represented as they displayed CTL machines, loaders, harvesters and forwarders.

Gerald DuGree, Hermansville, Mich., took first place in the Komatsu-sponsored Forwarder Challenge,

while David Anderson, Felch, Mich., took second place and John Talbacka, Ispheming, Mich., claimed third. n Several records fell at the MidSouth Forestry Equipment Show in Starkville, Miss., held September 1920. Total attendance was just north of 6,600, a record for the nation’s longest running live forestry equipment venue, according to Misty Booth, Show Manager and Mississippi State University (MSU) Forest Supervisor. This number included 400-plus students present on the show’s first day. Booth reported that 80 exhibitors, a number just shy of the record set in 2006, participated.

Several vendors reported making sales and many developed strong leads.

Most attendees overwhelmingly came from Mississippi, with Alabama a far distant second. Other states strongly represented were Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, and Iowa.

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Attendees line up for a hot meal at the Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show.

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The Caterpillar Loader Championship is always a magnet at shows around the country.

tinuing education classes for loggers, foresters and landowners. According to MSU Extension Service officials, 682 loggers and 479 foresters participated.

As usual, the food prepared and served by certain exhibitors on Saturday was a big hit. Hundreds lined up for catfish, chicken and other meats and sides offered by B&G Equipment-Tigercat; Stribling Equipment-John Deere; Puckett Machinery-Thompson Machinery-Caterpillar, and Waters International Trucks-Barko. The Cat dealers and Waters designated all food receipts to Log-a-Load for Kids, turning in $3,913 and $600.50, respectively.

Caterpillar’s Loader Championship generated another $1,056 for the charity, which also benefitted from merchandise sales at the Mississippi Loggers Assn. (MLA) booth ($6,251) and from the show-sponsored ‘guess the weight’ contest ($144). Other substantial LAL sums came from merchandise sales at the Stribling-John Deere and B&G Equipment-Tigercat sites: $2,205 and $2,000, respectively. The grand LAL total generated amounted to $16,187.50, yet another record.

Lathan Padgett, Saluda, SC, took first place in the Caterpillar Loader Championship. Jonathan Cutshall, Iuka, Miss., took second place and Jason Cooper, Arcadia, Fla., finished third. Winners in the skidder contest, sponsored by Stribling Equipment, were Jared Burks, Louisville, Miss., Eddie Johnson, Crystal Springs, Miss., and D.J. Buckhault, Evergreen, Ala. On Friday night the MLA held its biennial awards banquet on the show grounds. Logger of the Year honors for 2014 went to Buck Beach, owner of Harvey Beach & Son Logging, Natchez, Miss. Beach, who helped found Foremost Authority For Professional Loggers

Barko ‘s display at the Lake States Logging & Heavy Equipment Show

PLC’s in The Woods Show in Oregon featured a strong educational theme.

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the MLA in the late ’80s and who later served as its interim director for several years, and who was named National Outstanding Logger in the ’90s by the Forest Resources Assn., said the state honor meant more to him than the regional and national honors he has received. n Thanks to the Pacific Logging Congress (PLC), more than 2,500 Oregon and Washington school children visited the In The Woods Show near Molalla, Ore. September 25-27 and left with a better idea of what the logging/forest products industry is all about. Another 500 teachers, parents and chaperones also got a first-hand look at harvesting, tree planting, wildlife displays, biomass production and more at the Port Blakely Tree Farm. PLC officials estimate total attendance at more than 5,000.

“We undertake a live show demonstration every four years because it provides a venue to present a ‘sciencebased’ first impression of forestry to school children and the public,” said Duane Evans, 2014 PLC President and Vice President of Forestry Operations of Port Blakely Tree Farms.

“Education is extremely important, not only for the students, but for the public too. “Our industry needs the long-term support of the public, “but in the short-term it also needs equipment operators, truck drivers, support technicians, and foresters.” The event accomplished both goals, he said.

Logging equipment performed thinning and regeneration cut harvesting, grinders and chippers converted residuals to energy feedstock, and more than 42 vendors affiliated with logging and forestry activities lined the road and pathways.

Attendees who participated in continuing education seminars earned Pro Logger and/or Forest Practices credits.

A live/silent auction September 24 raised nearly $19,000 for the Pacific Forest Foundation, the educational arm of the PLC, which will spend it on forestry education scholarships. The program was established in 2013 and so far has issued $25,000 in scholarships to college and technical students in Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia.

Todd Gordon, North American Forestry Corporate Accounts Manager for Caterpillar, is the 2015 PLC president. n The Ohio Forestry Assn.’s (OFA) annual Paul Bunyan Show, which took

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Ohio’s Paul Bunyan Show again drew strong participation.

Dirk Nielson, Caterpillar Forest Products territory manager, left, stands with Lake States contest winners, from left, Ron Shamion, Jr., third place; Brian McCumber, first place; and Bob Brzoznowski, second place.

Brett Sammon, Caterpillar Forest Products territory manager, left, stands with Mid-South contest winners, from left, Jason Cooper, third place; Lathan Padgett, first place; and Jonathan Cutshall, second place.

place October 2-4 in Cambridge, Ohio amid weather extremes, booked 132 exhibitors and attracted 10,519, up 7% from 2013, according to John Dorka, OFA Executive Director.

The show seemed to have an unofficial theme of material reduction and right-of-way clearing, given that almost every major dealer exhibited some type of land clearing equipment. This development was due to the continued growth in natural gas and oil exploration in parts of the region.

Tigercat dealer Ricer Equipment displayed a Tigercat track-type mulcher and reported significant interest. Ricer also showed a Tigercat 870 track-type feller-buncher and a 635 six-wheel drive skidder, both of which are well suited for handling hardwood growing on steep, rough terrain where longer skidding distances often rule.

Columbus Equipment showed a Barko track-type feller buncher, a Komatsu XT445L leveling feller-buncher and Log Max 6000 processing head. The most recent products added by the company are CMI land clearing units, and it had four on display. Columbus also showed Morbark grinders in the live demo area near their booth.

Baker Equipment showed Prentice and Hood product lines; Ohio Cat’s display including a skid-steer mulcher.

Murphy Tractor, the local John Deere dealer, included a wheel-type harvester and forwarder and a selection of skidders and loaders.

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Gulf Coast Powerhouse Husband-wife Bob and Kim Wall have grown their company into a thriving behemoth.

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eadquartered in Osyka, Miss., just east of I-55 and barely north of the Louisiana state line, the company is officially cast as Robert W. Wall, Inc. It is better known in the area as Wall Timber, and it does business in a very big way.

At the core are owners-partners Bob Wall, 56, and Kim, his wife of 33 years. They aren’t just partners on paper; they’re a true team in every way, the heart and the brains of the operation. Both are active in day-today management and they bring energy and passion that permeates every facet of the impressive enterprise they have built. They have strived to inject strong business practices into the company culture as part of the daily routine, and by all appearances they have succeeded.

Today Wall Timber is a meticulously organized, smooth-running machine with 70 employees, a fleet of trucks 29 strong, and nine logging crews—all with late model equipment—that operate in both Mississippi and Louisiana.

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their version of the American dream.

An Osyka native, Wall grew up around the timber industry, but he didn’t inherit the business from family after finishing high school, as is often the case. In fact, he didn’t finish high school at all. “In a way I’m not proud of it, but in a way I am,” he admits.

When his parents fell on hard times financially, Wall left school in the 9th grade and went to work. By the time he turned 18, he was able to buy his parents a house. The formula was always simple: lots of hard work, combined with lots more hard work.

