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Vol. 43, No. 4

(Founded in 1972—Our 499th Consecutive Issue)

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SOUTHERN STUMPIN’ By Jessica Johnson • Assistant Editor • Ph. 334-834-1170 • Fax: 334-834-4525 • E-mail: jessica@hattonbrown.com

Stuck! EDITOR’S NOTE: This first part is by regular Stumpin' scribe David Abbott, so as to avoid confusion. Jessica Johnson, seen above, does not have kids.

h, the weather outside is frightful… I was excited when we in the Birmingham area got a surprise snow on my son’s birthday, January 28. What a great present for a seven-year-old in Alabama! I was just grateful not to be one of the many people I knew who were forced to spend the night in their cars stuck on the highway (hint: foreshadowing!), or whose children had to stay overnight at school because there was just no way to get to them. The snow stuck for about three days; the light dusting we occasionally get usually lasts maybe three hours. I warned my sons: you may not see snow like this again till you’re grown. Then, two weeks later, it happened again. In between those two snow weeks at home, I attempted a trip to Virginia to pick up stories for upcoming issues, but two of the main loggers I had planned to see had to cancel, in part because of…you guessed it…snow and ice. So I drove all the way back home and we planned to postpone my visit by a month. First week of March came and I headed right back up there again… conveniently for me, my best friend from college lives in the area, so this gave me a chance to visit him and his new wife in their new home. But wouldn’t you know it? More snow. In this case it turned out not to be a problem at all, and all my plans were executed without a hitch. Unfortunately, my colleague Jessica Johnson wasn’t quite so fortunate that week. It was about 6 a.m. at my hotel, when I got a text from her telling me of the situation she was in at that very moment. She then volunteered to write Stumpin’ this month, based on that experience, and I…gentleman that I am…graciously accepted her offer for me to do less work. Here it is in her words:

Jessica’s Story I’ve always been one of those Murphy’s Law people. You know: if something can go wrong, it will. I once managed to lock my keys inside my car...at a gas pump, while pumping gas during that bubble in 2010 where unleaded gas under $5 a gallon was hard to find in Alabama. I blocked a pump for nearly two hours. Sorry, Raceway of Tuscaloosa! Now that you’ve got a clear picture of just how ridiculously unlucky I am—though I’m still not sure luck has anything to do with it—you’ll see that what I am about to tell you is just my luck. The South has had some wicked winter weather recently. I know I am not alone when I say I would love to go groundhog hunting and force 6

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some warmer temps to come on through. But during this most recent winter weather disaster storm, in Arkansas, instead of simply watching the news and feeling terrible for the people stuck in the mess, I was deep in the heart of it. Yes, I got stuck on an Arkansas interstate for 16 hours, where I moved a total of 30 miles. Maybe I am getting a little ahead of myself and should explain exactly how, and importantly why, I got stuck. David, Jay and I are all very proud of each issue of Southern Loggin’ Times we put together and of course the “boots on the ground” approach is part of what makes SLT awesome. But, see, to put boots on the ground, you’ve got to travel. I love traveling to job sites and spending an hour or so getting to know loggers, taking a few pictures and getting to tell their family’s story in the magazine. I think it’s an honor, and not one I take lightly. You work hard, so I work hard. But, and in this case it is a very big but, this last trip might have scarred me a little. My best friend in the entire world lives in Arkansas, so you might notice that most of the stories from Arkansas are written by me. I’ll go up to Arkansas from Alabama over a weekend so I can spend a day or so at her house and then start my story gathering. This plan was exactly what I set out to do a few short weeks ago. But then I got on the interstate heading west of Memphis, Tenn. to Caddo Valley, Ark. In the snow and ice mix, I expected a slow go, or perhaps to come up on a few wrecks, but not actually to get stuck. Boy, was I wrong. There is a scene in the 1999 film Office Space wherein a driver, stuck in traffic gridlock, looks out his window to see that he is being passed by an elderly gentleman on a walker. Literally, I could have walked to my hotel faster than the flow of traffic. And for the better part of the night, I didn’t move. At all. I spent a total of 26 hours inside of a Nissan Versa rental car, on a trip that should have taken about eight hours. I never went to sleep that night. My family urged me to try to sleep in my car, assuring me I would be safe, but I was a little too scared. By the grace of God I did not run out of gas, so I had heat in the car the entire time. Some folks around me were not as lucky. I had eaten lunch, but had no snacks. Meaning, for the 16 hours I was stuck I had nothing to eat. I had one bottle of water in the car that I rationed out, making it last as long as I could. Thankfully, the Arkansas chapter of the Red Cross had been dispatched to help us stranded motorists, and while I couldn’t take the sandwich they offered (peanut allergies), I was able to get another bottle of water around 3 a.m. Once we were able to start moving again, around 4:30 a.m., I was more excited than a freshman football player at Bryant-Denny for the

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first time. That excitement quickly made way for absolute defeat. I was running out of gas. My only option was to try to find a truck stop where I could fill up. This is where the nightmare really hits. At Sweet Pea’s Truck Stop outside of Forrest City, Ark. I hit a patch of ice trying to get to the gas pumps and spun into a ravine. Surrounded by truckers all asleep in their cabs, I needed to be pushed out, and no one was awake to help me. I ended up watching the sunrise that day inside Sweet Pea’s little diner with a very nice truck driver from Oklahoma. I spent the better part of an hour talking to Omar, the owner of the truck stop. As the drivers slowly started waking up, and highway patrol came into the stop, I was able to get back on the road. It took three men about 15 minutes to push my rental car up and out of the ravine. From there, I pumped the fastest tank of gas I’ve ever pumped in my whole life, waved bye to Omar, and was on my way. Once I got to my hotel I was grateful to see the shower, and the bed, but more than anything, I was just ready to end that day. Even when I woke up later in the afternoon, completely disoriented, convinced I just had the longest nightmare of my life, it didn’t seem like a new day. As someone that tells stories for a living, I do not think I am doing this one justice. But honestly, I do not know if I ever will. There have been a few times in my young life where I’ve been really, really afraid, and there are a few times where I have wanted to give up, but haven’t. I feel like that night on the interstate I showed myself how strong I was. I’m stronger than I ever thought I would be. I know it was going out into the woods that showed me part of this strength, because if this former city girl can climb into a skidder and drive, (in creep mode of course) then I can do anything.

Back To Dave Of course, if you’d been following Jessica and me on our Southern Loggin’ Times Facebook pages, you’d already know some of this at least. We both were updating with pictures from the road, scenes from the loggers we visited, giving a preview of what you will see in upcoming issues. So look us up, like our pages, and check it out. Speaking of upcoming issues, next month is the big 500th issue we have been talking about for a long time now. We asked for reader input and boy did you deliver. Thanks to everyone who contacted us with recommended loggers. Unfortunately there is no way we could possibly fit in all who were nominated but we will try to see them in the future. We already have much of this issue together, and, in all modesty, I’d say it’s shaping up to be outstanding. So make sure to look out for this extra-sized, extra-special, sureto-be-a-collector’s-item landmark issue in your SLT mailboxes in May.

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Tried And True ■ Fourth generation east Texas loggers Billie and Wade Read focus on equipment and employees.

By Jessica Johnson WARREN, Tex. illie Read, 44, and Wade Read, 38, are born loggers. They follow in the tradition of their ★ father, grandfather and great grandfather working the woods of east Texas. Read Logging, Inc., which they own and operate today, was founded in 1964 by their parents, Ben and Cherie Read. Cherie is still active in the business today, while Ben passed away in 2006. Today’s operation is much different than in past years, but the brothers still use the knowledge and

techniques passed down to them from previous generations. That legacy includes faith, hard work, honesty and determination, all of which have been vital to the family’s success. The brothers are currently thinning timber that their grandfather, father and their own crews have clear-cut in the past. The Reads have a great respect for their past, but also know they have a very bright future. Read Logging consists of three crews that collectively produce about 275,000 tons annually, 90% of it pulpwood. Billie estimates that the tonnage equals out to be about 220 loads a week of pulpwood, though on first thinnings the crew

can get higher production. Another 125,000 tons is produced annually by contractor crews. Contractor Mark Gore produces the majority of contract wood for Read Logging and has been with the family for about eight years. The Reads contract cut for Louisiana-Pacific in Jasper, Tex. under Steve Jeansonne and Wesley Briers. “They are brutally honest, they tell you how it is,” Billie says. “They demand a good job, but we have never had to look for work, not one day in our life, we’ve always had a job. But we’ve also been very loyal to them. We’ve stuck with them and they’ve stuck with us.” All three company crews and the

Steeped in generations of family tradition, the Read brothers run three company crews and subcontractors, working primarily in pulpwood.

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contract crew cut for LP, unless the family’s timberlands need to be harvested, in which case the crew will move off LP bought land. The Reads provide the OSB mill in Jasper, Tex. with nearly 45% of its wood. “We’ve carved ourselves out as thinners,” Billie says, “So 95% of time, we’re thinning.”

Employee Relations The foundation of any successful logging operation is the employees. Good crews and truck drivers are essential and Read Logging has some of the best. Most of the employees have been with the company for years. They are loyal, hard working and dedicated to their job and the

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company. Cherie says, “It takes a good relationship between truck drivers and the woods crew to make a logging job run smooth. Our crews and drivers work together to ensure the best productivity possible.” Billie shares his mother’s sentiments, saying, “We have good hands. We pay them as good as we can, but there’s lots of oil work around here, so good labor is sometimes hard to find, and keep. We treat them like family; they are good people.” Wade estimates that 75% of the crew have been with the company for over 10 years. Both brothers feel strongly about the crew. Like many loggers, the crew is a family in every sense of the word. The Reads support the crew’s families, noting they’ve been to countless dance recitals, baseball games and the like. Billie feels responsible. He says, “These men do everything we tell them to do every day, so we try to do right by them. That’s how you retain people. Whatever their kids are doing we support, we try to help them. Your crew has to like you. You can’t get a man to work hard. They have to like you and care about your job, so they do what they are supposed to. You have to do right by them and they will do right by you.”

Equipment Lineup

Tigercat makes one of the best cutters on the market, in their opinion.

