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Vol. 44, No. 8
(Founded in 1972—Our 515th Consecutive Issue)
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AUGUST 2015 A Hatton-Brown Publication
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out front: Zack Myers, right, inherited equipment from his grandfather Gilbert, left, and started his own company, Select Timber. The safety-focused young logger tackles big hardwood stands in North Carolina. Story begins on PAGE 8. (David Abbott photo)
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SOUTHERN STUMPIN’ By David Abbott • Managing Editor • Ph. 334-834-1170 • Fax: 334-834-4525 • E-mail: david@hattonbrown.com
Ain’t Your Daddy’s Logging ave you seen the Buick commercials in recent months in which no one can find the Buick because the newer model doesn’t look like they expect a Buick to look? It reminds me of a marketing campaign for a different car nearly 30 years ago: “This isn’t your father’s Oldsmobile.” I always thought it was a pretty clever, and memorable, line. The catchphrase caught on, becoming part of the broader cultural language. It failed to save Oldsmobile, but the message still works: forget what you think you know, this is a new version of an old thing, and it’s not what you expect. To wit: these aren’t your father’s logging woods anymore. It’s not your father’s logging industry. The young loggers entering the woods today are carrying on the proud tradition of those who went before them, but they’re doing it in their own ways…as each generation should, in any field of endeavor.
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Business Savvy “When my dad/granddad/uncle was logging in the ’70s/’80s/’90s, it was enough just to work hard. That was how you succeeded then. You just had to be willing to work longer hours, and you could keep ahead. That just isn’t the case anymore. Now, you can work as hard as you want and it will never be enough. You’ll just work your way into bankruptcy. Now you also have to keep a close eye on the numbers and get creative and make good business decisions, or you’ll be out of business.” That’s not a direct quote from any one person, but it’s a paraphrase of quotes I’ve heard from any number of individuals in this business in recent years. Loggers are meeting the challenge, coming up with innovative solutions and branching out in ways that might not have been necessary in the past. They still have the mechanical and technical know-how and the work ethic to be in the woods before dawn and stay past dusk. But more and more seem to view themselves as businessmen who log, rather than loggers who grudgingly have to deal with the business side. That may be a subtle but I think a significant difference in perspective.
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and its newest venture, a sawmill. I wrote an article will exceed that number. on Stites in the September 2007 issue of Southern “We’ve taken on a lot but we’ve made it work so Loggin’ Times, and Jessica Johnson revisited him far,” he says. “I never tried to put money in my for an article in the July/August 2012 issue of com- pocket, I always invested it back in the company— panion periodical Timber Harvesting. He was also in us. And I keep my growth structure vertically the subject of a feature by Paul Iarocci in the April integrated. I don’t go out and buy 20 trucks to haul 2015 issue of Tigercat’s publication Between The cross-country and invest in a t-shirt factory. It has Branches. to relate to what we do—to the woods—or I don’t Stites is 37—about my age—and has been loglook into it.” ging for nearly 20 years. His father, Danny Stites, owned a hardwood sawmill, American Timber Co., Value Added in Baldwyn. The younger Stites took over as fore“I’m no longer concerned how many loads I can man of a company crew right after high school and move,” Stites says when I ask him about this busibought it from his dad by age 21. One of his first ness approach. “I used to want new shiny equipmoves was to re-hire a former employee, Jimmy ment and 100 load days and all that. If you produce Smith, who now serves as Pro South’s general that much, you put yourself on quota.” manager. Instead of higher production, Stites has evolved In 2007, when I met him, Stites had just added to a different measure of success. “It’s what value I Pro Logging’s second crew. The company now can add,” he explains. fields six crews with “If it grows within 30 trucks and 80 trail100 miles of our area, ers, employing 80, we want to find a way including 30 in the to add value to it.” woods. He has three That might mean sawfull-time procurement ing a cross tie, hauling foresters and a fourth it to a pulp mill, or devoted entirely to chipping it for Kingsoverseeing Forest ford charcoal. “I’m Stewardship Council not asking for the (FSC) certification. In world but I want to 2013 Pro South built a utilize our structure to new shop and office add as much value as I and added a 100,000 can. I don’t want to be ton wet or dry storage Pro South is a vertically integrated company. a gatewood supplier.” wood yard, in large His perspective has changed. “I’ve been logging measure to offset restrictions on production from 20 years and the business has changed in my lifequota and weather. In effect, it has served as an time.” Sadly, some things have not changed. “My inventory and wood flow management service for dad recently showed me a 30-year-old contract for the customers of Pro South. $25 a ton for pine pulpwood in Alcorn County, This year, Stites added a sawmill to the companear here. That’s the same price that I was quoted ny, after his father sold American Timber Co. Several factors influenced this decision, not the least of just the other day. And the paper companies are making record-high profits, even with some comwhich was the closing last year of International petition from overseas.” Paper’s mill in Courtland, Ala., some 80 miles His outside-the-box thinking has also extended from Stites’ territory. And there were the usual marto where he looks for employees. “Most of the ket pressures. “We were trapped in a vicious cycle quality people in the labor force here already