He first went to work for T.L. James Construction, but after a few years landed a job on a logging crew, over time driving a truck and operating a skidder and loader. Eventually he became crew foreman. By 1988 Wall was turning 30 and his boss offered to sell him some equipment. Wall liked the idea, but when he brought it home to his young wife, Kim was less than enthusiastic. Her reluctance was understandable. They had two young daughters, and the risk was high.

Wall had the vision of what it could be, but at the time, that vision was obscured by the shadows of reality. He borrowed $100,000 to buy some older

equipment from his boss. A lot of his time was lost working on the equipment, and for the first few years he could only produce enough to pay interest to the bank. The family lived on the income from Kim’s bookkeeping job with a residential construction company.

“It took a while,” Wall recounts.

“We had no credit, but we finally worked up a deal with the local bank to buy a new skidder and a new cutter.

Then we took off. Now when I say we took off, it was not all roses; we had some bad times. But we had good times, too.” Kim kept her job for the first four years, and kept Wall Timber’s books at night on their dining room table. Eventually, that night work outgrew both the table and her avalable time, so she quit her job and went to work full time as Wall Timber’s office manager.

Family Ties The company grew as the family did. At first, the single crew included Wall on the loader and his older brother Dennis behind the wheel of a truck, with hired help for the skidder and cutter. That lasted two and a half

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years before they added a second crew, when his brother Larry came on board. Then their daughters grew up and got married and their husbands joined the business. Wall Timber expanded from two to four crews, then to six, and in the past year to nine.

Bob and Kim have two daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth, and both are tied into the company. Elizabeth’s husband Mark Konzelman has been in the business eight years and Abigail’s husband Brandon Liuzza joined the team six years ago. Both serve as crew foremen, along with Roy Williams (12 years with the company), and Dennis Wall, who has been with the company since its inception. The foremen oversee more than one crew each. Trucking supervisor Ricky Ravencraft is married to Wall’s niece Leslee, daughter of his late sister Mildred.

Recognition The company was recently notified of its selection as the 2014 Southcentral Region Outstanding Logger by the Forest Resources Assn., qualifying it as one of five finalists for the 2015 FRA national award.

In 2013 Wall was named the Louisiana Logging Council’s Logger of the Year—an unusual honor in that Wall Timber is incorporated in Mississippi.

But in practice it straddles the line between both states. Osyka is located right on the border—its southernmost city limit line is also the state line. The crews work as much in Louisiana as they do in Mississippi, sometimes even more. In fact, when he started, Wall worked almost exclusively in Louisiana.

Today the company is active in the Mississippi Loggers Assn. and the Louisiana Logging Council, as well as the Mississippi Forestry Assn.’s southwest district. Wall was also the 2005 Pike County Logger of the Year. Wall has been a master logger in Mississippi since 1998 and is about to undertake the smart logger program through the Louisiana Logging Council.

Gulf States Forestry in Clinton, La., has a special relationship with Wall Timber. The timber dealer works exclusively with Wall. When Gulf States owner Marshall Varnado left his previous job to go on his own, he and Wall worked out the arrangement.

“We are committed to them and they are committed to us,” Wall says. Gulf States buys timber for eight of Wall’s Foremost Authority For Professional Loggers

crews; the ninth contracts for International Paper. Varnado has two other foresters in his employ: David Murrell and Matt Williamson.

“They are by far the best loggers I have ever worked with,” Varnado says. “What sets them apart is that they truly care about what they’re doing. They’re meticulous by nature and they pay attention to the details.

They want to do a good job. We have the same long-term goals: to operate our businesses in a way that is sustainable, which means doing right by people, doing a good job and making sure everyone can make money at the end of the day. That’s why we mesh so well together.”

Typically the crews work within a 75-mile radius of Osyka. Wall Timber hauls larger pine logs to Weyerhaeuser, McComb, Miss. and smaller pine logs to Weyerhaeuser, Holden, La. Both pine and hardwood pulpwood go to Georgia-Pacific, Port Hudson, La., and to International Paper’s wood yard, Kentwood, La. Pine pulp also goes to IP, Bogalusa, La., Kpaq Industries, Gloster, Miss. and G-P, Monticello, Miss. Next year Wall expects to have a new market when the Drax Biomass pellet mill opens in Gloster.

Machines, Maintenance The Walls estimate their equipment investment at $15 million. The breakdown: nine loaders (three Caterpillar 559s, three Prentice 2384s and three John Deere 437Ds); all paired with CTR 420 delimbers; nine skidders (all

Deere 648, 748 and 848H models except for one Cat 525C); eight wheeltype cutters (a mixture of Deere, Prentice and Cat models); three bulldozers and 15 service trucks.

The truck fleet includes 19 Western Stars and 10 Peterbilts. All are 20122014 models, about half of them 2014, two of them added in recent weeks.

Four-bolster trailers number 31 and the dominant brand is Magnolia, with a few Pitts added to the mix recently.

Four Magnolia lowboys round out the fleet.

Perhaps inspired by the early years, when he worked on his machines more than his machines worked for him, Wall believes in keeping things fresh, usually upgrading machines and trucks every 36-48 months. Thanks to meticulous service and accompanying records, Kim says the company always gets top dollar for trade-ins.

At the strikingly clean two-bay shop, the maintenance team greases trucks every two weeks and changes oil and all filters every 15-20,000 miles. Harvesting equipment gets the same treatment every 250 hours. They store new oil in a trailer-mounted 250-gallon tank and use a 150-gallon tank for storing used oil, which is sold to their primary oil/grease supplier.

Three mechanics stay busy in the shop while machine operators handle routine maintenance. Wall’s team can handle most repairs, but since much of the equipment stays under warranty, bigger jobs go back to dealers. Wall also relies on JD Link and Cat Product Link telematics systems to monitor

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newer machine performance.

In the current calendar year the company will spend about $740,000 on tires, parts, repairs, lubricants and DEF fluid, according to Kim. This includes both the harvesting and trucking sides.

Headquarters At home base, the shop is adjacent to the office, where Dawn Santalucito and Bonnie Swearingen work with Kim to keep up with all the paperwork. Wall Timber relies on a CPA for tax preparation and advice.

Using dry erase boards, they update maintenance information daily. The boards are color-coded by date, so the foremen know which machines are due for attention. Every time work is done foremen turn in a maintenance log sheet, which the office workers input in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. In this way they record all maintenance history on every piece of equipment.

“We have been this organized from the start,” Kim says.” I’ve worked in offices before, and this was personal.

It was our living. We had nothing, so every little detail was important.”

Drivers inspect trucks daily, following a checklist. If there is a problem, drivers note it on a post board in the shop, so the mechanics will know what each truck needs. “I tell them, write it down, don’t just tell them verbally,” Kim says. “Leave a paper trail.” Everything is documented in detail and turned in to the office to be recorded and filed. With this system, Wall Timber can track, for example, how many miles it gets from a particular brand/type of tire. This helps Bob and Kim to decide whether to purchase something different next time. It also helps at trade-in time.

When it comes time to select new trucks, tires, etc., the Walls look over the last six months of maintenance records to study fuel consumption and other factors, such as how many miles they got on a set of tires, and so forth.

This helps in determining what to buy, if they need to make a change or stick with the same. They also take into account any specials being offered, such as extended warranty plans. They do sometimes purchase extended warranty plans, depending on cost and what it covers, but since they trade in so regularly it often is unnecessary.

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each night and are washed twice a month. ”Everybody says there is nothing worse than a log truck, so our trucks are kept washed,” Kim says. “We also give incentives to our drivers for every quarter that their truck doesn’t get written up for anything in an inspection that could be their fault. I give them a bonus at the end of that three months just for doing something they should be doing anyway, but, the fewer tickets we get, the better.”