The Reads are a mixed bag in every sense of the word. From the assortment of in-woods iron to the vast selection of log trailers, the Reads have a variety of equipment. They buy Tigercat cutters from Tejas Equipment in Hillister. “The machines are very good,” Billie says, adding his opinion that “You can’t buy a better feller-buncher than Tigercat.” Although they have run Prentice cutters in the past, when Tejas Equipment brought a

Tigercat to demo, the boys jumped right on it. “We fell in love,” Billie says with a light laugh. “They just do not tear up.” Skidders and loaders have come from Texas Timberjack, where salesman Jimmy City, who Billie says has been with the boys since they started, makes sure they get what they need. “Everyone at Texas Timberjack has been very good to us,” he says. The Reads use both Caterpillar

and Tigercat skidders. Billie says, “They both will do the job. In this little bitty wood, they both will pull enough. We try to be loyal to both, buying a few here and a few there.” The Reads are very conscious of spreading their business around. “We worry real bad when buying stuff that we aren’t supporting the other, but as long as Harold Estes owns Texas Timberjack we will buy pieces from him,” Billie says. “He’s

Left to right, Carlton Jeffcoat, skidder operator; Edwin Smith, foreman and loader operator; Edwin Smith, Jr., cutter operator; Darrell Leviness, loader operator

been very good to our family. It’s not always about the best machine, it’s the service. The support is important.” The Reads run only one skidder per job, with extra pieces kept as spares. Billie is very grateful that LP tries to give them enough of a raise each year to overcome diesel cost increases, but keeping up with rising equipment cost is becoming a challenge. Billie says, “We try to

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keep our equipment in real good shape. We put over 3,000 hours on our machines. We work 52 weeks a year; we take off for Christmas and Thanksgiving.”

something wrong, and now, even the warnings will go against you. We try to keep our trucks running clean.” The Reads try to dispatch their trucks in such a way that they can take advantage of backhaul opportunies. Since production is almost 100% pulpwood going to Jasper now, they don’t have as many backhauls as they used to. Billie reports, “We can haul so many more loads with fewer trucks this way. Whoever’s got wood is where the trucks go, they are not dedicated to certain crews. That’s one of the biggest thing that helps having four or five crews, we can send our trucks to different places.”

Trucking Fleet Trucks are a mixed bag, mostly Peterbilts, but the brothers say their dad was a Mack man. The Reads just recently purchased some new glider kits: 2014 model trucks with old 60 series engines that don’t require DEF. Billie sheepishly admits, “I thought it was illegal at first, but we bought them from Shreveport Peterbilt. The Peterbilt dealer buys everything with the truck except the engine and then a company called Fitzgerald supplies the engine.” The brothers are very pleased with the glider kit trucks, reporting that the other trucks are getting four miles to the gallon compared to six and a half miles per gallon with the glider kits. “How long the government will let them do that, I don’t know, but we’ve got it for now,” Billie says with a smile. Wade laughs, saying, “One day they are going to arrest him for this and he’s one of the most honest, law abiding citizens I know.” Truck maintenance is taken care

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Cat and Tigercat both supply skidders for the crews.

Office Policies

of by driver Steven McCoy, whom Billie calls, “a real, real good mechanic.” One of the biggest problems the Reads have with running their own trucks is DOT permitting. Not one to stand idle and deal with tickets, Billie lobbied Austin and got all the way to the Governor’s office to discuss how the current axle laws in Texas are unrealistic. Billie explains, “They didn’t want us to haul over 84,000 lbs. But you could have 82 and still get a ticket from

All insurance is through Davis Insurance in Lufkin, which underwrites for Bituminous. Larry Davis does everything. Wade says, “Beverly Shirley is good to us. She almost knows more about our company than we do!” The Reads have had one lost-time accident, which actually happened in the mill. The crew does not have health insurance through the Reads. Billie explains, “We are very lucky in that most of their wives work at the school, so they have health insurance

the DOT because you would have too much weight on your axle. So we lobbied and lobbied and they have finally passed it!” Meaning, you can now purchase a special permit. “The permit’s going to be expensive, but they won’t axle you out,” he says. “As soon as that became a law, everything else got harder with the DOT,” he admits. “We don’t have too much trouble with them. What kills us, no matter what, is that the right patrolman is going to find

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through the school.” The Reads offer production bonuses as an incentive for hard work. “We try to give back to the crew, we don’t have a turnover problem at all. When we’ve been down with rain, we let them make a week. We tell LP all the time, we’re going to pay them, so we want to work,” he continues. Stephanie Read, Billie’s wife, does all the office work, which includes keeping up with truck maintenance logs and mill tickets. The Reads underwent a DOT audit in November of 2013, which was the first time in the family’s history. “For being in business for 50 years, and then having this audit, I don’t know, they are hitting us hard,” Wade says. However, the Reads report that the audit didn’t cause any additional headaches after the fact. Stephanie and Cherie operate out of the office in Warren, with the Reads’ 60x100 shop being down the road about two miles. “We don’t do much there, it’s sort of just a base. All maintenance on the trucks is done there though,” Billie says. “When we bought this last round of equipment, our biggest issue was resale. We want the most for our equipment, with the Tigercat cutters we just bought and the Cat skidders, the dealer does the maintenance,” he explains. Machines are greased in the woods, every day and at every 250 hours as per the manual the Reads will have the dealer perform suggested maintenance. Billie says that the dealer sends all the oil samples in, and Stephanie has a detailed record from Texas Timberjack and Tejas Equipment about everything that’s been done to the specific machines. The Reads trade every 36 months on equipment, so keeping the equipment in

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Left to right, J.J. Dollinger, shear operator; Rodney Bowen, loader operator; Billy Evans, skidder operator; Doug McCoy, loader operator; Tyler McCoy, foreman and mechanic

Left to right, Virgil Eason, skidder operator; Red Evans, foreman & loader/delimber operator; Lynn Shane, shear operator; not pictured, Billy Stephens

Truck driver and mechanic Steven McCoy

good shape to increase the resale value is important. He says, “On the Tigercat stuff, Cummins gave us an extended three-year warranty, which they say is going to help with the resale value.” The crew usually work three Saturdays a month. The off Saturday is when the dealer comes out for service. “They have found stuff we probably might not, like leaking seals,” Billie adds. The Reads are very grateful for all the opportunities they have, especially their relationship with LP. Business is tough, but the brothers wouldn’t have it any other way. “A living is hard to make these days,” Billie says. “Wade and I are very blessed, we talk about that all the time. We know we have a good job. We want the job to work. Ranchers, farmers and loggers are the only people I know that will work for free just because they love it so much. They will put every dime they have back into it and SLT that’s exactly how we are.” Jessica Johnson and Cherie Read contributed to this article.

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Fast And Furious ■ Young entrepreneur Jeremy Ray has grown big fast, and plans on growing bigger.

By David Abbott LUGOFF, SC eremy Ray, the ★ owner of Jeremy Ray Construction, LLC, describes himself as a “typical, regular old fella.” He may be guilty of modesty to the point of inaccuracy. Ray is only 34, but he has accomplishment beyond his years and ambition to match. Already he has five crews to his name: two hardwood chipping jobs, two roundwood teams and one grinding operation. With biomass representing a growing part of his business, he has plans to add sixth and seventh crews—another fuel chipping and another grinding job—in the near future. When he started his company back in 2005, Ray had next to no background in the woods. He had spent the previous seven years, since graduating high school at 18, working with his father as an electrician. At 25 he started Jeremy Ray construction by himself with just a backhoe and a dump truck. A natural operator experienced with farm tractors, Ray had an opportunity to do some land clearing for home construction companies. He took that opportunity and ran with it. He continued with construction, land clearing and road building, but when the housing market bottom fell out and construction work slowed down starting in 2008, he realized he’d have to take the company in a different direction.

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Ray moved from construction into chipping and grinding when the housing market tanked.

Working in sandy ground has kept the heavy rain from being a problem for most of his crews, but the second chipping crew, normally a swamp job, has been rained out of the lowlands of late.

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Both chipping crews and both roundwood crews use identical loader/delimber setups.

His years in land clearing had included some site prep for reforestation, creating windrows or even clearing on a small scale with chain saws and track hoes. As part of that, he had already been using a grinder. Seeing an opportunity there, Ray started phasing the business into a fuel chipping operation. In 2009 he started buying his own timber, adding a fuel chipper and hauling with dump trucks. In 2010 he secured a contract for that crew with Marion Wood Products owner Paul Blackwell, and soon he was in logging full time. Rapidly he expanded, adding additional crews as needed and moving into hauling roundwood as well. In the five years since the company started logging and chipping, it has grown from five employees to 35.

safety, and each crew uses CBs and cell phones to communicate with each other and the truck drivers. Brother Daryl Ray serves as foreman for crew 1, running the loader/chipper and supervising Rusty Childress on the cutter and Allen Ham on the skidder. Crew 2 has foreman Charles Childress operating the loader and chipper with Preston Brown manning the feller-buncher and Ernest Holmes and Bill Miles driving skidders, while Amos Brown serves as deck hand. Crew 3 foreman Richard Nelson mans the loader with

Ray Dean in the cutter cab and Cristofer Bradley behind the wheel of the skidder. Crew 4 foreman/loader man William Gainey has Robert Scott on the skidder and William Brown (son of Crew 2 cutter man Preston Brown) on the feller-buncher. Bud Talley runs the grinding operation himself, and John Nelson is road maintenance operator. Charles (Moses) Flick helps with moving equipment, and has been with Ray from the start. "He is my right hand man and whatever I need, he is always there."

The four primary crews are outfitted in nearly identical fashion—all use Caterpillar 559B loaders paired with CTR 426 delimbers, John Deere 648H or 748H skidders, and Cat 553C, 563C, or 573C feller-bunchers. Both chipping crews have Peterson Pacific 5900E chippers, with one adding a Peterson 4800E debarker. Ray looks to Blanchard Machinery, Florence and Lexington locations, to meet his Caterpillar needs and to Flint Equipment in Lexington for John Deere. He singles out Blanchard salesman Denny Campbell as espe-

Crews All five crews currently in operation have been going at least a year, and Ray is quick to give credit to what he calls a loyal and dedicated team of employees. “I have very good help and couldn’t do it without them.” He conducts random drug and alcohol tests to ensure

Crew 2: Ernest Holmes, Calvin Hudson Justin Jeffers, Chris Campbell, Preston Brown, Charles Childress, Amos Brown, Steve Hayes, Bill Miles

Crew 1 left to right, Jeremy Ray, Allen Ham (kneeling), Rusty Childress, Daryl Ray, Randy Rogers, Terry Shirey, James Truett

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John Deere skidders are used on all four felling crews.