have with nowhere to go,” Stites says. “You can’t make good jobs, and new ones are not coming along.” any money in this area with just logging and haulHe’s hired two from out of state and helped them ing to the mill. When it’s dry enough to work, you’re on quota, and when you’re not on quota, it’s relocate—one from Georgia and the other from too wet to work. I figured we were already supply- South Carolina. How did he find them? “Social media,” he explains. “Southern Loggers is a popuing the inventory to these mills, we might as well lar Facebook page, and there’s a lot of chatter on take the next step and saw it ourselves, too.” there.” The sawmill has started up in phases, sawing There’s little doubt that Stites represents that hardwood cross ties, pallet cants and some grade next generation of loggers who aren’t content to do lumber for flooring and furniture manufacturers. It things as they’ve always been done, but look for— is now producing about 40MBF a day, and Stites expects it to average 80-100MBF a day when fully and find—new ways to think about how to survive and hopefully thrive in the business they love. operational. Over the next three years the mill is SLT Hopefully, he’s one of many. predicted to create 57 jobs; Stites is confident it
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On The Move ■ Young logger Zack Myers blazes his own trail while building on his family heritage. By David Abbott CLEVELAND, NC ne of the ★ earliest and fondest memories for Zack Myers is going to logging equipment shows with his dad, uncle and grandfather. It was a formative experience that left a lasting impression. Now 25, Myers is the owner of Select Timber, Inc., and says he can’t see himself in any other life. “It’s in the blood,” he explains. “Once you get sawdust in your veins, you can’t get away from it.” Myers is a fourth generation logger. His grandfather, Gilbert—Zack calls him “pop”—and his great grandfather, Harold Myers, started in the 1960s supplying wood for the construction of Lake Norman. The man-made lake was created between 1959 and 1964 by Duke Energy to
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supply power to the surrounding counties through the Cowans Ford Dam. Harold and Gilbert logged and had two sawmills. Later, in the ’70s, Gilbert started Myers Forest Products, Inc., a small hardwood sawmill in Cleveland, NC. He later bought two logging crews to supply the mill. Gilbert’s two sons, Butch and Craig Myers—Zack’s father—grew up working in the mill. Craig spent most of his career at the mill, but Butch ran one of the company crews for a while. For a time he had his own separate crew before eventually returning to the mill. The brothers still run it together today, producing grade lumber and pallets. Zack can scarcely remember a time before he started going out to the sawmill with his dad. By the age of 13, he was working there part time in whatever ways he could. As
he grew older, though, he started helping on the company logging crews more than in the mill, and found that, like his uncle Butch, he preferred it that way. “I liked the woods, I liked being in the woods.” After high school, a year of community college left Myers convinced that academia wasn’t the path for him. He took a full-time position on one of the family crews, working his way up from chain saw man to loader operator and then foreman. When his grandfather decided to retire, Zack inherited some of the logging equipment to start his own crew, which was soon incorporated as Select Timber.
Ongoing Evolution That first set of equipment was fairly well worn by the time Myers inherited it—a ’97 Tigercat 726 cut-
ter, ’00 Prentice 410E loader and ’05 CTR grapple skidder. It got him started, and he ran with it for close to four years—but nothing lasts forever. “It’s very hard to make money when you keep pumping money into broken down equipment,” the young logger learned. “Payments are a pain, but sometimes you can make a payment for the cost of repairs.” By the spring of 2014, he was ready to upgrade to some newer pieces. The current lineup includes a 2013 John Deere 648H skidder, ’08 Prentice 2410 loader, ’05 Tigercat 630B skidder and ’05 Tigercat 724D feller-buncher. He bought everything from John Woodie Enterprises in Statesville, or from individuals. The company runs two trucks, Mack and Kenworth, with four Pitts four bolster trailers. Myers still has his grandfather’s machines as spares, and he has a 550G John Deere dozer.
Myers prefers to stay in the feller-buncher, cutting ahead so he can keep wood flowing when he needs to step out to handle the business side.
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Myers looks to John Woodie for parts and service on any bigger repair jobs, but says he and the crew handle most repairs and routine maintenance on their own. “Everybody is a full-time mechanic out here,” he says. Operators track hours, and Myers keeps up with it in a notebook. Machines are greased several times a week, and oil is changed every 250 hours.
Myers painted one trailer pink to honor his mother, a breast cancer survivor.
Expansion When he started Select Timber, Myers worked strictly for his dad, working mostly smaller tracts to supply hardwood to the sawmill, along with the occasional pine thinning job for pallet material. While Myers and his dad still work together on trucking, Select Timber is a company that is still growing and evolving as its young owner comes into his own. “It got to the point where I kind of wanted to be off on my own, logging for myself,” he explains. He first branched out as a contractor for hardwood mill McDowell Lumber and Pallet Co. in Asheboro. “They’re great people to work for and treat their loggers well.” While he cuts primarily mill-owned tracts, Myers has begun purchasing his own timber when he finds good opportunities. He’s also expanded his market base. McDowell takes most of his larger hardwood, while hardwood pulp material goes to Godfrey Lumber Co. in Statesville. On the pine side, Myers sends logs to H.W. Culp Lumber Co. in New London and pulpwood to the Weyerhaeuser chip mill in Elkin. The Select Timber crew hauls on average 35 loads a week.