Further, they keep it all under video surveillance. “With 29 trucks and trailers, that’s quite an investment sitting out here in the open,” Kim notes.

Buying in bulk from The Wall skidder fleet of nine units is dominated by John Deere.

Kentwood Auto Parts fuel and 25,000 on off-road. in Kentwood, La., Wall Timber enjoys With crews spread out and hauling big discounts on truck parts, which are to mills north in Mississippi and south stored at the shop. That includes an in Louisiana, there are some backhaulinventory of tires, lights, filters, mud ing opportunities and the company flaps, warning flags, etc. Regarding the takes advantage of every chance to latter, Kim instructs truck drivers: maximize loaded miles. That requires “Never throw old ones away. Put it planning and coordination to prevent under the seat, so if you lose one you chaos—hence the need for a trucking have a spare.” coordinator to oversee dispatching.

When they got up to 18 trucks, Kim Trucking Setup says, they knew they had to have a Trucking is the biggest liability exmore organized system of communicaposure a logger has, the Walls know, tion with the drivers, who often return and they view owning trucks as a necto the shop after the office crew has essary evil. They don’t trust their left for the day. She found a post oftrucking component to an outside fice style mailbox from Northern Tool party. “We couldn’t have nine logging Co. Each driver has his own mail slot jobs with contract truckers,” Bob asand key; Kim has the master key to all serts. the slots. They leave load tickets and Wall reports that most of the bugs pick up messages there. have now been worked out with Tier Because they have to keep up with 4f engines on trucks. “We use 300 galDOT regulations in two states, the lons of DEF a week,” he says. They Walls just stick with the stricter set of buy fuel in bulk from Pigott Oil in Tyrules for all trucks, in terms of the lertown, Miss. In August, the company number of mud flaps or straps reburned 38,673 gallons of on-road diequired. Weight limit is 84,000 lbs. on sel and 16,012 gallons of off-road— Mississippi state roads with a harvest and that doesn’t count gas in crew permit and 86,600 in Louisiana with trucks. And August was a wet, slow harvest permit. Drivers keep a copy of month, so fuel use was about 20% less harvest permits inside each truck so than normal. Typically, according to they know highway legal weights Kim’s records, they hit closer to wherever they are. All trucks/trailers 50,000 gallons a month on highway have Vulcan on-board scales and Wall TIMBER HARVESTING & WOOD FIBER OPERATIONS

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Timber has an employee qualified to calibrate them. They started using the scales in late 2013 and it has taken about a year to get them installed on all rigs. Word of mouth recommendation from other loggers influenced the choice.

Recent Developments Always open to pioneering new things, the Walls have experimented with night logging, in-woods chipping, and tree pruning. Most recently they have tried shorter, slanted hood trucks.

They are lighter and easier to maneuver in tight spots, Kim says. In conjunction, they opted to try Pitts trailers—lighter weight than the Magnolias the company normally buys—to pair with the shorter trucks “I wanted to compare it to a fully loaded, heavier Magnolia truck to see if we could average 2-3 more tons per load, and it worked out,” she reports.

They also tested their first automatic transmission log truck recently. Some of the drivers loved it, but Kim remains unconvinced that it will pull the heavy loads uphill in the mud.

Another new addition in recent weeks was the installation of GPS/ dash cam systems on all trucks. After doing some homework on the options, Foremost Authority For Professional Loggers

they chose Top Dawg GPS 1080 dash cam from Custom Audio in McComb, Miss. Top Dawg owner and technical expert Bobby McDaniel has been a great help, Kim reports.

The system not only videos the driver’s view but records data such as GPS location, speed, idle time, turnaround time at the mill and so on, on a graph, all stored on a removable card. They bought 33 cards so they could have a few spares when they need to take a card out. They also upgraded the SD cards to 32 GB, which records for eight hours before it starts recording over itself.

“Our drivers tell us that people don’t respect a log truck,” Kim says. “They will pull out in front of a loaded truck carrying 80,000 lbs. like it’s a bicycle.” The recent addition of dash cams, she says, confirms what the drivers report. It also provides valuable, and visible, information useful for safety meetings.

The system immediately proved valuable. One driver had an accident just a few days after the installation.

The state trooper put the blame on the truck driver, accepting the account of the other driver, who claimed that Wall’s driver was speeding and in the wrong lane. The video proved otherwise: Wall’s truck was actually going 51 in a 55 zone and the other vehicle was the one across the yellow line.

Wall’s insurance company made a copy of it on a zip drive and will have the ticket reversed and removed from the driver and company record.

“I highly recommend it,” she says.

The investment was $9,666, installed (installation took about a half hour per truck). “The first week I probably saved that much, or a good percentage of it, on that wreck.”

Sold On Safety “We are very safety conscious,” Kim says. “We have a safety program out of this world.” It includes com-

plete drug and alcohol program and CPR and blood pathogen training for all employees. They certify half the employees every year, rotating on a two-year cycle, because there are too many employees to do them all every year. The company is an OSHA partner, keeping track of near miss incidents in the woods, and to help set the MOD. Monthly safety meetings alternate between logging and trucking. One night each month Kim will make dinner for 35-40 employees in the meeting and they give out cash prizes. Insurance and Risk Managers carrier FCCI in Brookhaven, Miss., provides some materials for the meetings.

“They are excellent people,” Kim says. They have brought in a trucking safety officer for meetings, and have conducted defensive driving training for all drivers—not just log truck drivers but anyone driving a company-owned vehicle of any kind. The company’s workers comp MOD last year was .78.

Everyone in the woods is required to wear hardhats (orange), goggles and steel-toed boots—no tennis shoes in the woods, even for drivers. Wall Timber has a seatbelt policy and allows no cell phone use while driving unless drivers use a Bluetooth one-touch system in any company vehicle. The company allows no visitors in the woods and enforces a zero tolerance policy on trash in the woods.

Drug testing is mandatory for all truck drivers. Kim and son-in-law Mark have taken reasonable suspicion training, so they know what signs to look for in an employee that might be using drugs. All employees, even office workers, are required to sign a drug-free policy and are subject to be called in for random drug testing.

All vehicles carry a first aid kit, blood-born pathogen kit, fire extinguisher, and spill kit. Every truck has a list with all phone numbers for all health facilities and ambulances, in every parish or county in which the company operates. An MSDS sheet is kept in every crew truck in case there is a chemical or fluid spill.

“Better Employment” Among harvesting crews Wall Timber enjoys low employee turnover.

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Prentice loaders are part of Wall Logging’s $15 million investment in machines, trucks.

pany offers paid holidays and production and Christmas bonuses.

Although the Affordable Care Act does not require it until 2016, Wall Timber is already working on offering health insurance. Kim has sent the census out to insurance companies and is waiting for bids to come back. “We want to do it because we want to be able to provide a better employment,” she says.

“I think what makes us very good at what we do is that we have been on the other side,” Kim says. “We didn’t get grandfathered in. We worked for the other fellow. We have been the working man that has been blessed enough to become management.”

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wages, paid holidays, production bonuses, five paid holidays and a Christmas bonus that gets bigger the longer you stay. I can’t imagine why anybody young, if they’re not interested in pursuing something academic, would not consider our industry.”

Community Activities Wall Timber is active in the community. The company sponsors local ball teams—the Wall Timber Jacks.

Kim was named “activist of year” in 2014 by a local newspaper for her many civic efforts, and Bob has served as alderman twice and been grand marshal at the town Christmas parade.

Bob’s family jokes that his hobby is mowing lawns…not just the grass at his house, but he also mows lawns at the town park and the post office after the latter faced budget cuts last year.

It is a way of giving back and also an attempt to rehabilitate the public image of loggers…something very close to the hearts of the Walls. “We want loggers to have a better reputation. A lot of times a logger’s reputation is not pristine,” Bob says.