Bud Talley and Charles (Moses) Flick

cially helpful. “He takes care of me.” The grinding operation, with a Diamond Z tub grinder and Cat 320E track hoe, follows behind Ray’s crews as well as other logging operations, cleaning up residues for boiler fuel. Ray also still has a full road building crew with three Cat bulldozers and two John Deere motor graders. This crew builds and maintains all loading decks and roads, as well as some construction and land clearing on a smaller scale than in the past. They use Kenworth tri-axle dump trucks to haul rocks for roads. In the woods, Ray keeps service trucks with a fuel trailer, hydraulic hose machine, generator, air compressor, tools and spare parts. Apart from Jeremy Ray Construction, Ray has a separate company, JR Service and Repair LLC, which handles all

tenance crew. Service work on equipment is performed in the woods, while truck service and maintenance is taken to Ray’s shop in Lugoff. Mechanics under JR Service and Repair are Justin Jeffers and Randy Rogers, with Ray’s father Ricky Ray heading up the team as a private contractor. Along with four regular contract haulers, Ray runs 14 of his own

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equipment and truck maintenance for all crews. The full-time maintenance team visits each crew daily for greasing and routine repairs, checking tire pressure, blowing out air filters, cleaning radiators and such. They use checklist sheets and keep maintenance records of every time a machine required any work. Oil is changed on each machine at 250hour intervals, tracked by the main-

trucks, all Kenworths, with 25 ITI chip vans and Evans log trailers. He buys his trucks from salesman Bill Faircloth at Kenworth dealer Worldwide Equipment in Columbia.

Production Markets have been good, Ray reports. “We’re able to move it all with no problem.” In total the com-

Equipment Lineup Crew 1 (chipping) Cat 559B loader CTR 426 delimber Deere 648H skidder Cat 563C cutter Peterson 5900 chipper

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Crew 3 (roundwood) Cat 559B loader CTR 426 delimber Deere 748H skidder Cat 553C cutter

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pany hauls on average 270 loads a week. Crew 2 is the biggest producer, averaging 90 loads weekly. Crew 1 and the two roundwood crews each haul just over 50 loads a week, while the grinder typically churns out just north of 20 loads per week. The chipping crews also separate roundwood products from the mix, especially on clear-cut jobs. All four crews send hardwood logs to Edwards Wood Products in Marshville and pine logs to Culp Lumber Co. in New London. Crew

Crew 3, left to right: Ray Dean, Cristofer Bradley, Becky Pryor, Richard Nelson

3 sends its roundwood production primarily to Bowater in Catawba and New South-Canfor in Camden, while the primary markets for pinefocused crew 4 include Domtar in Bennettsville and Rock-Tenn in Florence for pulpwood, along with Culp Lumber for pine logs. For the chipping and grinding crews, the primary market is South Carolina-based Sonoco Products Co. in Hartsville, maker of packaging cardboard. “Sonoco has definitely been a good place to work, they have treated me well,” he says. “I hate to say it like this, but I wouldn’t be where I am without Sonoco.” Recently, Sonoco started taking boiler fuel, providing an additional outlet for both the grinder and the first chipping crew (see p. 38). Dirty chips for boiler fuel account for about 60% of the output from crew 1, with the remaining 40% in clean paper chips. Crew 2 produces all clean chips, with the debarker in front of the chipper. The grinder makes boiler fuel for both Sonoco and Domtar in Bennettsville. Ray has designs on adding a third chipping and a second grinding job to meet Sonoco’s demands for boiler fuel. Crew 2, normally a swamp hardwood job, works directly for Sonoco’s forest products division, chipping all but exclusively on company-owned timberland. Crew 1 and crew 4, the pine roundwood crew, still contract for Marion Wood Products of Cheraw, near Bennettsville, while crew 3 works for Myers Timber Co. of Camden.

Priorities An active member of the South Carolina Timber Producers Assn., Ray knows the woods have been good to him, but he also recognizes his most important job is outside of the woods. Jeremy and his wife Jessica have been married nine years. They have a four-year-old son, Jaydon, and a six-month-old girl, Jenna—all first names starting with J. “That’s the way it had to be,” Ray chuckles. Son Jaydon shares his middle name with Jeremy and baby daughter Jenna has the same middle same as her mother. Any free time he has is focused on his favorite hobby, outside his wife and kids: drag racing. In the past he has always run bracket cars, but this year he will start running a Pro Mod blower car in a few NHRA pro mod events as well as PDRA series races. “I wouldn’t be able to do it without the Lord,” Ray emphasizes. “I trust Him to help me make good decisions and that’s how I live my life. I couldn’t do it SLT without Him.” 18

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Beating The Odds ■ Lance Whittington proves you can’t keep a good man down.

Not one to let a little thing like breaking his back stop him, Whittington went from nothing to owning his own crew, running up to 50 loads a week. Inset: with a halo during his recovery.

By David Abbott ELLERBE, NC e’re told ★ the Lord works in mysterious ways, and Lance Whittington, 37, certainly believes in that. He believes in miracles, too. In fact, he might say that he is living proof. He’s looking back now on just over 10 years since the night when he had his doubts he’d survive to see the next morning, or if he did, what kind of life he’d be able to live. He was 27 in 2004 and married to his high school sweetheart, Jessica (Jessie), with five kids, all of them under 10 years old—the youngest was two then. He’d already been working in the woods for the better part of a decade, on his father-inlaw’s crew. He and a young farm helper, Derrick Housely, had spent the afternoon tearing down a hog

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house at the family farm and replacing it with a 38X140 shop. “We had the trusses up and had put the tin on one side, and we quit kind of early,” Whittington recalls the day in detail. “It was in March, around 3 o’clock, and I wanted to plant corn, so we came home, I took a shower, my wife was making hamburgers.” After dinner Whittington left to take Housely home, about five miles away. A little under a mile from his uncle’s driveway, a deer ran out in front of them. The truck swerved and slammed into a 20 in. diameter pine tree at 60 MPH, then flipped back out onto the highway. All he remembers is seeing the deer, a loud noise, and then blackness. Sometime later—he doesn’t know exactly how long, but close to an hour—Whittington woke up, lying on the pavement in the middle of the road. It was the sound of Housely’s

voice screaming his name that brought him back. Confused, he responded, “Derrick? What are you doing here?” Housely answered, “I don’t know. I think we wrecked. There’s something laying on me. Come over here and get this off of me.” Completely disoriented, Whittington replied, “I’ll be there in a minute. My back hurts.” They don’t know what it was pinning Housely down, because the next thing he remembers, the two of them were limping up the road, Whittington’s arm around Housely’s shoulder for support. They were trying to make it to his uncle’s house, but didn’t even know if they were going in the right direction. There were no other cars on the road. “Man, let me lay down, my back is killing me,” Whittington recalls saying at one point. “No way,” Housely answered. “I almost never got you up last time, I don’t know if I could do it again.”

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Whittington doesn’t remember that the younger man had to help him up; he doesn’t remember getting up at all. Somehow they made it to his uncle’s house. Whittington sat down, still complaining of a terrible pain in his back. His aunt reached around his side to help him sit up, and found her hand dripping with his blood. She instructed him to stay put until an ambulance arrived. “When they put me on that backboard, I thought I was dying,” he says. “I felt like my inside was crushed. I said, Lord, just let me live to raise my kids.” Initially doctors were focused on the three crushed vertebrae in his neck. They fitted him for a halo with titanium bolts drilled into his skull that had to be tightened weekly for stability. After that they turned to the 6 in. long, 2 in. deep cut on his back. It had already started healing and couldn’t be stitched, so Jessie cleaned dirt and pine straw out of it every day

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with a q-tip for two weeks. Nine years later they were still finding glass coming out of the scar. Over 24 hours passed before they learned his back was broken. Doctors informed him he had suffered the same injury as Christopher Reeve, the actor who portrayed Superman. “You should be paralyzed,” the doctor said. “The paramedics must have done a good job keeping you stable after the accident.” Actually, Whittington replied, “We walked about three-fourths of a mile first.” The doctor had no way to explain that except to call it a miracle.

Second Miracle It would be several more weeks before he’d be able to get himself in and out of a bed or a chair again. Jessie had to take care of him 24/7, along with the five children ages 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. And that wasn’t the only problem. “We were living paycheck to paycheck,” Whittington says. “At the time I had about $300 to my name.” The truck he’d wrecked was a 1979 model with only liability insurance. He had health insurance for the kids, but not for himself. With that in mind, he wanted to know when he could go back to work. “You don’t understand,” the doctor told him. “You can’t do anything for at least three months.” Even then, they predicted, he’d never be able to lift a chain saw again, or anything else heavier than 10 lbs. “Where is the power bill, where is the house payment, that was all I could think,” he says. “How would I pay the doctor bills and buy groceries for a family of seven. I started praying, Lord help me on this one. It’s more than I can do.” His three little girls had at the time been singing gospel songs at revival meetings in several area churches under the name Triple Sunshine. Every one of those churches started a benevolence fund to help the family, each of them collecting between $500 and $1,000. The volunteer fire dept. held benefits for them. A local store held a classic car show to raise money. By the time Whittington had recovered sufficiently to go back to work, the community had left them with enough not only to feed a family of seven for three months, but to keep all their payments up to date—including the $22,000 in medical bills— with $3,000 left over in the bank. That’s 10 times what they had the night of the accident. “The Lord did it,” Whittington is convinced.

“Scared to death of payments,” Whittington has all his equipment paid for except this cutter.

Two John Deere 648G-IIIs, a dual arch and a single arch, skid for the crew.

work even after literally breaking their back. Whittington was supposed to be restricted to only light duty. The muscles in his neck were weak from all the time in the halo. During the decade he’d spent on his father-in-law’s small crew, they would typically take a break from logging from December till April due to wet weather. The crew would take on odd jobs with sheetrock, construction or plumbing. Whittington itched to get back to logging.