This Deere skidder, a 2013 model, is the newest piece on the Select Timber Crew.
Pink Myers was only 11 when his mother, Leanna, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001. Thankfully, she is a survivor, but watching
Darius (Cowboy) Boyd, Travis Hicks, owner Zack Myers, Dion (Smokey) Malone, Alan Bond, and foreman Damian Flores
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her go through the struggles and the surgeries when he was so young affected him. “It hits home when someone that close to you has a disease like that,” he relates. “It really hit me hard.” When one of his trailers was damaged in an accident and required repairs and a paint job, Myers had to settle on a color. “Let’s go with pink, in honor of my mother,” he decided. He emailed Pitts CEO Jeff Pitts about it. Pitts emailed him back and sent him mudflaps and stickers to make it look official. “People see that trailer going down the road and they know it’s Zack’s,” Myers says. “I like to keep it that way. The crew likes it, too.” Myers also carries a pink water cooler to the job site and wears a pink bracelet. “You can be a man and wear pink.” This man’s support for breast cancer research goes beyond wearing pink, though. He supports the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, both with financial contributions and by cooking for fundraiser events. He also donates similar time, money and effort to the local middle school and high school, cooking for fundraisers.
conscious about chain saw safety. “We practice the bore cut and we use wedges,” Myers explains. “It is the safest and most efficient way to cut timber in my mind. All the insurance people want us to cut like that, we follow their guidelines and they have zero tolerance for any other kind.” Select Timber’s Forestry Mutual insurance representative, Greg Helton, comes out to the crew to conduct classes with any new timber cutter. “It’s the only way these guys know how to do it, and we like it.”
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Timber fellers practice the bore cut for safety—note the green wedges.
Myers hired his foreman, Damian Flores, almost as soon as he started Select Timber. Flores runs the loader and handles most of the manual felling—a necessity in the big hardwood in which the company so often works. “He’s as skilled as anybody, and a very hard worker,” Myers says. When Flores is on the chain saw, Myers will fill in for him on the loader. Travis Hicks mans the Tigercat skidder full time and fills in on the cutter when needed, while Dion (Smokey) Malone drives the Deere skidder. The newest member of the team is Darius (Cowboy) Boyd, who serves as full time trim man. “He’s been here only a few months and he’s learning fast.” While he can and does operate any piece when needed, Myers himself sticks mostly to the cutter. “I find that I can go cut ahead and have wood on the ground while I go handle the business end and it won’t stop the flow.” Everybody on the crew is Pro Logger certified through the North Carolina Forestry Assn. “A lot of mills won’t accept wood from you if you’re not,” Myers says. Everybody on the crew is also first aid and CPR certified. “We follow OSHA guidelines, and try to be as safe as possible while doing something dangerous.”
body get hurt, and there’s a lot out here that can hurt you, so you have to be on your toes at all times.” The crew holds tailgate meetings every month, and special meetings as needed. Everybody—especially those using chain saws—wear all the requisite safety gear, and as soon as they have feet on the deck Myers requires a hardhat on every head. “This industry has high insurance rates because it is a very dangerous job,” he says. He has good reason to be acutely aware of how dangerous the job can be; he knows from personal experi-
ence that even when you do everything right, sometimes, something can go wrong, fast. Four years ago, while clearing a right-of-way for the state to build a bridge across the Yadkin River, a tree kicked back and hit his left leg, shattering the bone just at the boot line. He had surgery to install a metal rod in his leg, and spent several days in the hospital. “It doesn’t take much to get hurt,” Myers warns. “We have all had our close calls.” Because they do a lot of hand felling and trimming at the stump, the Select Timber crew is especially
More and more loggers today have learned the advantages of smart phones and computers, whether for calculating business costs or using GPS to map job sites. Myers is among those who have also learned the value of networking through social media. He is a member of Facebook pages for both southern loggers and eastern loggers. He has found the online community to be a useful tool for learning from other loggers. “I like using it a lot, because I’m always curious to see how other people set up their decks or how they are loading the trucks. I’m still young and I’ve learned a lot, but I still have things to learn.” Myers also has a more traditional
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Boyd, left, and Flores, right, work together to trim logs at the stump, using Husqvarna chain saws.