“We want others to feel the way we do about the industry,” Kim says. “We love it. It has been good to us. We want to do good for it.”

Down The Line Behind the shop/office complex, a street sign points the way to the 80acre property the couple calls home.

The sign identifies the path as Wall’s Way. It’s not a bad way to go. Their daughters live nearby. “Every morning my greatest blessing is seeing my kids and their kids,” Kim says.

“Hopefully Dennis will stay a few more years,” Wall says—brother Larry has already retired. The Walls think they might start cutting things back gradually in years to come, unless their sons-in-law want to keep things going at this level. That would be fine, Wall says, but warns, “To be this big you have to have good organization and communication, and you have to know you have people you can count on in the woods, in the office, in the shop and in the trucks.”

If that happens, the Walls may have a growing dynasty on their hands, by way of their two grandchildren. Abigail and Brandon have a girl, Ella, 4, while Elizabeth and Mark, have a boy, Manning, 3. “I pray (Ella) will go to accounting school and let me retire, and (Manning) will go to forestry school and let papaw retire,” Kim laughs. “I plan on retiring before he gets old enough to do that,” Bob interjects. TH

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PeoplePower!

WENDY FARRAND

You’re Promoted To Foreman, Now What?

Congratulations! You have just found out that starting on Monday you are in charge of you own crew!

You’ve gotten a generous pay raise and you surely have all the knowledge you need to get the job done. You know the mills, the routes, the species, the products, and the equipment. You have worked hard for a long time, and no one deserves this more than you.

Well, at least that is what you think.

When you hop in your truck and head out on Monday to the job, your mind starts to wander to the guys waiting on the landing. Some of those guys have been there longer than you, some will be happy for you, and some will not. Your workday will now be something totally different, something totally new. You are now feeling the butterflies in your stomach, and you wonder how you will start the day in your new position.

Leadership Style As a foreman, you are now a leader and your leadership style needs to fit you like a glove, and should be genuine. Developing this style will not happen overnight, but your journey to discovering it begins the moment you step on the job in a different position.

So be aware that you are creating an individual style, and make it one you can be proud of.

From now on you will need to strike a balance between leader and friend. As with most professionals who get promoted, you will struggle to lead those that you have worked side-by-side with for many years. In this instance, I would say that the best advice is to go slow, and realize that you are not a boss, but a leader. The crew knows what to do and the guys want to be the best they can be, and you need to lead them to the results you are looking for, not just for your company but for each individual on your crew. Remember, you can’t make someone do something, but you don’t have to. Your crew knows what to do, and if you respect them for that, and make leadership about your team, you will do just fine.

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your ego out the door before you arrive at work. If you ever have to say, “I am the boss!” then you are not doing a good job. If you are doing a good job leading your crew, you will have the respect of those you lead.

Use Your Power Wisely Your words and actions now hold more weight than they ever have. Everyone looks to the leader for queues on how things will be handled. All eyes are on you, and you are now the example for most anything that happens on the job. The culture of the crew filters from the top down. If someone makes a mistake, and you roll your eyes, others will roll their eyes too. If you allow people to ridicule, you risk being ridiculed yourself.

You want your actions to set the bar high, to create a safe culture of trust, where people can learn and grow. Innovative ideas that can save your crew time and money can only be born from a culture of trust. You are now responsible for molding that culture to achieve maximum results for your crew, your company and each individual that is growing and learning in their own job.

Individual Potential You now have to consider the fact that you are responsible for helping people realize their potential, and help them be the best they can be. How many hours of our lives do we spend at work? We all want to feel a sense of accomplishment and you are in charge of doing just that. You will now be coaching people in their individual jobs and how they relate as part of the team.

You will need to have job descriptions for each position if they don’t already exist. If a member doesn’t know what their job looks like when it is in optimum motion, how can you coach them to optimum performance? Written job descriptions are a must for creating a fine-tuned crew. Once the job is totally understood, then you can coach for optimum performance.

Optimum performance is achieved

through coaching. On-the-spot coaching isn’t just about noticing areas for improvement, but areas where employees excel. If you notice individual strengths, you can lead based on those strengths. Start to think about your people as chess pieces—certain pieces can only move a certain way and consider the way they move as their strengths. You cannot make the knight move the way a pawn moves, but they both hold their own value at certain times. The interesting thing is that most people think about their weaknesses and how to improve them; help them see their strengths and focus on them and the weaknesses will slowly disappear. Try it, for it usually works.

Observing is a big part of being an effective leader. Let’s say you have a teammate who is always complaining about people hoarding fluids, or wasting them. Don’t moan and groan to yourself about his attitude, put him in charge of coming up with a system and monitoring it. You will effectively dissolve his reason to complain, and he can feel good about adding dollars to the bottom line. Make this new responsibility part of his job description and coach him to be the best he can be at saving the company money through his keen attention to detail.

So you’ve been promoted to foreman and you will now be responsible for creating your own leadership style, one that fits you like a glove; one that will have your crew members looking up to you and respecting you for helping them see their own hidden potential. You will be an example for how those you lead handle mistakes and treat their co-workers.

Your words now hold more power in shaping the attitude of your crew, so communication is key to a safe and productive operation. You need to direct yourself, your people and the processes that get things done. You need to hold yourself and others accountable.

Do not take your job lightly. Work on your own professional development as a foreman. Talk to others who lead for guidance, emulate some of the great foremen you have worked for, or if not so great, learn from their mistakes and how it made you feel. Your ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes can help you run a strong crew.

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Dust&Rust

A Brief Allis-Chalmers History Allis-Chalmers was a major U.S. manufacturer of various types of industrial machinery: agricultural, construction and power transmission equipment; steam engines; machines and systems for mills that produced lumber, textiles, ore, steel and flour; and gear used in mines and refineries.

The first Allis-Chalmers Co. was formed in 1901; it was reorganized in 1912 as Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. After enduring several challenging years, Allis-Chalmers developed into a major player in the farm tractor and implement market. Decades later it introduced a line of construction equipment, including crawler tractors, which were commonly found on logging jobs. In the ’70s its forklift-based “Buckmaster” found limited footing on southern satellite wood yards, where it converted long logs into short pulpwood.

In 1974 AllisChalmers’ construction equipment business was reorganized into a joint venture (Fiat-Allis) with Fiat SpA, which bought a 65% stake at the outset. This arrangement ended in 1985 when Fiat acquired Allis’ minority interest and the company was renamed Fiatallis.

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Allis-Chalmers sold its Simplicity lawn and garden equipment interests to its management, which later sold the line to Briggs & Stratton Power Products.

What remained of the Allis-Chalmers manufacturing businesses were

divested in 1998 and a few months later the company closed its Milwaukee offices.

Even so, the Allis-Chalmers name and logo live on in the form of lawn and garden equipment. Briggs & Stratton restored the brand in 2008.

The accompanying ad appeared in various forest industry publications in 1940.

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Dust&Rust

LOG TRUCKING, EARLY 1930s

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EquipmentWorld Morbark Hosts Three Celebrations In One

Morbark showed its new Barracuda shredder.

Morbark Inc. hosted its annual Demo Days on October 3 at Winn, Mich. The event allows dealers, customers and guests the opportunity to not only watch the equipment in action, but also meet the people who build and support the equipment.

In addition, Morbark used the occasion to recognize National Manufacturing Day and the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers’ I make America Harley Tour.

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representatives from area schools, colleges and universities.

“Having this event on National Manufacturing Day allowed us to showcase our manufacturing technology and the careers available at Morbark and throughout the country,” said Morbark President Jim Shoemaker Jr. Morbark’s employees and guests were able to check out the custom-painted “I Make America” Harley-Davidson Road King motorcycle that AEM gave away in November.