“I’d rather drive equipment than drive nails,” he explains. He asked his father-in-law when they were going to get back in the woods—by this time it was July. He answered that they had several construction and remodeling jobs lined up (he would soon retire from the woods to go into carpentry full time). “I said man, I want to be logging.” That night he called another young logger named Chris Shepard, who had been looking for a loader opera-

tor. “I needed to not move my head too much, so that made sense because the cab moves,” Whittington thought. “It was a good opportunity to heal my neck and not overuse it.” He started work for Shepard and they became a good friends while he continued to recover and improve gradually. Soon, he wanted to do more. Shepard used a Hydro-Ax 411 with a shear, and there were limits as to the size of tree it could fell. By September, Whittington was helping the

New Beginning Some people refuse to work when there’s nothing wrong with them. Others will fight for the chance to

Left to right: Lance Whittington, Caleb Smith, Kristopher Wheeler, Brent Childers, Kenneth Dills, Aaron McIntyre, Dale Williams

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machine by running a chain saw half a day—and in so doing spitting in the face of his own supposed limitations yet again.

Branching Out The truth is, Whittington never saw himself as a guy who’d own a logging crew. He expected to always work for someone else. Still, when the opportunity came for him to buy a used skid steer, he thought he’d start picking up some small jobs on the side to make some extra money. The skid steer cost $2,000; Whittington paid half and convinced his dad to go in with him on the other half, on the logic he could use it on the farm to stack hay. He also bought a 1969 F700 cab and chassis, and from another friend picked up an old single axle truck for $300. He cut the log rack off the single axle and put it on the Ford. People would call him to cut maybe 12 trees out of their yard, between houses or near power lines. With 12 years in-woods experience under his belt, he wasn’t afraid to fell a tree in tight quarters. “I never charged them for it,” he says. He’d work for Shepard until 4:30, and then on his own time cut and pile until dark. This was just side job for the summer, when daylight lasts longer.

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The crew runs so smoothly that Whittington is considering adding a second.

At first he’d get one load a week for himself. Word of mouth spread, and before long it went from one load a week to one load a day, and then on Saturdays, too. At six loads a week he added an electric winch and lights to the skid steer so it could pull better and allow him to work after dark. He soon traded the skid steer for a 1966 model 440 skidder, leaving his father to wonder about his $1,000 investment. “I’ll give you a better one,” Whittington promised, and delivered a 1997 John Deere skid steer. “That’s when I really started getting more jobs,” a fact that necessitated increased hauling

capacity. To that end, he bought a 1987 Ford 9000 at auction for $2,500. He moved the log rack from his old truck and added 14 in. to the standards, so that he could now haul around 15 tons. “I thought I was big,” he recalls. Soon he added a grapple skidder. He continued cutting in the afternoons on his own while running Shepard’s loader till 4:30. He was getting home at 10 most nights and didn’t see his family much. “I could see where it was going and I wanted to build my business.” Pretty soon he was making more from side work than his day job. “I had three months of work lined up ahead, but I was

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scared to start on my own,” he admits. “I wondered, after three months, what will I do then?” Finally he worked up the courage to take a shot. “I told Chris that I wanted to try it on my own, but if I couldn’t make it, would he let me come back. He said yes.” That was in 2008. “I haven’t had to come back yet.”

Bottom Up Lance Whittington Logging started full-time with mostly single-acre tracts. “When I cut a 7-acre tract I thought I was big time.” With three major pine sawmills in the vicinity, there was too much competition for

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bigger tracts. “If they wanted it, they bought it.” He found his niche on smaller plots. “I’d find a 10-acre field that nobody else wanted because it only had 10 loads, but that was ideal for me.” He added his first cutter, a Franklin shear for $8,000. With one employee on skidder and Whittington cutting, loading and hauling, they could get 21 tandem loads a week working sunup to sundown. When he got the check, he did the math and realized he could get the same

amount easier with a tractor-trailer. “I didn’t want more production, just less work to get it.” After six months they were hauling 15 full loads a week with just the two of them. They did well, he thought, but couldn’t keep the skidder operator busy in smaller wood. He needed more felling time. So he hired a cutter operator. Whittington kept reinvesting into the business and only buying machines when he thought it would increase loads per week.

Today Five years later, the crew now runs with a ’02 Prentice 384 loader with 450 CTR delimber and CTR bucksaw; two John Deere 648G-III skidders, ’04 and ’06 models; and ’09 Tigercat 718E feller-buncher with 5600 head. Dealers are Tidewater Equipment in Polkton for Tigercat, James River Equipment in Mt. Gillead for John Deere and Carolina Cat in Troy. “They are all good dealers,” he says.

“They’ve been really good to me.” All his machines are paid off except the cutter. “I’m scared to death of payments,” he says. Whittington has always handled routine maintenance himself. “When you’re poor you don’t go to the dealer.” Now he hires Shepard Truck Repair in Troy— owned by former employer Chris Shepard—to help on Saturdays so he loses no productive uptime. He has four trucks—’95 Kenworth W9000B, ’96 Peterbilt 379 extended hood, and ’93 Mack CH613, and ’87 Ford L9000—with five trailers: three Pitts plantation and two White, one plantation drop deck and one straight frame. “I like the plantations better in first thinnings because it gets more payload. We can haul 90,000, and on a straight trailer we can only get 79,000, or 84,000 in shorter wood without drop decks. With short chip-n-saw we need the drop deck trailer to get the weight.” He also has a 1984 Freightliner dump truck and Cat 963 track loader for road work. If he needs to miss a day of work, he doesn’t mind because he knows the crew will step up. “It takes a special person to work just as hard without the boss looking.” Crew includes Caleb Smith on the loader, Aaron McIntyre on cutter, Kenneth Dills on skidder. Truck drivers are Kris Wheeler and Brent Childers with Dale Williams pulling double duty as skidder and truck driver as needed, depending on haul distance. “He’d rather do the skidder, and he can load himself.” He still buys some of his own timber but now works mostly for DeBerry Land and Timber, Troy. Crew averages 35 loads in first thinning and 50 in clear-cuts.

Full Circle He and Jessie have three daughters—Ayrika, 20, Ashlyn, 18, and Autumn (Peanut), 16—and two boys, Chance, 14, and Chase, 12. “We named him Chance because I figured he was my last chance to have a boy, but then she talked me into having another,” their dad smiles. “I wouldn’t trade them for anything.” Whittington has come a long way from the days of working till 10 every night. After starting from scratch—he had no family background in logging —and after the injury that nearly ended his career before it really started, Whittington went from broke to now building the family’s 4,800 sq. ft. dream house. “God has really blessed me,” he says. “I never thought I would have my own business,” he says. He’s considering starting a second crew, after the house is finished. “It’s too much all at once. Maybe next year.” SLT 24

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Johnny The Salesman

Excitement

The kids filed into class on Monday morning. They were all very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something and they were to report on their sales experience. Little Sally led off. “I sold Girl Scout cookies and I made $30,” she said proudly. “My sales approach was to appeal to the customer’s civil spirit, and I credit that approach for my obvious success.” “Very good,” said the teacher. Little Debbie was next. “I sold magazines,” she said. “I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events.” “Very good, Debbie,” said the teacher. Eventually, it was Johnny’s turn, and the teacher held her breath. He walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher’s desk. “Here’s $2,467,” he said. Gasping, the teacher asked, “What “Mr. Clark, I have reviewed in the world were you selling?” this case very carefully,” the “Toothbrushes,” replied Johnny. divorce court judge said, ”And “Toothbrushes?” the teacher asked. I’ve decided to give your wife “How could you possibly sell enough $775 a week.” toothbrushes to make that much ”That’s very fair, your money?” honor,” the husband said. ”And “I found the busiest corner in every now and then I’ll try to town,” he said. “I set up a Dip & Chip send her a few bucks myself.” Stand, and I gave everybody who walked by a free sample. They all said the same thing: ‘Hey, this tastes like dog poop!’ Then I said, ‘it is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush?’” “Where did you come up with this approach?” asked the teacher. Johnny shrugged his shoulders and replied: “I simply copied what our leaders in Washington do. I gave them some crap, dressed it up so it looked good, told them it was free, then made them pay to get rid of the problem.”

Misunderstanding

sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whispered, “Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go?” —The preacher’s five-year-old daughter noticed that her preacher father always paused and bowed his head for a moment before starting his sermon. One day she asked him why. “Well, honey,” he began, proud that his daughter was so observant of his messages, “I’m asking the Lord to help me to preach a good sermon.” “Well then, how come He doesn’t do it?” she asked. —After a service on Sunday morning a young boy suddenly announced to his mother, “Mom, I’ve decided to become a minister when I grow up.” “That’s nice. Why did you decide to become a minister?” she asked. “Well,” said the little boy, “I have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell than to sit and listen.”

A Visit To The Doctor A man picked a new primary care doctor. After two visits and exhaustive tests, the female doc said he was doing fairly well for his age (right side of 65). A little concerned about that comment, he couldn’t resist asking her, “Do you think I’ll live to be 90?” She asked, “Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer, wine or hard liquor?” “Oh no,” he replied. “I’m not doing drugs, either!” Then she asked, “Do you eat ribeye steaks and barbecued ribs?” “Not very often,” he responded. “Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, boating, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?” she asked. “No, I don’t,” he said. Doc: “Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?” He shook his head. She looked him in the eye and asked: “Well then, why do you even care?”

Children’s Pew Views

Dog-Tired

—A little girl was watching her father, a pastor, write a sermon. “How do you know what to say?” she asked. “God tells me,” the pastor said. “Oh,” said the daughter. “But why do you keep crossing things out?” —A mother was giving instructions to her three children as she sent them into Sunday School. “And, why is it necessary to be quiet in church?” Her son quickly responded, “Because people are sleeping!” —One Sunday the Bible teacher challenged her children to take some time during the week to write a letter to God. They would read them the next Sunday. One little boy wrote, “Dear God, We had a good time at church today. Wish you could have been there.” —A man took his four-year-old son to several baseball games where The National Anthem was sung before the start of each game. Then they attended a worship service on a Sunday shortly before Independence Day. The congregation sang The StarSpangled Banner, and after everyone sat down, the little boy suddenly yelled, “PLAY BALL!” —A little girl became restless as the preacher’s

An older, tired-looking dog wandered into the yard of an older couple. They could tell from the dog’s collar and well-fed condition that he had a home and was well taken care of. The dog calmly came over to the man, who patted him on the head. When the man turned to go into his house, the dog followed, walked inside, slowly walked down the hall, curled up on a rug and fell asleep. Two hours later, the dog awoke, stretched, walked to the door, and the man let him out. The next day the dog was back in the couple’s yard and again went inside, found the rug and went to sleep again. This continued off and on for two weeks. Curious, the man pinned a note to his collar with this message: “I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful, sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.” The next day the dog returned for his nap. He had a different note pinned to his collar: “He lives in a home with six children, two under the age of four. He’s trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?”