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use for his phone. “Communication is a big key,” he says. “You’ve got to keep your truck drivers in touch with your guys in the woods, to know what’s going on and to keep the wood flowing.” He supplies all truck drivers and two men in the woods with basic flip phones, and the foreman has his own smart phone. “It also helps when you’re in the middle of nowhere and can’t find a parts store, you can just look it up on your phone and go right to it,” he notes. Although he isn’t married yet and has no kids, Myers is engaged to his high school sweetheart, Laura. They have been together for eight years. Myers is the oldest of four children; he has three younger sisters. The oldest, Drew, owns a successful business in Salisbury, AnnaCraig Boutique. Middle sister Chandler is studying biology at Campbell University in Raleigh, while the youngest, Andie, is in a nursing program at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. Though his three sisters are uninvolved in either the sawmill or the logging company, his mother does help him tremendously with the business and financial end of things. Myers says he has no time for hobbies, other than occasional fishing and duck hunting. “When you own a business it’s not a five-day work week,” he explains. “We work sunup to sundown usually. Sometimes you have to be out on a weekend, cruising timber or doing maintenance. When it comes down to it, you’ve got to get it done.” He continues, “Owning a business isn’t always what everybody thinks it is. A lot people don’t see that behind the scenes, it is stressful to the man responsible for it. But you always seem to come back to it the next day.” Logging is more than just a job, the young man believes. It takes something special to inspire that kind of dedication. “You have got to have a love for it—something that keeps pushing you to keep coming back to the woods. There’s got to be something there. You can see it in your employees. They’ve got something in them that keeps driving them, and it’s not just the money sometimes.” Money, indeed, can’t be the only motivating factor, he elaborates, either for the employees or the owner. “It’s a high priced business with a lot of moving parts to it, and a high cost of operations. One week you might make a little extra, and the next week you have to spend it on parts or repairs. It costs a lot of money to run, but most people can’t afford to stop.” For his part, Myers remains undaunted, grinning as he says, “I don’t plan on quitting.” SLT Contact Zack Myers by email: zack cmyers@yahoo.com
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The crew averages seven loads daily with two trucks and four trailers.
It takes two skidders to keep production moving.
Service truck is well equipped. Note the pink ribbon decal and pink ice chest.
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Ready For Anything ■ Bud and Jay Dooley are up for any challenge. By Jay Donnell ★ TOCCOA, Ga. hen Bud Dooley started Dooley Logging in 1982 he had no idea where his company or the logging industry would be in 33 years, but he suspected he would still be going at it. Today, he and his son Jay are working hard and diligently in order to maintain a stable business in an industry that has seen its share of ups and downs. “My daddy logged and I guess you could say my granddad was a logger, but I started this business on my own with a little help from my dad,” Bud explains. While Bud, 55, has had his own business for more than 30 years, he has been working in the woods for most of his life. “I actually started cutting wood when I was 17 years old, hand loading with a short truck,” he says. Jay, 25, has
worked for the company full-time for seven years. Bud cut hardwood for Clendenin Lumber Co. for many years, but things have changed a lot for Dooley Logging over the past decade. The company cuts a lot of wood in South Carolina, mostly pine. Bud believes the cost of living and supplies such as oil, fuel and parts are lower in South Carolina. And he says the cut and haul rates are a little friendlier than they are in Georgia.
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Bud and Jay Dooley have seen the ups and downs of the logging industry.
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The company usually harvests 2530 loads a week on flat and sometimes hilly terrain as they’re working close to rivers in north Georgia and into South Carolina. They also have the ability to clear-cut and can get up to 50-60 loads in a week. When Southern Loggin’ Times visited, they were thinning a 100-acre tract in Princeton, SC. The tract had been
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A 2005 Tigercat 620C skidder gets the job done for Dooley Logging.
thinned five years earlier, but the job wasn’t done right and there was still work left to do. “We’re doing a fine tuning on this tract,” Bud explains. “We’re taking out some of the smaller chip-n-saw, a little bit of ply logs and some pulpwood.” Dooley Logging finds a lot of its tracts through Heritage Land and Timber of Simpsonville, SC. “We’ve worked with Heritage Land and Timber for about 12 years now and it’s been a good relationship,” Bud says. “Tim Shirley has been great to work with.” When Dooley Logging arrives on a new tract they build roads if they need to, but a lot of times when they’re cutting for Heritage Land and Timber the roads are already in place. “We build our own roads a good bit, but Tim Shirley has gotten into building a lot of the roads because he bought a dozer a few months back,” Bud explains. “We do a lot of second thinnings so there was somebody
here five years prior to us and so the landing was already there.” When leaving a site the company makes sure to leave the land as clean as possible. “It depends on the tract we’re on and who we’re cutting for, but on one of the tracts we were on recently we had to have the consultant call us and tell us everything looked good,” Bud says. Sometimes working more than an hour and half away from their shop in Toccoa, Dooley Logging has been doing a lot pine thinnings over the past few years. On this tract, chip-n-saw and ply logs went to Georgia-Pacific in Prosperity, SC, while pulpwood went to the Norbord OSB plant in Joanna, SC. They work on private land most of the time and they generally find themselves on 60-100 acre tracts. “We try to be as versatile as we can be,” Jay says. “We haven’t cut a whole lot of hardwood, but we’re not exactly above it.”