The Harley tour is part of the I Make America campaign, which advocates for public policies that advance the interests of employees, communities and companies of the equipment manufacturing industry.

The Morbark equipment demonstrations included the new Barracuda slow-speed shredder; a redesigned 30/36 whole tree drum chipper; and the first chance to watch Morbark’s new portable flat deck shaker screen, which had just come off the company’s research and development line.

Completing the demonstration lineup were the Beever M20R forestry chipper, the 40/36 whole tree microchipper, 3200 wood hog horizontal grinder 1300B tub grinder and the 6600 track wood hog horizontal grinder.

Gathering Celebrates SEPPI Anniversary

SEPPI demonstrated its mulcher line.

One-hundred-fifty dealers and distributors from more than 30 countries assembled in glorious weather at the SEPPI M. Factory in Caldaro in the mountains of Northern Italy on October 27 for two days of demonstrations of new and updated machines.

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EquipmentWorld SEPPI M. also celebrated its 75th Anniversary. This meeting was by far the biggest event that SEPPI M. has hosted in its history.

The range of machines demonstrated included SEPPI’s forestry mulcher line. Distributors had extended opportunities to discuss features and development ideas with SEPPI M. personnel and also gathered at the local cinema to see a presentation of the products, assisted by instant translations into five languages.

Everyone who attended agreed that the organization and content of the event was “top class,” as was the range of machines presented.

new TAC 720 with gas engine. In addition, the TSL 220 with forestry mulch attachment and the TSL 210 were shown. TEE also launched its new stump grinder range.

The second day was spent at the Dealer Conference where Martin Dummigan, Business Line Director, shared the Terex Environmental Equipment business results and strategy. Information was also shared from the TEE Engineering, Technical and Customer Support & Marketing teams.

acres at 7151 Old Highway 99 North near Exit 129.

The Aurora and Roseburg locations join 11 other dealerships under the Papé Kenworth banner in California, Oregon and Washington.

Both locations operate a parts delivery truck.

Papé Kenworth is part of the Kenworth dealer network of more than 345 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Papé Kenworth Adds Service Locations

Terex Hosts Dealer Training Event

Papé Kenworth, Portland, Ore., will keep its customers moving with two new parts and service locations near U.S. Interstate 5 in Aurora and Roseburg, Ore. Papé Kenworth-Donald is located on nine acres at 11693 Ehlen Road N.E. in Aurora, west of Exit 278.

The new Papé Kenworth-Roseburg dealership is located on two and a half

The Pettibone, LLC - Heavy Equipment Group announced Scot Jenkins as its new president. Jenkins joined Pettibone in May 2014 and served as vice president of international sales. He brings more than 22 years of experience in heavy equipment and has held a range of general management, sales and marketing roles for manufactures and dealers worldwide.

One of Pettibone LLC’s operating companies is Barko Hydraulics.

Terex Environmental Equipment, Farwell, Mich., hosted a Dealer Training Event and Conference during September for its North American dealers.

The full range of nine arborist chippers was demonstrated, including the

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InnovationWay Morbark’s Redesigned 30/36 Chipper

Building on the success of the redesigned 40/36 whole tree drum chipper, Morbark now offers the smaller, transport-friendly 30/36 model.

“The improvements we’ve made to the 30/36 drum chipper are focused on the moderate-sized contractor,” says John Foote, Morbark VP of Sales and Marketing. “We’ve made it easier to feed, easier to maneuver in-woods with a truck or a skidder, and more productive while increasing the consistency of the end product.”

The redesigned model includes an aggressive, sloped live floor and large top (30" diameter) and bottom (14" diameter) feed wheels to ensure positive feed of brushy tops and limbs. Super Single tires and a reduction in the 30/36’s overall width to 8'4" make the model easier to transport.

Two key options are an operator-friendly, slide-in forestry grate system to reduce oversized chips for more consistent, higher-quality chips, and a mechanically driven chip accelerator to fully load trucks with chips. Additional features include an externally adjustable anvil for longer life and easier maintenance and increased horsepower options for greater production. Visit morbark.com.

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Vermeer offers a trommel screen that features an innovative design that allows for an optional third product conveyor for optimal productivity. The TR620 is able to handle the majority of screening needs for compost, mulch, aggregate and topsoil producers, but in a compact design for sites with limited space.

The standard TR620 is equipped to separate material into two sizes based on screens selected. The optional front fines conveyor permits the creation of three products from incoming material without the need for another processing step or additional machine. The front fines conveyor can be mounted on either side of the trommel screen for additional flexibility.

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be controlled through either the Vermeer DP10 display, which is mounted on the machine’s control panel, or with a handheld transceiver remote. This allows the operator to have complete control of the trommel whether standing nearby or operating from a loader.

Four user-defined program buttons enable operators to easily return to previously used settings when screening multiple material types. The remote also gives the flexibility to make immediate adjustments when incoming material type or volume changes. Operators can also adjust the conveyor height from the remote if necessary to help reduce blowing material.

The TR620 features a 120 HP Cummins Tier 4i engine.

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Goodyear Mixed-Service Truck Tires The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has broadened its line of premium mixed-service truck tires with the addition of a new size for its G741 MSD extreme traction drive tire.

Goodyear has added the 11R22.5 size (Load Range H) to the G741 MSD—a tire for oil field, logging, construction and other severe service fleets. In addition, the G741 MSD is available in size 11R24.5, also Load Range H. Also in response to customer demand, Goodyear has introduced a precure retread product for the G741, the PC G741.

“The G741 MSD is backed by years of research, design, development and in-the-field performance, and is a key part of our growing family of premium mixed-service truck tires,” says Brian Buckham, general manager, commercial product marketing, Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems.

Features of the G741 MSD include: a deep 33/32” tread with a wide footprint that helps provide high mileage and traction; an aggressive, self-cleaning tread design to help resist mud build-up for extra off-road traction; an innovative sidewall design that allows chains to be placed above tread blocks for enhanced performance; a cut- and chip-resistant tread compound for long-lasting performance on tough terrain; tread block sipes for enhanced traction in wet, snow and icy conditions, while maintaining optimal dry traction.

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Tier 4f Equipped Tigercat 724G Tigercat’s 724G is its first drive-to-tree feller-buncher powered with the high performance Tigercat FPT N67 Tier 4f engine. The 724G has more power, a newly designed enTIMBER HARVESTING & WOOD FIBER OPERATIONS

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gine enclosure and improved component layout, providing superior access and serviceability. The Tigercat FPT engine meets Tier 4 final emission standards using the simplest possible technology.

Design enhancements focused on improving the operator experience, productivity and service access. Engine power has increased from 220 to 247 HP with a newly designed engine enclosure roof profile for improved visibility. Detailed information is provided to the operator through a large color display screen for accurate engine and machine monitoring. The enclosure access panels and doors have been redesigned for easier access and increased strength. The engine, hydraulic and electrical component layout has also been designed with easy access and serviceability in mind.

Most importantly, the Tigercat FPT N67 Tier 4f engine is fully supported by Tigercat, including all parts, service, warranty and technical support, significantly benefiting owners.

Tigercat FPT engines meet Tier 4f emission levels without the need for variable geometry turbochargers, an EGR system, a higher capacity cooling system, an intake throttle body or a diesel particulate filter. Visit tigercat.com.

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Komptech’s Multistar L3 is the latest improvement to its line of Multistar star screens, based on Komptech’s “coarse before fine screening” concept. Along with top throughput, this also has a major influence on screening quality. The screen decks with their rubber stars and the patented Cleanstar cleaning system give the L3 an excellent output quality.