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Seth Cranford is a “3rd generation logger” who turned 10 years old in February. He enjoys the logging activity of his grandpa, Jimmie Hogan, and uncle, Allan Spivey. Jimmie is owner of Jimmie Hogan Logging in Biscoe, NC (Montgomery County) and has been logging since 1983. Allan Spivey is owner of Deep River Thinning in Putnam, NC (Moore County) and has been logging since 1983. They work with Deberry Land & Timber of Troy, NC.

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Richmond Expo Gears Up ■ Event will be held May 16-17 at Raceway Complex.

housands of forest industry players will converge at the Raceway Complex in Richmond, Va. May 16-17 for the 34th version of the East Coast Sawmill & Logging Equipment Exposition. Vendors of equipment and supplies, some 300 strong, will showcase their latest products and innovations. There will be acres of static and active machinery and equipment outside, plus scores of displays inside. All in all, it will amount to the largest collection of lumber, pallet, logging, biomass and related gear and services in the Eastern U.S. in 2014. Susan Jennings, show coordinator and president of Virginia Forest Products Assn., thinks that an upswing in the economy will help the show be a big success in 2014. “Our outlook is very positive and we’ve had an excellent response from attendees and exhibitors. We’re prepared to meet the requests of the attendees. They see the light at the end of the tunnel and they’re ready,” Jennings says. Jennings says they’ve been more proactive in reaching out to all areas of

Accord Financial Group Booth 208 Acrowood Corporation Booth 813 AFLAC Booth 17 Aftermarket Parts Booth 329 Air Systems Mfg. of Lenoir Booth 406 Air-Flow Trailer Systems Lot M 6 Alan Tye & Associates Lot I 4 Alderman Saw Shop Booths 220, 222, 224 Alliance Tire Americas Lots B 3-4, 8-9 American Conveyors & Log Splitters Lot A 27 American Lumber & Pallet Booth 622 American Signumat Booth 623 American Strapping Company Booth 10 ARCET Lot K 6 Automated Machine Systems Booths 510-512 Automation & Electronics USA Booth 521 B & C Truck Sales Lots D 6, 17 B. H. Payne & Co. Booths 427, 429 Bad Dog Tools Booth 524 Baker Products Lots G 25-26 Bandit Industries Lots K 9-13 Barko Hydraulics Lot M 11 Bates Distributors Lot D 11 Baxley Equipment Price Log Pro Booth 328

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Ben Jones Machinery Booth 310 Bowen Lot A 2 Brewco Lot D 4 Brewer, Inc. Lots A 9-10 Bridgestone Americas (Firestone) Lots F 6-7, 8-9 Bronco Pallet Systems Lots A 10-11 Brunson Instrument Company Booth 229 Built-Rite Mfg. Corp. Lot A 14 Caliber Packaging Booth 304-306 Carolina Inspection Services Booth 538 Carolina Machinery Sales Booths 516, 518, 520 Caterpillar Forest Products Lots K 1-5, 17-21 Cemar Electro Booth 620 Chainsaws of the Past Booths 6-9 Cleereman Industries Booths 502-508, 601-607 Comstock Logging Supplies Booth 421 Construction Safety Products Booth 311 Continental Biomass Industries Lots G 28-31 Continental Underwriters Booth 501 Cooper Machine Company Booth 227 Cord Master International Lot G 13 Corley Mfg. Co. Booths 527, 529, 531 Country Saw and Knife Booth 611 CRD Metal Works Lots A 19-21 Cresswood Shredding Machinery Booth 636

the industry. “The industry is growing and changing and those companies who may not have exhibited in 2012, we specifically reached out to them,” Jennings says. Even with the evolution of social media, web site promotion and YouTube demonstrations, shows like Expo Richmond 2014 continue to put a premium on real interaction on the ground. “A face to face venue is extremely important. With the dollar value that we’re talking about for the equipment, people still want to kick the tires,” Jennings says. As for social media, Jennings believes it can help promote the show. “It’s important for us as the management and association to utilize Facebook and Twitter. We also send out emails and newsletters. We’ve adapted,” Jennings says. Admission at the Expo gate is $10 per person. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 16, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturay, May 17. For more information, visit exporichmond.com or call 804-737-5625. The following exhibitors had booked space as of mid March:

Crown Royal Stoves/Greentech Lot M 3 Cutting Systems Lots I 1-2, 7-9 Delta Computer Systems Booth 615 Diacon Technologies Booth 219 Diehl-Clayton Equipment Booth 422 Discount Hydraulic Hose Booth 202 Double R Sharpening Booth 517 Duo-Fast Carolinas Booth 33 DuraTech Industries Lot G 14 Dyna Products Lot A 6 Econotool Booth 327 Excelsior Marking Booth 534 Farm Credit Booths 810-811 Fecon, Inc. Lot L 5 Ferree Trailer Lot G 17 Flying Dutchman Booth 431 Forest Pro Lots C 6-8, 13-15 Forestry & Construction Booth 210 Forestry Mutual Insurance Booth 315 Forestry Suppliers Booth 128 Forestry Systems Booth 317 & 319 Froedge Machine & Supply Booth 703-704 Fromm Packaging Systems Booth 48 Fulghum Industries Booths 334-336, 433, 435 Gaines & Critzer Booth 27

GBN Machine & Engineering Lot G 15 T. H. Glennon Co. Booth 522 Global Machinery Sales Booth 309 Goodman Truck & Tractor Co. Lots F 2-3 Greenville Colorants Booth 608 Hale Trailer Brake & Wheel Lots L 10-11, 14-15 Hall’s Safety Equipment Corp. Booths 133, 135 Hanover Tool Lot A 26 Hatton-Brown Publishers Booths 627, 629, 631 HMC Corporation Lots K 7-8, 16 Honeyville Metal Booth 812 Hub Industrial Supply Booth 536 Hud-son Forest Equipment Lot L 12 Huffman Trailer Sales Lot G 8-9 Hurdle Machine Works Lots J 1, 17 Hurst Boiler Booth 302 Husqvarna Forest & Garden Lot A 5 Hyster Company Lot A 8 ICE Companies Lot H 7 Industrial Reporting Booths 632, 634 Innovative Data Systems Booth 515 Innovative Trailers Lot G 21 Innovator Brands Booth 405 Interpack Systems Booth 638 ISK Biocides Booth 234

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James G. Murphy Co. Booth 408 James River Equipment Virginia Lots J 5-12 Jewell Machinery Lots C 3, 18 Kalmar Lot J 16 Kaman Industrial Technologies Booth 116, 118 Kawasaki Construction Machinery Corp. Lot L 8 Keith Mfg. Co. Booths 409, 411 Kenne-Saw & Supply Co. Booth 633 Key Knife Booth 416 Keystone Machinery Corp. Lot G 27 Kiln-Direct Lots H 4-6 KMC-Kootrac/Kootenay Tractor Booth 3 KNL Holdings Lots G 10-12 L & L Sales Booth 814, 815 Labonville Inc. Booth 332 Lacey-Harmer Co. Booths 402, 404 Landen Strapping Booth 120 Lewis Systems & Service Co. Booth 403 LiquiTube Premier Tire Sealant Booth 330 L-M Equipment Co. Booth 5 Log Max Lot D 18-19 Logical Systems Booth 418 Lumberman’s Exchange Booth 131 Lumbermen’s Equipment Digest Booths 25-26

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Manac Trailer Lot L 13 Manry-Rawls Booths 228, 230 MASS/Bartlett Sawmill Services Booth 612 Maxi Mill Booth 523 McDonough Manufacturing Co. Booth 532 Mellott Mfg. Co. Booths 616, 618 Metal Detectors Booth 233 Metropolitan Staple Corp. Booth 407 Mid-Atlantic Stihl Lots C 1-2, 19 Morbark Lots D 7-8, 15-16 M-Tech Booth 307 Multitek North America Lots A 3-4 National Hardwood Lumber Assn. Booth 614 National Wooden Pallet & Container Assn. Booth 49-50 Nelson Bros. Engineering Booth 212 Newman Machine Company Lots C 11-12 Nicholson Manufacturing Booth 308 Noble Machinery Co. Booths 127, 129 Northern Logger Booth 46 Norwood Industries Lot B 6-7 Nyle Systems Booth 617

Oleson Saw Booths 705-708 Olofsfors Lot D 5 Opticom Technologies Booth 621 Outback Heating Lot B 1 Package Research Laboratory Booth 519 Pallet Machinery Group Old Dominion Building PANTRON Automation Booth 123 Paul D. Camp Community College Booth 23 Paw-Taw-John Services Booth 609 Peerless Saw Co. Booths 122, 124 Pendu Mfg. Booths 434, 436, 438, 533, 535, 537 Peterson Pacific Lots D 12-13 Piper’s Saw Shop Lot G 1 Precision Husky Corp. Lots F 4-5 Prentice Loader Championship Lots L 1-4, 21-24 Profile Technology Booth 125 PRS Group Lot L 9, 16 Quadco Lot C 10 Rayco Industries Lots K 14-15 Rayco Manufacturing Lot D 9 Redwood Plastics Corp. Booth 423

Reimler Parts Mfg. Booth 121 Resource Recovery Systems Lot L-20 Rotobec USA Lot D 10 Rotochopper Lots H 1-3, 11-13 Salsco Lot B 5 Sawmill Hydraulics Booth 624 Sellick Equipment Lot A 7 Sennebogen Lots L 7, 18 Sharp Tool Company Booth 323 SiCam Systems Booths 600, 602 SII Dry Kilns Booths 410, 412, 509, 511 Simonds International Booths 216, 218, 132 Simply Computing International Booth 331 Smart Products Lots J 4, 1-14 Smetco Booth 312 Stringer Industries Booths 221, 223 T. S. Manufacturing Booth 316-320, 415-419 Talladega Machinery & Supply Co. Booth 401 Taylor Machine Works Lots M 1, 1a Tectronix Systems (ReamaSawco) Booth 606 The Knifesource Booths 428, 430, 432