Employees usually arrive on site at 8 a.m. and leave at 5 p.m. The company will occasionally work on Saturdays and employees are granted personal time for sickness and family emergencies. They can get a production bonus depending on the type of job they’re working on and they’re all subject to random drug testing. The company experiences a little turnover like most logging companies and one of their biggest concerns is always finding good and reliable truck drivers. When hiring truck drivers, they perform a background check, drug test and check their driving records. “It seems like there is a lot of substance abuse out there when it comes to truck drivers so that’s why we do the drug testing,” Jay says. Bud’s wife, Teri, is the company’s secretary. Jamie Rowland is the loader operator, Michael Yokoam is the skidder operator and Ron Norton and Jeff Smith are the truck drivers.
Jay can operate any of the equipment and can fix just about anything. Dooley Logging has had no major safety issues in recent years and the crew always makes sure to communicate with each other when they feel they’re not being as safe as possible.
Equipment The company runs mostly Tigercat and Timberjack equipment including a 2006 Tigercat 240B loader, 2005 Tigercat 620C skidder, 2006 Tigercat 724 cutter, 2004 Tigercat 718 Cutter, 1999 Timberjack 460 skidder, 1995 Timberjack 450 skidder and a 1998 Timberjack 160 feller-buncher. As for trucks, they own two 1990 Marmons, 1996 Volvo and a 2002 International. They’ve recently been purchasing Goodyear tires for equipment. Their main equipment dealers are Smith & Turner Equipment in
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Gainesville, Ga. and Tidewater Equipment in Newberry, SC. “We recently started dealing with Tidewater and they have a loader I’m looking at,” Jay says. “We also buy a lot of after market parts through Lanier Equipment.” The company does most of its maintenance and repairs in the woods in order to keep costs down since they’re usually working about an hour and a half away from their shop. Employees grease the machines once a week and change the
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oil every 250 hours. “We blow our air filters out and change them once a week,” Jay explains. “We run a lot of older equipment so it’s important to keep up with it the best you can.” The company hasn’t experienced any significant problems with vandalism and doesn’t expect to have any problems in the future because of the area they work in.
Issues/Future Bud reports that the company
was able to get by during the recession because of some good planning and determination. “We struggled there for a while,” he says. “The biggest thing for us was we had all the stuff paid for.” One issue Bud and Jay see in the logging industry is that the logging rates haven’t kept up with the equipment prices or the insurance prices. “I don’t think the rates are what they should be,” Jay says. “It’s not possible to go out and buy three pieces of equipment because they
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will not move enough wood to pay for themselves with the way the prices are right now. I don’t see how some of these guys are going out and buying all of this new equipment.” Jay attributes the business’s success to hard work, a little luck and “a lot of debt.” He didn’t always know he wanted to be a logger, but he soon figured out how much he enjoyed being in the woods. He went to school for automotive collision repair (he’s certified in frame
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repair painting and spraying), but his heart just wasn’t in it. Jay estimates the business has invested around $800,000 overall and they can spend as much as $100,000 in a year on maintenance, parts and supplies. “We’re making a living, but when you’re a logger you can’t expect to go out there and make a killing,” Jay explains. “The way the market is now you’re not going to get rich at it, but you’re going to make a living and maybe put a little back.” The Dooleys don’t know what the future holds, but they do have a plan going forward. Jay hopes to take over the business in the next few years while Bud hopes to be retired in five years. “I’ll take it over one day if that’s what he wants to do,” Jay says. Bud has seen it all when it comes to logging and likes the position his company is in right now. “We’re satisfied with where we are, but I hope I’m retired in five years,” he says. “I feel like I’ve put in my time out here in the woods.” The Dooleys are TOP (Timber Operations Professional) trained through the South Carolina SLT Forestry Assn.
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Strong And Steadfast ■ Bobby Creel knows how to enjoy life and get good production.
By Jessica Johnson EOLINE, Ala. ust when you think you have ★ figured out Bobby Creel, 60, he throws you for a loop, showing you another facet of his personality. His granddaughter describes him best: “He’s real funny, he just never laughs.” And it’s true. During the visit with Southern Loggin’ Times, Creel cracked plenty of jokes and smiled the entire time, but never outright laughed. The father of four is proud of the family legacy he helped to build with his father in the 1970s. Creel remembers that when the business was first started, his father put his house up at the bank for a $9,000 loan so he could buy the equipment necessary to start Creel Logging. “We just purchased a piece from B&G (Equipment) for $275,000. We’ve come a long way,” he says sagely. The younger Creel incorporated his own company, Creel Logging, in 1989. It now fields two five-man crews. Three of Creel’s four sons work on the crews; the other, Brad, 35, operates B&M Logging in Jacksonville, Ala. Eldest son Brandon, 37, runs a cutter and acts as foreman on one of the crews. Twins Josh and Jeremy, 30, take turns operating the loaders on each crew, periodically switching from one crew to the other. Since they are identical
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Creel chose the Tigercat skidder because his long-time operator liked it.