All machine components are electrically driven. The power can come from the grid for the lowest cost, or from the on-board generator.

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intuitive operation, and new design are the major features of the new L3. It has the same coarse and fine screen deck dimensions as its predecessor, and delivers exactly the same throughput. But there is a key difference—the new cartridge design of the screen decks means they can be removed and switched in a very short time. This simple removal makes maintenance, conversion and particle size changes easier, and represents a major increase in the machine’s flexibility, especially in terms of grain size.

The towbar is now on the opposite side, where the oversize fraction is ejected. That frees up the medium grain discharge side, greatly simplifying in-line operation with a Stonefex stone separator or Hurrikan wind sifter. The oversize fraction can still be removed without problems, since the towbar folds up against the machine when in working position.

The new fines discharge conveyor fulfills several requirements at once. The one-piece design prevents material trickle at transfer points, while also giving high capacity. As a result it can run at lower speed, requiring less power and 5370 much less wear. Visit komptech.com.

Doosan Upgraded Telematics Package Doosan has upgraded its telematics package for its heavy equipment, including excavators, wheel loaders and articulated dump trucks. The new system is called Doosan Telematics, and becomes standard on all Doosan equipment, except for DX63-3 and DX85R-3 compact excavators.

Doosan Telematics provides a connected machine solution that allows customers and dealers to remotely track and monitor heavy equipment. Customers can monitor their equipment remotely from an Internet-enabled device and an upgraded Doosan Telematics website called CoreTMS. Doosan has offered a telematics solution since 2008, and customers who have an active telematics subscription can access the new CoreTMS website for machine details and reports.

The system includes a GPS unit; Q-Pro wireless data modem and wireless service; satellite antenna and service; CoreTMS website.

The system puts more information in the hands of customers to help them better manage their equipment. Owners can monitor operational data and make recommendations to operators to improve machine use and fuel efficiency. For example, owners can see if the operator lets the machine idle for a long time when the machine should be turned off, saving valuable fuel. Operational data also gives owners insight to monitoring the machine’s fuel efficiency and the selected power mode in different applications.

Monitoring maintenance schedules is made easier with the system. Equipment owners can review a machine’s maintenance history through the telematics website and identify what preventive maintenance is coming up. Fuel levels for each machine can be reviewed from the website.

Doosan Telematics alerts owners to help reduce machine downtime. The website reports fault and warning codes, and owners or their dealer can be more prepared to fix the problem when they respond because they will have more data about what’s wrong with the machine. Dealers can view the problem on the CoreTMS website to help diagnose an issue, without physically being in the same location as the ma4990 chine. Visit doosanequipment.com.

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InnovationWay Komatsu C93, C144 Harvesting Heads

Komatsu America Corp.’s new C93 harvesting head is a versatile all-around head weighing in at 2,138 lbs. (970 kg).

This is the first model in Komatsu’s new C-series family of “carry-style” heads.

The C93 replaces the prior 350.1 model and offers significant improvements for better handling of thinning projects as well as crooked stem and multi-stem harvesting applications.

With a recommended DBH working range of 6" (150 mm) to 15" (370 mm) diameter and a maximum cutting capacity up to 23.6" (600 mm) diameter, the C93 is available installed on

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Komatsu 911.5 and 931.1 harvesters. The head is also available as a loose head for installment on other carriers.

The C93s new robust frame design enables the head to more closely follow the tree trunk. The increased rearward tilt angle (40º vs. 25º) provides faster feeding performance while reducing head frame stress when harvesting and/or reaching on downhill slopes. The high-performance threedriven roller, four motor carry-style feed system provides excellent log wrap for multi-stem processing.

The C93 is equipped with one lower and two upper hydraulically controlled delimbing knives, and a fixed vertical top knife. The upper knives are designed especially for handling trees with tough limbs, such as lodgepole pine.

EcoOiler chain oiling delivers faster cutting performance, reduced energy consumption, reduced chance of splitting and/or cracking, reduced saw maintenance and longer saw motor life. Optional multi-stem accumulation, stump treatment and color marking systems are available to meet specific customer needs.

For optimal maintenance and serviceability, all grease servicing points, bar oil and color marking tank fill points are accessible from one position when the head is parked on the ground. All electrical circuits are identified by numerical tags and all solenoids have LED indicator lights identifying when power is at the solenoid.

Weighing 3,086 lbs., the high performance C144 has a recommended DBH working range of 8” to 20” and has a 28” maximum cutting diameter. It is available installed on

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InnovationWay Komatsu 931.1 and 941.1 harvesters, and can be installed on other carriers as a loose head.

The C144 features a new robust frame design for improved durability and reliability, and a new swing damping system for more responsive head control. The 40º rearward tilt angle provides fast feeding performance and reduces head frame stress when harvesting and/or reaching on downhill slopes.

The feed system is completely new, utilizing four hydraulic motors and four driven rollers. The standard single belly roller is now supplemented by an additional feed roller located in the feed path. The addition of the second roller ensures more contact with the stem.

With a maximum feed speed up to 16.4 ft/sec, operators can handle more difficult trees and limbs. The feed roller hydraulic circuit has a differential function to ensure that stem feeding will continue even if one feed roller does not have a full grip on the stem.

The C144 is equipped with two upper and two lower hydraulically controlled delimbing knives and a fixed vertical top knife. The upper knives are specially designed to handle trees with tough limbs, such as lodgepole pine. The leading right upper knife has a ramped cutting edge to assist in cutting larger branches.

The new Constant Cut saw control system features a 32.5” saw bar that includes a new 19cc saw motor with an integrated valve to deliver precise control of saw hydraulic flow and pressure. This continuous management of flow and pressure allows the chain speed to be maintained at a constant 130 ft/sec throughout the entire cutting cycle.

Komatsu’s new MaxiXplorer 3.1 Head Control System is standard and provides a state-of-the art, user-friendly con4244 trol and monitoring system. Visit komatsuforest.us.

add to the overall machine throughput, delivering a better end product quicker and with lower fuel consumption.

A new proportional drive system for hydraulics on the feed system helps deliver maximum feeding rates without overfeeding the machine. This new system monitors engine loads and automatically adjusts the feed rate to match. The system has the ability to not only proportionally feed but can also switch over to six different feed speeds with the touch of a button, delivering the most uniform product pos7648 sible. Visit banditchippers.com.

Horizontal Grinder Bandit Industries offers it XP Series Beast horizontal grinders with improved options and designs. Upgraded Models 2680XP, 3680XP and 4680XP Beast recyclers allow for greater ease and efficiency through tough, stringy green waste like palms, vines and coastal vegetation.

The changes begin with the cuttermill, which features a 30-tooth setup with 2" wide teeth as opposed to the standard 60-tooth, 1" wide arrangement. While a 60-tooth setup is still the best for grinding larger diameter wood, in leafy/ stringy material void of larger material, the 30-tooth setup is extremely efficient. The mill RPM is also increased, which helps clear the mill faster, while the mill housing itself is opened up. Increased tolerances and a larger screening area Foremost Authority For Professional Loggers

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DownTime Redneck Medical Terms Artery: Study of paintings.

Bacteria: Back door to cafeteria.

Barium: What you do with dead folks.

Benign: What you be after you be eight.

Bowel: A letter like A, E, I, O, and U. Cat scan: Searching for the cat.

Cauterize: Made eye contact with her.

Caesarian section: A neighborhood in Rome.

Colic: A sheep dog.

Coma: A punctuation mark.

D&C: Where Washington is.

Dilate: To live longer than your kids do.

Enema: Not a friend.

Fester: Quicker than someone else.

Fibula: A small lie.