Tigercat Industries Lots D 1-3, 20-22 Timber Products Inspection Booth 134 Timber Ridge Equipment Lot H 8-9 Timberwolf Mfg. Lot B 2 Titan/Goodyear Farm Tires Lot I 6 TMS Machinery Sales Booth 401 Tree Services Booth 702 Trio Fasteners Booth 321 Truck Enterprises Richmond Lot A 1 U.C. Coatings Corp. Booth 701 Union Grove Saw & Knife Booths 503, 505, 507 Universal Machinery Sales Booth 231 Universal Tag Booth 420 US Blades Booths 117, 119 USNR Booths 322, 324 VBS Material Handling Equipment Lot A 7 VDACS-Ag & Forestry Development Services Booth 7 VDACS-Stop The Spread Booth 37 Veneer Services Lot F 1 Vermeer Mid Atlantic Lots M 4-5 Viking Engineering Arena

Virgina Tech CNRE Booths 20-22, 28-31 Virginia Dept. of Forestry Booths 11-16 & Outside Commonwealth Bldg. Virginia Forest Products Assn. Exhibition Building Virginia Forestry Assn. Booth 32 Virginia Loggers Assn. Booth 619 Virginia Truck Center of Richmond Lots C 4-5,16-17 Wallingford’s Inc. Booths 802-803 WaneShear Booth 232 Waratah Forestry Attachments Booths 301, 303, 305 Webster Industries Booth 424 Wellons Group Booth 333 West Plains Electric Controls & Automation Booth 637 Western Branch Diesel Booth 4 & Lot D 14 Western Trailer Sales Co. Lot M10 White and Company Booth 635 Wilkens Trailers Lot H 10 Williams and White Booth 604 Woodland Parts & Service Booth 215 & 217 Wood-Mizer Blades Booths 528, 530 Wood-Mizer Lots G 3-7

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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP As We See It: Road Permit Issue Resolved, For Now By Brian Nelson

resident Obama signed into law on February 7, 2014 The Agricultural Act of 2014, better known as the Farm Bill. The Senate had passed it a Nelson few days earlier by a 68-32

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vote with bipartisan support. The act contains numerous forestry provisions that are important to our industry. Most would agree that the forestry provisions in this Farm Bill are some of the best we’ve seen in recent memory.

It was encouraging to see that the two sides could put partisan politics aside and come together to pass a Farm Bill that should be very beneficial to our industry. Of its numerous forestry provisions, none are higher profile or have the potential to have a greater impact

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on our industry than the Forest Roads Provision. It will preserve the treatment of forest roads and forest management as “non-point sources” subject to state-derived Best Management Practices under the Clean Water Act. More importantly it will provide legal and economic certainty by codifying the EPA’s longstanding policy that specified that silvicultural activities do not require a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. This means that for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, forestry activities should continue to use state-developed Best Management Practices (BMPs) as it has successfully done for the past 38 years under the CWA. While it appears the issue is now resolved, the language in the legislation does leave the EPA the authority to take measures regarding these activities if future circumstances demonstrate the need to address adverse impacts to water quality caused by point source discharges of storm water from silvicultural activities. This has been a long and tedious road with numerous groups and organizations from across the country working together to find a solution to this problem. With this success comes responsibility. There has been considerable time and effort on the part of many to get this issue resolved and we surely wouldn’t want to do anything to jeopardize it. I’m sure there will be groups out there that will have us “under a microscope,” so we all need to do our part to protect water quality. We can do this by being diligent in applying BMPs to all logging activities. It took a lot of work to get this resolved and will take the effort of all of us not to lose it. Other key forestry provisions in the Farm Bill include: 1. Permanent reauthorization of stewardship contracting authority; 2. Authorizes Categorical Exclusions up to 3,000 acres for disease and insect infestations; 3. Authorizes Good Neighbor Provisions; 4. Authorizes designation by description and designation by prescription as valid methods of designation for timber sales; 5. Includes forest products within the labeling and procurement preferences of the USDA’s “bio based” program; 6. Full PILT funding payments to counties and schools for 12 months; 7. Expands Healthy Forest Restoration Act authority to streamline projects in “critical

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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP areas” that have been identified as facing forest health threats; 8. Reaffirms the projects conducted under Categorical Exclusions should not be subject to Administrative Appeals; 9. Fire liability provisions in stewardship contracts will now be the same as in timber sale contracts; 10. Governors are given greater authority in the identification of critical areas for CEs on national forest lands. I would encourage all of you to thank your legislators for their work and support of the pro forestry provisions being included in the Farm

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Bill. It seems we’re quicker to give a “kick in the back side” than to give a pat on the back but here’s a case where we should show them that we appreciate their support of the timber industry. Until next time, log safely. Nelson is president of the American Loggers Council and he and his brother David and father Marvin own and operate Marvin Nelson Forest Products, Inc. of Cornell, Mich. The American Loggers Council is a non-profit 501(c) (6) corporation representing professional timber harvesters in 30 states. Visit americanloggers.org or call 409-625-0206.

West Fraser Purchases Travis Lumber Co. West Fraser is acquiring Travis Lumber Co.’s sawmill operation in Mansfield, Ark. The mill produced more than 100MMBF in 2013. West Fraser plans to invest additional capital to expand annual production capacity to 150MMBF. The acquisition brings to 28 the number of sawmill locations for West Fraser, including 15 in the U.S. Last year, West Fraser sawmills produced 5.8 billion BF, with 2 billion BF of that in southern pine, and the

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remainder spruce-pine-fir. Gilbert Travis, a former HEMCO sales manager, purchased the vintage 1950s sawmill in 1988 from Kansas City Railroad, which was in the process of closing it. The sawmill has undergone periodic upgrades and expansions including an edger upgrade following a fire in 2010.

Groups Announce Fuel Depots Partnership A South Carolina fuel distribution partnership, which could save loggers

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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP thousands of dollars annually on diesel fuel, has been announced by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities; the Southern Loggers Cooperative (SLC); the South Carolina Timber Producers Assn. (SCTPA); and the Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIF). The SCTPA will become the first state loggers’ association in the nation to formally collaborate with SLC in a

“quasi-franchise” approach to growing the number of depots across the state. While SLC will own each station on behalf of its membership, the SCTPA will aid in locating appropriate sites, work with its members to extend coop membership, and benefit from a portion of the revenue stream to support its broader work. SLC began in Pineville, La. as a small group of loggers who banded

together in 2004 to try to address the fuel issue. Today it operates a system of 21 fuel centers across seven states. Members save an average of 10 cents a gallon on fuel purchases, then may receive a year-end dividend from the cooperative. SLC opened its first and only station in South Carolina in 2012 in Georgetown. In addition to more stations in South Carolina, SLC expects to open two more in Louisi-

ana and two more in Alabama. “The Endowment and NCIF have partnered on a number of vehicles to extend direct finance and other support to rural businesses,” says Rick Larson, NCIF’s Senior Vice President. “We agreed to help the Endowment underwrite the cost of the Georgetown depot. Shortly thereafter Carlton Owen and I made the trek to Pineville to meet with the SLC team to see what we could do to help them extend their network to benefit more small businesses.” The South Carolina pilot is the first result of that collaboration. Priority locations for the stations reportedly include Eastover, Florence, Chester, Newberry and Allendale.

Proposed Sawmills May Be Gaining Steam Klausner Lumber One LLC appears ready to begin construction of a sawmill in Suwannee County, Fla., with underground utilities apparently installed. Some of the road infrastructure around the proposed mill site is undergoing reconstruction. Austria-based Klausner has announced plans to build 700 MMBF annual capacity sawmills in Florida and at Enfield, NC (Halifax County), the latter called Klausner Lumber Two LLC. The Klausner web site includes job applications for those two operations. Klausner officials also spoke recently at the Tri-County Forestry Assn. meeting and addressed a third sawmill possibly to be located north of Rowesville, SC, and again of 700MMBF annual capacity. An official with Klausner Holding USA commented that a number of agreements need to be executed and that ground could be broken by the end of 2014. Klausner has a state air quality permit for the project.

More Pellet Output For UK’s Drax? UK-based Drax reports it is developing options to add 2 million tonnes of its own wood pellet production, focusing on North America and 250,000-500,000 tonne plants. The company is currently building pellet plants in Amite, Miss. and Morehouse, La with a combined pellet production capacity of 900,000 tonnes, and is building a port facility at Baton Rouge with an export capacity of up to 3 million tonnes. The company is targeting commercial operation at Amite in 36

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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP the first quarter of 2015 and at Morehouse in the second quarter of 2015, with each plant requiring another six months to reach full capacity. The UK’s largest power station, Drax is set to become the UK’s largest single renewable electricity generator through the operation of the new biomass facilities currently being launched. The biomass conversion will ultimately see three of the six generating units at the power station converted to burn sustainable biomass in place of coal.

Sonoco Completes Boiler Conversion Sonoco dedicated its new biomass facility and boiler at its Hartsville, SC plant, part of a $100 million investment in the Darlington County compound. “We took more than two years to complete final engineering, fabricate the boiler, put together the infrastructure and complete construction of what we believe to be one of the nation’s most state-ofthe-art biomass co-generation boiler

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systems,” says Sonoco President and CEO Jack Sanders. In 2011 Sonoco committed to a $75 million investment to replace two aging, coal-fired boilers and add the new biomass boiler. The new boiler is fueled primarily by woody biomass from regional logging activity, but can also run on natural gas. The boiler will produce about 16 MW that will be consumed by the manufacturing complex, as well as steam that is used in the paper making process. Sonoco is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays and packaging supply chain services.

Farm Bill Includes BCAP Funding The Agricultural Act of 2014 (also known as The Farm Bill) includes the Biomass Crop Assistance Program to support the establishment and production of eligible crops, including woody material, for conversion to bioenergy in

selected BCAP project areas, and assist agricultural and forestland owners and operators with the collection, harvest, storage and transportation of eligible material for use in a biomass conversion facility. The USDA has budgeted $25 million for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 for BCAP, with not more than half of that amount paid per year for collection, harvest, storage and transportation matching payments. To be considered for selection as a BCAP project area, a project sponsor must submit to the USDA a proposal that includes a description of the land and crops, a letter of commitment from a biomass conversion facility that the facility will use the eligible crops; and evidence that the biomass conversion facility has sufficient equity available if the facility is not currently operational. In making the selection of BCAP project areas, the USDA shall consider the volume of the eligible crops and the probability that they will be used for the purposes of the BCAP; anticipated economic impact in the proposed project area;

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the opportunity for producers and local investors to participate in the ownership of the biomass conversion facility in the proposed project area; and the variety in biomass production approaches including harvest and post-harvest practices. Once approved, the contract shall have a term of not more than five years for annual and perennial crops or 15 years for woody biomass. USDA will make establishment and annual payments directly to producers to support the establishment and production of eligible crops on contract acreage, with a producer defined as an owner or operator of contract acreage that is physically located within the BCAP project area. Eligible crops are defined as renewable biomass harvested directly from the land, including residue. Eligible land includes primarily non-industrial private forestland.Establishment payments shall not be more than 50% of the costs of establishing an eligible perennial crop, but not to exceed $500 per acre including, in the case of nonindustrial private forestland, the costs of site preparation and tree planting.