Two cutters, a Tigercat and a Prentice, fell for Creel.
twins, the swapping about keeps foresters on their toes—an inexperienced eye can’t see which twin is which. Why the constant swapping? Each Creel has a different answer. The family patriarch thinks it is based on which crew is closer to the house. Brandon thinks it is for a change of scenery. Josh says it’s because he likes running the different loaders and Jeremy says it is a combination of all three. Brandon says that the crew is just a big family. Only two people on the crews aren’t related, and even one of them grew up within “rock throwing” distance of the Creels—and his aunt is married to Creel’s uncle. Creel says by the time he retires, which isn’t too terribly far off, he would like to expand to three crews so each of his sons in the business could have their own crew. While he’s looking forward to retiring, right now, behind the wheel of a log truck is exactly where he wants to be.
texts,” Creel explains. “I don’t know how in the world we made it before two-ways and cell phones,” he says with a smile, “I remember the first phone we got out here, the old bag phone.” Now Creel buys equipment with USB ports that allow operators to hook their cell phones to the machines to charge. Logging sure has changed for Creel, he says, since the days of $9,000 equipment. “Now you can buy parts you can tote in your hands for $9,000,” Brandon says with a booming laugh.
turnaround seat, which doesn’t hurt his neck.” Because Mathis has been with the company since he graduated high school, Creel valued his opinion and took it into consideration when purchasing the machine. Mathis is deaf, but according to Creel, one of the best skidder men out there. “He feels the vibrations from the pulls. It doesn’t present any challenges because all my sons can speak sign language. As long as you can see him, you can make hand motions if you want hardwood or pine. He’s got a cell phone, so he
In addition to the new Tigercat skidder, Creel Logging has an old Timberjack skidder, two Caterpillar skidders, a Prentice cutter, a Caterpillar 559C loader with a CSI delimber, a John Deere loader with a CTR delimber and a Tigercat cutter. “In 2013 I bought two loaders two hours apart. I’m going to run them about three or four years and decide which one holds up the best, that way we can know what to buy next time,” Creel says. But not before quickly pointing out that the old Timberjack machine is still out
Iron Works Creel is aware that in this business, having friends is important. So when it comes to his iron, he likes to spread the love around to more than one brand. Preferring newer equipment, his most recent purchase was a skidder. After a few demos he selected a Tigercat based on feedback from his operator, Marty Mathis. “There were a few things we liked about it,” Creel says, “but Marty really liked the
Creel added two new loaders in 2013, a Deere and a Cat.
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on the job. “I bought it brand new in 1995 and we still run it from time to time. It’s part of the family.” It doesn’t bother Creel that his iron registry doesn’t seem to favor one brand over another. “You can get a good one in about any brand and you can get a bad one in about any brand. This is our first Tigercat skidder, but we’ve had Tigercat cutters before. Back in the early 1980s, we had some Caterpillar skidders. We like a really good deal. One machine costs what you could have bought three with not too long ago,” he says. Creel finds himself mostly on company land with reasonably well built roads. As such, his bulldozers mainly dress roads after rain or help build decks. “We were trying it with one bulldozer,” he explains, “but if (the crews) are 60 miles apart, and it rains, it’s pretty aggravating.” Creel has Komastu dozers, a 39 and a 37 model. Since equipment for the most part is kept under warranty, Creel says he doesn’t make much use of his 75x100 shop on a piece of property near his house. He says they will do a little bit of work on their machines, but nothing like before. Routine maintenance on equipment is pulled every Friday, in-woods. Since most of the equipment is newer, dealerships need oil samples. Creel religiously changes oil every 500 hours. “We build engines and transmissions and rear-ends in our shop, but now we will go months without even going over there. We used to do all the mechanic work, now the dealer does,” Creel explains. Brandon echoes his father, “We won’t pay someone to do the simple stuff. Now, if the motor goes out and it’s still under warranty, the dealer takes care of it, but once it gets out of warranty, we use mechanic Walter Prentice in Brent, Ala.” For dealer support Creel leans on B&G Equipment in Moundville, Ala., for Tigercat, Thompson Tractor in Tuscaloosa for Prentice/Caterpillar, Warrior Tractor in Northport for John Deere and Tractor and Equipment in Tuscaloosa for Komastu. Creel gets good production, averaging 40 loads per crew a week with few trucks. That includes a ’04 Kenworth and a ’97 Mack, with only 500,040 miles on it, that he and his brother drive, plus two contract trucks. “I did have another contractor out here,” he says, “but wood was moving really well some weeks and not really the next. The weather hurts you a little bit. When it’s dry you can’t get rid of the wood.”