Genital: Not a Jew. G.I. Series: An army ball game.

Hangnail: Coat hook.

Impotent: Distinguished; well known.

Labor pain: Getting hurt at work.

Medical staff: A doctor’s cane, sometimes shown with a snake.

Morbid: A higher offer than I bid.

Nitrates: Cheaper than day rates.

Node: Was aware of.

Outpatient: A person who has fainted.

Pap smear: A fatherhood test.

Pelvis: Second cousin to Elvis.

Post operative: A letter carrier.

Recovery room: Place to do upholstery.

Rectum: Dang nearly killed him.

Secretion: Hiding something.

Seizure: Roman emperor who lived in the Caesarian section.

Tablet: A small table to change babies on.

Terminal illness: Getting sick at the train station.

Tumor: More than one.

Urine: Opposite to you are out.

Varicose: Nearby.

Vein: Conceited.

Varicose veins: Overly conceited and nearby.

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These new Tier 4f engines should be spelled Tear 4f because every owner will be crying about all the crap they have to put up with.

—Tom Hirt, FSK Equipment Services, McKinney, Tex. What’s He Going To Be? A couple decided it was time to find out what their son wanted to be when he grew up. They put a $20 bill on the dining room table. That would represent a banker. Next to the bill, they put a new Bible. That would represent a minister.

Beside the Bible, they put a bottle of whiskey. It would represent a bum.

The couple hid where they could watch their son without being seen.

Shortly after, the boy walked into the dining room and immediately noticed the items on the table. He looked around carefully, then picked up the money, held it up to the light, and then put it down again. He picked up the Bible, thumbed through it, and put that down, too. Then he quickly uncapped the whiskey bottle and sniffed the contents. In one rapid motion, he stuffed the $20 into his pocket, put the Bible under his arm, chugged down the entire contents of the whiskey bottle and went whistling out of the room.

“Well, that’s settled,” the man said to his wife. “He’s going to be a lawyer.”

Double Barrel Moral An old prospector walked his tired, dusty, skinny mule into a rundown Nevada town. He’d been out in the

Life According To Confucius…

Man who run in front of car get tired. Man who run behind car get exhausted.

Man with one chopstick go hungry.

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk.

War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left.

Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cathouse.

Man who drive like hell bound to get there.

Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.

Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.

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desert for about six months without a drop of whiskey. He walked up to the first saloon he came to and tied his old mule to the hitch rail. As he stood there brushing some of the dust from his face and clothes, a young gunslinger walked out of the saloon with a pistol in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other.

The gunman looked at the old man and with a haughty laugh said, “Hey old man, have you ever danced?”

The old man said, “No, I never did dance. I just never wanted to.”

A crowd had gathered by then, and the gunslinger said, “Well, you old fool, you’re gonna dance now,” and started shooting at the man’s feet. The prospector skipped and hopped and the crowd hooted and laughed. When the gunslinger fired his last bullet, he holstered his pistol and turned to go back into the saloon.

The old man retrieved his double barrel shotgun from his saddle and pulled both hammers back, making a double clicking sound.

The gunslinger stopped in his tracks.

The crowd watched as the gunslinger slowly turned around, looking down both barrels of the shotgun.

The old man asked, “Have you ever kissed a mule’s butt?”

The gunslinger swallowed hard and said, “No, but I’ve always wanted to.”

Double moral: 1) don’t waste ammunition; 2) don’t mess with old people.

Weight And Longevity The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins. It found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

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20 Years And Counting, Looking Ahead MYLES ANDERSON

hope that we can continue that growth moving forward, building strength and increasing our umbrella as “the National Voice for Professional Loggers.”

We must all continue working to make the timber harvesting portion of our industry a profession. There are many in our industry who are happy to sit by and let others do this work for them, but I believe through the growth and understanding of ALC that this will change. I hope that as more harvesting professionals come to understand what the ALC is about, their participation will increase. Our strength is in a common message supported by large numbers, and we must continue to build alliances with other national organizations. The ability to be active at the national level is in each of our own hands as professional loggers. The ALC has, through great leadership, become a strong organization with many doors opening to it; however, it needs the support of all fiber producing states to be as strong as possible.

There was a panel at this year’s meeting that featured three loggers, one from Florida, one from Michigan, and one from California. The questions revolved around what the loggers thought were opportunities and what were threats to their ability to successfully operate a logging business. The 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree threats occupied much of the discussion and were focused on regulations, the work force and markets. While the geographic location of the loggers was different, the threats were very similar. While we all have regional issues, there are many issues facing loggers on a national level. This national stage is where the ALC can help, so long as we are united.

Two cranes prepare to nestle the 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Moving forward, the Tree into place on board a special expandable trailer for the ALC has many issues ride from Cass Lake, Minn. to Washington, DC. The 75-foot that are being worked white spruce was harvested on the Chippewa National Forest on and many more that in north central Minnesota in late October and will be erected in we hope to be working late November. The truck is a Kenworth T880. on soon. The ALC con-

Twenty years ago cell phones were sold as bags and could only make calls, the U.S. Forest Service harvested almost 5 billion board feet and the American Loggers Council was formed by 44 upset loggers in St. Louis, Mo. While much has changed over the years, the willingness of many loggers to represent the thousands across the country has not waivered and continues to build the American Loggers Council into a great organization.

The 20th anAnderson nual meeting of the ALC in Michigan’s UP has come and gone. A special presentation was made to all former ALC presidents and each said their piece about the formation and the path of the ALC. Mike Crouse from Logger’s World spoke very descriptively of the first meeting, and the trials and tribulations that went into forming the ALC. There was much to reflect on with the 20-year history, and clearly some of the issues that brought loggers together then are still bringing them together today. The ALC has accomplished much and I

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tinues to be requested for testimony by various committees in Washington DC, as issues arise that will impact fiber production in this country.

The ALC is knee-deep in legislation, meetings, conference calls and everything else as we fight off the constant barrage of issues coming out of Washington. This work is vitally important to our industry, but cannot be done without the financial assistance of the ALC’s great sponsors.

Please go to our web site, americanloggers.org, to see who our sponsors are. Please thank them when you have the opportunity.

If you are a logger in a state with a logging association, I ask that you join it. If you are already a member of your state or regional logging association, thank you. If your state does not have an association, then join the American Loggers Council as an individual logger member and stand with us. I look forward to working with all the great leaders in this industry who are currently involved with the ALC and hopefully some new ones in the coming year as we continue to build our strength as professional timber harvesters. Please stand with us and be heard. If our industry is to prosper, we must increase our activism.

Anderson is president of the American Loggers Council and he and his father Mike own and operate Anderson Logging, Inc. based out of Fort Bragg, Calif.

The ALC is a non-profit 501(c) (6) corporation representing professional timber harvesters in 30 states. For more information, visit americanloggers.org or phone 409-625-0206.

Glatfelter Hosts Logger Appreciation Dinner Glatfelter hosted its annual logger appreciation dinner in late August, treating 140 loggers and their families, special guests and its woodlands staff to a catered meal at the Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest in southern Ohio. The company does this each year to thank area loggers for their part in making its Chillicothe, Ohio plant so successful.

In keeping with its custom, Glatfelter recognized three district loggers of the year: South District, Ryan Redoutey, Redoutey Logging; East District, D&D Timber; and West District, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014

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Two Husqvarna chain saws— 372XP and 390XP models—were won

by Jim Speta and Charles Nichols.

Texas Forestry Hall Of Fame Inducts Tommy Burch Chalk up another honor for Texas logger Tommy Burch, who recently was inducted into the Texas Forestry Hall of Fame (TFHF)—the first logger in the state to be so honored. The TFHF honors both living and deceased persons for their “substantial and lasting contributions to forestry and forest conservation.” The elite group currently consists of only 31 members.