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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP The annual payment amount will be determined by the USDA and can be reduced if the eligible crop is used for purposes other than the production of energy at the biomass conversion facility. Under the Assistance With Collection, Harvest, Storage and Transportation heading, the USDA shall make a payment for the delivery of eligible material to a biomass conversion facility to a producer of an eligible crop that is produced on BCAP contract acreage; or to a person with the right to collect or harvest eligible material. The USDA may provide matching payments at a rate of up to $1 for each $1 per ton provided by the biomass conversion facility, in an amount not to exceed $20 per dry ton for a period of two years.

Stihl Kicks Off Timbersports Series Stihl announced the kickoff of the 2014 Stihl Timbersports Series, presented by Ram Trucks. The series pits the top lumberjack athletes from across the country in thrilling

and grueling wood chopping, cutting and sawing competitions. This year the U.S. Pro and Collegiate championships will be held in Norfolk, Va. June 20-22. The competition will air nationally on ABC in September. Athletes compete in six professional lumberjack disciplines: the hot saw, single buck, springboard chop, standing block chop, stock saw and underhand chop. Visit stihlusa.com/stihl-timbersports

Port Facility Project Approved In Pascagoula Jackson County supervisors authorized the borrowing of up to $24 million for the Port of Pascagoula (Miss.) to build a specialized wood pellet exporting facility on Bayou Casotte. Florida-based Green Circle Bio Energy Inc., which plans to build a $115 million wood pellet plant in George County, will use the site to export up to 500,000 tons of pellets per year to European utility companies, Port Director Mark McAndrews has said.

The export facility will cost $30 million, with $15 million of that coming from port bonds. The state has put up $10 million for the project, and the terminal operator will invest $5 million. The facility will look similar to a grain elevator or bulk commodities facility, with silo storage facilities, an unloading facility for trucks and rail cars and a conveyor delivery system to the ship loader.

Cool Planet Breaks Ground In Louisiana Cool Planet Energy Systems, a technology company producing green fuels and biochar products, broke ground on its first commercial facility in Alexandria, La., dubbed Project Genesis. The facility is designed to produce 10 million gallons per year of high-octane, renewable gasoline blendstocks, as well as biochar, all made from wood residues. The facility will be located at the Port of Alexandria, on the Red River Waterway. “Cool Planet’s business model of building smaller, significantly less expensive facilities closer to the

feedstock will allow them to expand rapidly, and continuously improve with each facility,” says Cool Planet Board Member Basil Horangic. Cool Planet strategic investors include BP, Google Ventures, Energy Technology Ventures (GE, ConocoPhillips, NRG Energy), and the Constellation division of Exelon.

Arkansas Forest Industry Donates $500,000 To LAL Log-A-Load For Kids of Arkansas, a group of volunteers from the Arkansas Forestry Assn. and the Arkansas Timber Producers Assn., recently donated $500,000 to Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). The funds will benefit the hospital’s new Emergency Dept. (ED), which the forestry group pledged to support in 2008 and which opened in 2012. The ED is the only one in the state that provides comprehensive care for the sickest and most injured pediatric patients. The Log A Load program began in Arkansas in 1993, and since that time, has raised more than $6.75 million for ACH.

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Cutting Tool Maintenance Can Save You Money By David Sikorsky, Technical Representative, Caterpillar Forest Products

can no longer be sharpened. While extending the use of cutting chain may not cause expensive damage like you can get with worn teeth on a saw disc, cutting with dull or worn chain can significantly reduce productivity and increase fuel cost. At least one spare chain for every topping saw or ground saw on the job should be available at all times. While the service life of delimber knives is far beyond that of cutting teeth or saw chain, they must not be ignored. They should be inspected at least weekly and sharpened when they cease to be effective in stripping limbs at an acceptable level. Remember to maintain the correct knife profile when sharpening these knives. The type of trees being cut will affect knife maintenance needs. In pine thinning, for example, knives may go thousands of hours with little or no attention, while in hardwood, sharpening or replacement may be required in significantly less time. Too often, cutting tool maintenance is neglected. Operators who don’t focus on this have a tendency to adapt to reduced performance and less productivity, either because they think they are saving money, or because they just haven’t thought of cutting tool maintenance as part of the “big picture” of operating cost SLT and effective productivity.

With the high cost of per hour fuel consumpjust about everything tion and reduces productoday, loggers are always tivity at the same time. It seeking ways to save is in fact a “double-edged money. Unfortunately, sword.” cutting corners often Cutting with worn or does the opposite, as this dull teeth can also signifcan increase costs and icantly reduce disc life. decrease productivity. To Dull teeth can, for examavoid falling into that ple, cause excessive heat trap with your felling and to build in the disc, processing attachments, changing the properties the focus of this article is of the steel. Worn teeth on the proper maintemay not adequately pronance of saw teeth on tect the tooth holders, your cutting head, the allowing them to erode chain on your topping prematurely. and ground saws and With saw discs now delimber knives. costing between $10,000 We start with examinand $15,000, early ing the key to most operareplacement of a disc can tions in the South, the saw The tooth holder has worn out prematurely because carbon steel teeth be just as costly as replacwere used when carbide teeth would have been the better choice. on your feller-buncher. It ing an engine or performis important, first of all, that you use a feel for expected life, daily inspec- ing a major overhaul on a hydrostatic not only good quality teeth, but also tion of the teeth and saw disc is the drive system. While preventing this that you use what is best for your cut- key to an economical and effective from happening may seem obvious, ting application. Choose the best saw maintenance plan. Rotating or rethere are many cases where experiteeth for the type of wood you typiplacing teeth should be done on an enced loggers ignored this issue with cally cut. Generally, this means using as needed basis rather than a planned one of their most important pieces of carbide-tipped teeth for cutting pine schedule. Cutting too long on the equipment. and carbon steel teeth for hardwood, same teeth can result in reduced proBesides felling saws, especially in relatively low abrasion ductivity and higher fuel costs. Dull topping saws and ground soil conditions. Experimenting with teeth can cause the disc to drag down saws must also be carevarious teeth will not only help you excessively, increasing recovery fully inspected and mainmake the most informed decision in time. I have observed a fuel contained. Saw chains should types and brands, but it will also give sumption increase of 10-15% due to be inspected daily and you a realistic expectation as to rotaincreased cutting time, along with an sharpened when dull or tion and replacement. increase in saw recovery time. Basireplaced when links are This disc was damaged by using the wrong teeth and Although experience will give you cally cutting with dull teeth increases worn and cutting surfaces from extended use.

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MECHANIC CRUSHES LEG WHILE REPAIRING DELIMBER BACKGROUND: On a late winter afternoon in the West, a company’s mechanic was repairing a stroke delimber. Weather conditions were good—cool and clear. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The experienced mechanic was in his 40s, and had worked in the woods for more than 30 years. UNSAFE ACT OR CONDITION: The mechanic finished repairing a piece of equipment faster than anticipated and decided to move to the next project without informing anyone of his whereabouts. This second repair was of a stroke delimber located on a different portion of the logging job, an adjacent piece of property. While standing on the blade of a skidder, the mechanic set the boom of the stroke delimber next to him on the blade of the skidder, so he could put the safety chain in place before starting the repair. When the chain wouldn’t engage, he attempted to jump off the skidder. At that time, the delimber’s hydraulic pressure bled off, and the boom lowered. The mechanic’s upper leg was caught between the boom of the delimber and the blade of the skidder. ACCIDENT: The boom pinned the mechanic’s leg to the skidder blade. The delimber’s hydraulic pressure continued to bleed off, and the additional weight of the boom made it impossible for the mechanic to free himself. He tried to call for help, but no one was in close enough proximity to hear him. He had his cell phone, but

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coverage was poor, and he couldn’t complete a call. Fortunately, he continued to dial 911, and the authorities were able to trace his location and to send help to the logging site. INJURY: The mechanic’s bones and nerves were completely crushed and for months it was unknown if he would lose his leg, or his ability to walk normally. (NOTE: This incident happened more than six years ago, and the mechanic forged through the painful therapy, is fully recovered, and is still employed by the same company.) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CORRECTION: Logging employees working in the woods must maintain “visual or audible” contact with others; for instance, by means of a whistle to alert nearby workers, or with a twoway radio device (walkie-talkie). If you must be alone in the woods, ensure that someone knows your whereabouts and timeline for returning. Have a plan in place for when working in areas of poor cell service. Have a check-in policy, so that each worker is accounted for every 30 minutes (or other suitable timeframe). Use correct tools for job. A stand under the boom of the stroke delimber would have been more appropriate and safer. The skidder blade (and all moving parts with stored energy) should be grounded before working on them. Supplied by Forest Resources Assn.

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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY Site Prep Tractor

The Cat 586C Site Prep Tractor is a multi-purpose, heavy-duty machine with the muscle to run

power-hungry mulchers and brushcutters. “The tractor runs cool and doesn’t collect debris, so you’ll spend less time cleaning and more time working,” says Matt McDonald, Caterpillar Forest Products product specialist. “Plus, you can tackle a variety of projects with one machine, lowering your owning and operating costs.” The 350 HP engine and oversized

hydraulic system push more flow to the attachment for faster recovery without slowing other functions. A high capacity cooling system and on-demand reversing fan keep the machine running cool. HJM Forest Resource Management, LLC, in DeKalb, Miss., ran a pilot machine to provide feedback for fine-tuning the tractor. One of the company principals, Jimmy

Wayne McGowen, reported that the radiator and air filter stayed clean and the pressurized engine compartment kept debris out. “We have to blow out our older machines like crazy,” McGowen says. “We don’t have to with this machine. That’s a big thing for us, because we were spending a lot of downtime keeping our older tractors up.” Both Cat’s HM825 Mulcher and BR624 Brushcutter are available as attachments. HJM Forest Resource Management was equipped with the mulcher. McGowen says the tractor and attachment’s ability to handle big timber was an advantage when they were clearing standing timber to widen power line right-of-ways. “The attachment is equipped with a hydraulic push bar and that’s a big 1351 plus,” he says. Visit cat.com.