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own timber, but doesn’t really have the time to take on purchasing timber, running a cutter and driving a truck. He says that the time consuming nature of the paperwork is his main deterrent. “Hindsight is 20/20,” he says. “If you turned back 30 years, I would probably do it and go ahead and be set up to buy my own instead of just every now and then. That way I would be established in it and have the contacts with the mills. But as it is? I have enough to do with just doing logging and trucking.” The company keeps the crews usually within 60 miles from the shop, and while it hasn’t happened lately Creel can remember a time when he was regularly cutting timber so close to his house, he was able to eat lunch at home. “Now we’re hauling to Selma and Prattville, stretching out wherever they need us to go,” Brandon says. Main markets are International Paper in Selma and Prattville, Talladega Chips in Alpine and West Fraser in Maplesville. After the deadly tornadoes in 2011, Creel says he cut a lot of storm timber, and while it was a one-time deal, he still remembers how vine-ridden the wood was. Safety meetings are held monthly, but Creel has confidence in his sons that on a daily basis, safety is their top priority. “We don’t want anyone hurt,” he says. “I can’t remember the last accident we had. It might have been a stitch or two, years ago. The brothers look out for one another. We’ve been real fortunate on that.” Each member of the crew is trained in first aid, which Creel believes comes in handy. Creel Logging is fully mechanized, and according to Brandon, they hardly ever even pull out chain saws. The crews use Stihl pole saws to trim trucks of vines and limbs.
should be behind.” Proud members of the Holiness Church, the Creel family strongly and steadfastly believes in the Lord watching out for them. Brandon is a minister with the Holiness Church, and believes everything has to fit together—in life as much as in the woods. “If you don’t get it all right, none of it is going to be right. You have to cut it and skid it, but if you don’t have truck drivers to get it to the mill, and be safe, it isn’t going SLT to work.”
Creel’s crews average 40 loads each per week.
Office Operations “Somebody’s got to do all the work,” Creel says with a huge smile, when asked about who handles the load tickets and paperwork side of Creel Logging. His wife, Linda Creel, has been the secretary for 38 years and does all paperwork out of an office in their house. She keeps her hands full with payment schedules and load tickets, he says. Creel has weathered many economic storms and managed to stay at a good pace. His secret? “If it wasn’t for the Lord, we wouldn’t be in business. He’s kept us around for 39 years,” Creel says firmly. “During one of the rainy spells I told my wife, the Lord’s got to be counting our money, because we still got some and we Southern Loggin’ Times
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B&G Expands Into Bama The ribbon cutting ceremony brought out owners, employees, vendors and families.
Tigercat president Tony Iarocci
The event was a family affair.
By Jessica Johnson MOUNDVILLE, Ala. igercat dealer B&G Equipment ★ recently expanded into Moundville, Ala., adding to four other established dealerships in Mississippi. Debbie Webb, President of B&G, says the new location is exciting for the company, as well as the Bates family, who started the dealership over 39 years ago. The new facility has a 10,000 sq. ft. administrative area as well as three shop bays with five and ten ton overhead cranes—the service department in total is 4,800 sq. ft. The Mound-
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Tigercat and others made presentations.
More than 150 visitors gathered for the event.
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Vermeer Spotlights Tractor-Mulchers At Summit By Jay Donnell PELLA, Ia. ermeer held its 2015 ★ media summit on July 8-9 and emphasized its FT300 and FT100 forestry tractors with mulcher heads. Mike Byram, vice president of environmental solutions for Vermeer, welcomed media members during an opening dinner. On July 9, editors traveled to the Vermeer headquarters in Pella and heard presentations from Byram and Jason Andringa, president and COO of Vermeer. Andringa will become president and CEO later this year. He represents the third generation of family leadership at Vermeer. Jeff Bradley, recycling and forestry product manager, and Jon Heinen, pipeline corporate accounts manager, gave overviews of the forestry and pipeline markets, respectively. Bradley talked about cutting trends in land clearing, now two-thirds selective and one-third clear-cut, he said, and noted new markets for residue going to wood pellets facilities in the Southeast. He also pointed to the importance of new housing starts as a driver for continued growth in the land clearing industry. Editors then toured the Vermeer factory and were able to view fabrication and assembly of various Vermeer products such as mulchers, brush chippers and grinders. Editors traveled to the demo site at Elk Rock State Park where Vermeer applications specialist, Ted Dirkx, gave a detailed presentation of the new FT300 track forestry tractor with mulcher head. The FT300 features a 300 HP Cummins QSL9 diesel engine that meets Tier 4 Final emissions standards. It includes a horsepower “bulge” that allows an increase to 320 HP when the engine drops from 2,200 rpm to 2,000 rpm under load, helping to increase performance and productivity. “We feel like we’re much more appropriately sized compared to many of our competitors in this same horsepower class,” Dirkx explained. A ringed rotor design helps guide material to the 23 cutting tips for a cleaner cutting path, while also controlling the depth of cut. The mulcher head hydraulic components are designed to operate below their rated capacity, which helps extend their life and reduce stress on the machine. “The heartbeat of this machine is its hydraulic components,” Dirkx said. “This application is extremely hydraulically intensive and it’s really where I think our biggest competitive
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advantage comes from.” With all service points accessible from the ground, maintenance is convenient on the FT300. The engine compartment is easily accessible with two large doors that swing open to expose engine, hydraulic pump, cooling system and other maintenance points. Applications specialist Ryan Marshall presented the FT100 with above ground mulcher attachment. The FT100 comes with a 111 HP Perkins E3TA Tier 4i engine. The rotator tips are interchangeable and come in sharp planar, clad-faced planar and impact resistant tip options, allowing the operator to customize the cutting performance to the jobsite conditions without having to rebalance the drum each time. “We run 18 rings and 17 tips which is normally less than what our competition runs,” Marshall says. “The end result is less labor and less maintenance to keep you more productive.” The torsion suspended track system provides comfortable and robust performance for land-clearing crews. Two independent torsion axles suspend each track frame plus four independent wheel carriages per track. The unit has 15 in. of ground clearance. “This machine is one of the fastest in its class and it goes up to 10 MPH in high gear and 4 MPH in low gear,” Marshall said. “If you have a long way to track to get to where you’re going, that’s going to increase your production at the end SLT of the day.”