Burch, 70, of Brookeland, logged for more than 40 years before backing away from the family business, B&W Logging Contractors, a few years ago. He was the Burch first (and still only) logger to serve as president of the Texas Forestry Assn.

Burch sought to better unify loggers, give them a voice, promote their cause, and enhance public perception of the industry. These convictions drove him to help found the Texas Logging Council, which he chaired originally in

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the early ’90s. The council helped bring about a “fully mechanized” workers’ compensation insurance rate for Texas loggers. Along with others, Burch helped TLC raise thousands of dollars for the Lufkin State School to build custom wheel chairs for handicapped children.

At the national level, Burch was among a small group of loggers that helped give life to the American Loggers Council in 1994.

A political activist and highly respected leader, Burch was named Texas Logger of the Year in 1992. In 2002 Timber Harvesting magazine selected his company as its Logging Business of the Year.

As a TFHF member, Burch joins the ranks of the state’s elite forest industry figures, among them W.T. Carter, Glenn Chancellor, Joe Denman, W. Goodrich Jones, David Kenley, John Kirby, Ernest, Joseph and Melvin Kurth, Robert Maxwell, Thomas and Arthur Temple, Clyde Thompson, Brady Wadsworth, and Jim Webster.

late 1950s, claimed that First Interstate Bank took $762,000 from its checking account to satisfy a note that was current, was not due, and had not matured. The jury found the bank liable for all the claims. It awarded Kelly Logging $286,550 in compensatory damages and $16,760,000 in punitive damages. Attorneys for Kelly indicate the plaintiff expects to receive an additional award of “significant fees and costs” incurred by Kelly in the litigation.

In a statement after the trial, a First Interstate Bank spokesperson said the award exceeds Montana’s $10 million statutory cap on punitive damages and that the bank intends to file “appropriate post-trial motions and appeal the case to the Montana Supreme Court.”

The incident occurred in 2009. The company, among the state’s largest at one time, shut down in 2013.

Logger Sues Bank, Wins; Outcome Remains Cloudy

Wood Supply Research Institute (WRSI) has updated and expanded its communications tool kit, which now includes a quarterly electronic newsletter, Facebook page, briefings with forestry and logging association leaders and forest industry trade press editors, and a tag line: “improving wood supply operations through research.”

These new tools help explain to for-

The final outcome of a lawsuit involving a Montana logging company and its former bank remains unclear more than two months after a jury awarded the plaintiff $17 million.

Kelly Logging, Inc., a Missoula-based firm that goes back to the

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Those who want to receive the e-newsletter should contact WSRI Executive Director Jim Fendig: fendig@ bellsouth.net.

West Virginia Group Picks Humphreys Logging For the second time in its 12-year existence, B.T. Humphreys Logging, Lewisburg, has been honored as the West Virginia Logger of the Year by the West Virginia Forestry Assn.

Owner Bryan Humphreys leads the crew, which produces up to six loads a day from Plum Creek timberlands.

Humphreys’ teammates are Doug Flack, Stoney and Darin Ramsey, Colin Lovelace, and Jimmie and D.J. Dowdy. Humphreys serves on the West Virginia Dept. of Forestry’s Best Management Practices Compliance Appeals Board.

FRA, ALC Promote Careers In Logging American Loggers Council and Forest Resources Assn. are working together on a project to help men and women considering a career in logging to understand what logging

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work is like and to link them with the connections they need to find employment.

A four-color brochure, Is Working As A Logger For You?, describes basic qualifications for logging employment, characterizes several logging configurations, and presents statements from employers about what to expect from employment in logging. It also provides a link to a page on ALC’s web site, www.americanloggers.org/ careers, which provides state association contacts who can connect motivated individuals to employers and training opportunities.

“One of the major issues facing the timber harvesting industry today is finding enough motivated, career-oriented workers to fill the jobs that are opening up in the logging woods,” states Danny Dructor, ALC Executive Vice President. “We have been working with members of Congress to address the anticipated worker shortage by focusing on succession with family members, but this brochure can help to educate others who are interested in a logging career.”

ALC and FRA are seeking contacts with organizations in a position to distribute the brochure to potential logging workers: ag education programs, career fair contacts, veterans organizations, community booster organizations, appropriate retail outlets, and others.

Contact FRA’s Neil Ward at nward@forestresources.org, 202-2963937, who will then arrange a shipment of the brochures. Brochures are available in multiples of 50 to distributors at no charge. The brochure may also be downloaded as a high-resolution PDF at www.americanloggers.org/2014_ LoggerBrochure_v3final.pdf.

NC Logger’s Group Has New Name, Logo The North Carolina Association of Professional Loggers has a new name and logo: Carolina Logger’s Association (CLA).

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“The new name and logo reflect the association’s fresh start,” says Jack Swanner, who assumed leadership of the group on August 1. “Carolina Logger’s Association is clearer and more

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Founded in 2006, the logger group promotes professionalism and business opportunities for loggers and the forest products industry as a whole. It is affiliated with the American Loggers Council, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Contact Swanner at 828-421-8444; jswanner@ncloggers.com.

Hatton-Brown Joins Wood Industry Summit Deutsche Messe, the organizer of Ligna 2015 in Hannover, Germany, and HattonBrown Publishers, Inc., which publishes Timber Harvesting and other wood products industry magazines, announce that Hatton-Brown Publishers has become an Official Partner of the Wood Industry Summit, a new exhibition and net-

Weyerhaeuser Is Moving To New Headquarters Weyerhaeuser Company plans to move its headquarters from Federal Way, Wash. to Seattle, Wash. in mid to late 2016 when construction of a new building is completed.

Weyerhaeuser states the 430 acre campus in Federal Way is costly and too large for its needs, and moving headquarters to Seattle will provide access to a larger talent pool to meet recruiting needs, not just in this region, but from across the country.

The company will divest the land and buildings it owns in Federal Way.

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January 13-14, 2015—Missouri Forest Products Assn. 2015 winter meeting, Capital Plaza Hotel & Convention Center, Jefferson City, Mo. Call 573-634-3252; visit moforest.org.

January 13-15, 2015—Associated California Loggers annual meeting, Peppermill Resort, Spa & Casino, Reno, Nev. Call 916-441-7940; visit calog.com.

January 15-17, 2015—Associated Oregon Loggers annual meeting, Valley River Inn, Eugene, Ore. Call 503-364-1330; visit oregonloggers.org.

February 5-7, 2015—Sierra-Cascade Logging Conference, Shasta District Fairgrounds, Anderson, Calif. Call 530-2221290; visit sierracascadeexpo.com.

February 6-8, 2015—South Carolina Timber Producers Assn. annual meeting, Springmaid Beach Resort & Conference Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Call 800-371-2240; visit scloggers.com.

February 11-12, 2015—Ohio Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Embassy Suites, Dublin, Ohio. Call 614-497-9580; visit ohioforest.org.

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working showcase as part of Ligna.

Staged on 2,000 sq. ft. in Hall 13, the Wood Industry Summit will comprise an exhibition area, a matchmaking platform and a forum organized by Deutsche Messe and German Forestry Council.

Held on all five days of Ligna, May 11-15, the Wood Industry Summit will present the latest wood industry technologies and provide a forum for international leaders of industry, science and government to share information and experience in opportunities for conducting business in North and South America, Russia, China and Eastern Europe.

As an Official Partner, Hatton-Brown Publishers will display and distribute its publications at the Wood Industry Summit, and its company and magazine logos will be displayed throughout the staging area. Hatton-Brown will assist Deutsche Messe and Hannover Fairs USA in publicizing the Wood Industry Summit.

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