Slow-Speed Shredder

Morbark, Inc. has partnered with its European dealer, OBMtec, to produce the Barracuda, a singlerotor, slow-speed shredder. The Barracuda, developed by OBMtec and manufactured at Morbark’s Winn, Mich., factory, offers a universal solution for industrial, C&D, wood and other waste streams, providing a high-quality end product with low operating, maintenance and fuel costs. “Adding the Barracuda shredder to our industrial product line allows our customers to easily expand their capabilities in C&D and industrial waste reduction,” says John Foote, Morbark VP of Sales and Marketing. “The machine was designed for versatility and ease of maintenance.” Features include: ● All daily maintenance, such as cleaning the air filter, and checking and changing fluids, can be done while standing at ground level. ● Ground-level adjustment door allows you to adjust grates in as little as 2 minutes, reducing downtime and increasing productivity. The counter knives can be repositioned to 5 different heights—higher for waste wood or lower for industrial waste. Available setup options from 20 to 40 hammers and counter knives. Single rotor and bolt-on hammer inserts reduce maintenance times. The internal rotor gearbox with high torque for greater fuel efficiency and large hydraulic reservoir for 44

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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY lower operating temperatures all play a part with the many other key features to reduce operating costs. 1281 Visit morbark.com.

Universal Telematics subscription levels. JDLink Locate and JDLink Express boast value-priced hardware and subscription costs. “JDLink Locate and JDLink Express allow logging professionals to track and protect all pieces of equipment on their job sites with the same JDLink application they use for the rest of their John Deere machines,” says Tom Trone, direc-

Machine Monitoring John Deere’s JDLink machine monitoring system is available for all makes of stationary and mobile forestry equipment with two new

tor of global WorkSight Solutions, John Deere Construction & Forestry. “The hardware can be installed on both powered and nonpowered assets and will keep companies informed on location, help protect jobsite assets, and boost profits.” JDLink Locate allows a logger to access asset location and set up a geofence around a machine, so they can be alerted if it travels outside the virtual boundary. The hardware features an internal battery, so it can be easily installed with screws or adhesive on anything that needs to be tracked. The only mounting requirement is a clear view of the sky. JDLink Express includes these same machine location and geofence features, and adds distance traveled and engine hours so loggers can track utilization and schedule periodic maintenance. JDLink Express also lets a logger “ping” the machine for real-time data updates. Both JDLink Locate and JDLink Express provide easy remote access to machines through a single, simple-to-use website. Alerts are sent via email or text message, and escalation logic enables additional contacts to be added to receive alerts in the event one is not acknowledged during a preset time period. 495 Visit johndeere.com.

Harvester Heads

Ponsse’s harvester head range has been extended with a new size class. The Ponsse 10 and the Ponsse H8 with a top saw are designed for demanding harvesting conditions in North America. The H10 is a heavy-duty processing and harvesting head for trackbased machines weighing more than 25 tons. Its durable body structure, good grip and powerful feeding ensure good productivity and a long service life. Thanks to the Opti control system, the H10 is dimensionally very accurate. The product development work performed in cooperation with customers has focussd on the easy controllability and maintenance of the head. The Ponsse H8 with a top saw is designed for harvesting and processing difficult deciduous and coniferous trees in North America. 2786 Visit ponsse.com. 46

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FELLER BUNCHERS

2011 Cat 573 Feller Buncher – 4,500 hours, Prentice SH50 Saw Head, 30.5 x 32 tires, Cab with air.........$145,000

2011 Prentice 2570 Feller Buncher – 6,200 hours, Cummins engine, Prentice Waratah FD22 Saw Head, 28L tires ................................................$119,500

2011 Cat 553 Feller Buncher – 5,300 hours, Prentice SH50 Saw Head, 28L tires, Cab with air.................$110,000

2008 Prentice 2670 Feller Buncher – Prentice 22” Center Post Saw Head, 34:00 tires, Cab with air. ........$79,500

2006 Hydro-Ax 670 Feller Buncher – 22 inch Waratah Head, 6.7 Cummins, 34:00 tires, Low time Hydro – Stats and saw pump (2012) ...........$69,500

MULCHERS & CONSTRUCTION

2014 Barko 930 Mulcher – Brand new machine, 1 year bumper to bumper warranty, 2 year power train warranty, 305 HP Cummins engine, FAE Mulching Head, 28L tires. Rent to own WAC.............................$349,000

2006 Cat 563 Mulcher – Fecon BH120 Mulching Head, Good 28L tires, Cab with air. ................$116,500

2008 Cat 563 Mulcher – “NEW” FAE Mulching Head, “NEW” High pressure pump and hoses, “NEW” 28L tires, Cab with air. This machine has 0 hours since the conversion from a Feller Buncher. Rent to own WAC...$189,500

LOADERS

2002 Tigercat 240B Log Loader – Can be mounted on trailer with CTR Delimber or Riley Delimber, Cummins engine, Cold A/C, Ready to work! ...............................................$49,500

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2004 John Deere 843H Feller Buncher – Waratah FD22 Saw Head, 28L tires, Cab with air, Extra clean for age ..........$59,500

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CAT 573 (00HA19789), 2010, KNUCKLEBOOM 3619 Hrs, Cab, AC, 30.5L-32, LOADERS PETERSON 5000G (2G-214- SS56 Saw..................$173,500 661), 2001, 12981 Hrs, Cab, AC, PRENTICE 280 (P57066), 2000, PRENTICE 384 (62951), 2006, 12738 Hrs, Cab, Trailer .....CALL Whole Tree Chipper .....$200,000 14430 Hrs, Cab, AC, Evans Trailer, Prentice Grapple, CTR 320 SCREENS FELLER BUNCHERS ....................................$44,000 CAT 553 (00HA20058), 2011, DEERE 643K (1DW643K 3896 Hours, Cab, AC, 28L-26, XHA0631650), 2010, 3395 Hrs, Cab, AC, 28L-26, FD45 Saw SH50 Sawhead.................CALL ........................................CALL CAT 553C (0PGR00266), 2012, HYDRO-AX 321 (7121), 1998, 1 1325 Hrs, Cab, AC, 30.5-32, Hrs, Cab, AC, 24.5-32 Tires SH56B Saw ...............$191,500 W/Chains, 20’’Sawhead$33,500 CAT 563 (00HA19937), 2011, TIGERCAT 726 (7260852), 1979 Hrs, Cab, AC, 24.5-32, 1997, Cab, AC, 30.5-32, 22’’ SH50 Saw..................$198,000 Sawhead .....................$39,000

SKIDDERS CAT 517 (05WW00419) 2004, 7877 Hrs, Cab, AC, Esco Grapple.............................$200,000 CAT 525 (03KZ01265), 2004, 11708 Hrs, Cab, AC, 30.5-32, Dual Arch Grapple........$61,500

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DOPPSTADT M720 (W09621179A1D07448), 2010, 248 Hrs, Trommel Screen, 435/50R19 ................$323,000

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Call or visit our website: www.tidewaterequip.com SKIDDERS 2001 Deere 648GIII .............................$40,500 2006 Deere 648GIII .............................$60,000 2008 Deere 648H ................................$75,000 2008 Deere 648H ................................$85,500 2010 Deere 648H ..............................$100,000 2005 Deere 748GIII .............................$57,000 2004 Franklin Q80...............................$21,500 2004 Tigercat 620C ............................$67,500 2005 Tigercat 620C ............................$66,000 2009 Tigercat 620C ..........................$100,000 2003 Tigercat 630C ............................$50,000 2004 Tigercat 630C ............................$61,000 2005 Tigercat 630C ............................$60,000 2005 Tigercat 630C ............................$75,000 2010 Tigercat 630D ..........................$140,000 2005 Timberjack 460D........................$57,500

FELLER BUNCHERS 2011 CAT 563....................................$119,900

2009 Deere 643J .................................$85,000 2007 Prentice 2470 .............................$65,000 2008 Prentice 2470 .............................$88,000 2008 Prentice 2570 .............................$89,000 2009 Tigercat 718E...........................$110,000 2005 Tigercat 720D ............................$74,500 2011 Tigercat 720E...........................$163,000 2005 Tigercat 724D ............................$85,200 2005 Timberking TK340 .....................$30,000 2004 Timberking TK360 .....................$61,100

LOG LOADERS 2005 Deere 335C ................................$27,500 2005 Prentice 280 ...............................$42,500 2005 Prentice 280 ...............................$45,000 2006 Prentice 280 ...............................$45,000 2004 Prentice 410 ...............................$24,500 1999 Tigercat 230B.............................$16,000 2004 Tigercat 230B.............................$37,500 2002 Tigercat 240B.............................$28,000 2002 Tigercat 240B.............................$34,100 2003 Tigercat 240B.............................$48,100 2005 Tigercat 240B.............................$68,900

INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 1997 MORBARK 22 ............................$69,000 2002 MORBARK 30NCL Chipper....$105,600 2007 MORBARK 3800 WOOD HOG.$212,500 2010 Morbark 40/36 ...........................$40,000 2010 MORBARK 4600XL..................$435,000 2005 Tigercat M726D .......................$169,500 ..........................................................................

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2008 JD 648H—Torque converter, reman engine w/warranty, tires: 80% rubber, center & cradle TIGHT, A/C good, No leaks, ready to work ...........................................$95,000

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2002 Hydro-Ax 670 Feller Buncher—New disc, new cente rpins, rebuilt pump drive, Good 28L tires ...........................................$49,500

2002 John Deere 648GIII—Direct 2002 Hydro-Ax 670—28L tires: 75%, drive, New hydraulic pump, good 30.5 Very straight & tight ............$47,500 tires, new pins & bushings throughout machine.......................$52,500

2007 John Deere 648GIII—Direct Drive, Engine rebuilt August 2010, New center pins & blade pins, Very straight ...........................................$69,500

2004 Timberjack 460D Log Skidder—Torque converter transmission, Reman engine with 2400 hours, New center section, New glass, All cylinders & valve body dry ........$65,000

2003 Prentice 280 Knuckleboom Log Loader—Rebuilt John Deere 6 cyl. eng., 7262 hrs., Rebuilt hyd pump, Joystick controls, Saw hydraulics, Rekit done on collector, Rekit done on Grapple swivel$36,500

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