The FT100 is one of the fastest machines in its class.
Ryan Marshall presents the new FT100.
The FT300 features a 300 HP Cummins QSL9 diesel engine.
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Remember When... It took three minutes for the TV to warm up? Nobody owned a purebred dog? When a quarter was a decent allowance? You’d reach into a muddy gutter for a penny? Your mom wore nylons that came in two pieces? You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn’t pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot? Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box? They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed, and they did it!? When a ’57 Chevy was everyone’s dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber, or watch submarine races, and people went steady? No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked? Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger? Summers were filled with bike rides, Hula Hoops, and visits to the pool, and you ate KoolAid powder with sugar? Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, ‘Do Over!’? “Race issue” meant arguing about who ran the fastest? Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening? It wasn’t odd to have two or three ‘Best Friends.’ Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot? Saturday morning cartoons weren’t 30minute commercials for action figures? Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles? The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team? War was a card game? Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle? Taking drugs meant orange flavored chewable aspirin? Water balloons were the ultimate weapon? If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!
sweet-spirited…until you try to sit in their pew. Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers. It’s easier to preach 10 sermons than to live 1. The good Lord didn’t create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes and armadillos come close. When you get to your wit’s end, you’ll find God lives there. Most people fall into the “front of the bus/middle of the road/back of the church” category. Opportunity may knock only a few times in a person’s life, but temptation bangs on the door almost every day. Quit griping about your church. If it was perfect, you couldn’t belong. If a church congregation wants a better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has. We’re called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges. God doesn’t judge people until they die. So why should you? Peace starts with a smile. I don’t know why some people change churches. What difference does it make which one you stay home from? Be ye fishers of men. You catch them; He’ll clean them. Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous. Don’t put a question mark where God put a period. Don’t wait for six strong men to take you to church. Forbidden fruits create many jams. God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called. God grades on the cross, not the curve. God loves everyone, but probably prefers ‘fruits of the spirit’ over ‘religious nuts!’ God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. He who angers you controls you. If God is your co-pilot, swap seats! Prayer: Don’t give God instructions, just report for duty. The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us. The will of God never takes you to where the
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grace of God will not protect you. We don’t change the message; the message changes us. You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him. The best mathematical equation ever: 1 cross +3 nails = 4 given
Effective Training Program An Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand and pulling a male buffalo with the other. He says to the server: “Want coffee.” The owner gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee. He drinks it in one gulp, then turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun, splattering blood and gore everywhere, and calmly walks out. The next morning the Indian returns. He has his shotgun in one hand, pulling another male buffalo with the other. He walks up to the counter and orders coffee. The waiter says, “No way, Tonto! We’re still cleaning up your mess from yesterday. What was all that about, anyway?” The Indian smiles and proudly responds: “Training for position in United States Congress. I come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull, leave mess for others to clean up; disappear for rest of day.”
Creative Writing Classic A creative writing class at Slippery Rock University was instructed to write a concise essay containing the following elements: religion, royalty, sex, and mystery. The winning essay contained only 13 words: “My God,” said the queen, “I am pregnant! I wonder who did it?”
Beretta Jetfire Testimonial This is a remarkable story of self-control and marksmanship by a brave, cool-headed Florida woman armed with a small pistol and up against a fierce predator: “While walking along the edge of a pond with my soon-to-be former husband—we were discussing property settlement and other divorce issues—we were surprised by a 12 foot alligator which suddenly emerged from the murky water and began charging us with its large jaws wide open. She must have been protecting her nest because she was extremely aggressive. “If I had not had my little Beretta Jetfire .25 caliber pistol with me, I would not be here today! “Just one shot to my estranged husband’s knee cap was all it took. The ’gator got him easily and I was able to escape by just walking away at a brisk pace. “It’s one of the best pistols in my collection! And the amount I saved in lawyer’s fees was really incredible.”
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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP
As We See It: Endangered Species Act— Second Take rowing up in a small rural town in northern California, I have seen first-hand how well intended regulations can destroy jobs, once manipulated by the regulatory agencies and the environmental industry. Recently Anderson we saw how dwindling populations of the northern long-eared bat pushed Federal Fish and Wildlife to take immediate action. Many of us were to be impacted by this action, which raised the question of the quality of science, the proposed restrictions and the real reason for the decline. This action sent tremors across the nation’s wood products industry, whose professionals got a taste of what those of us in the Pacific Northwest have been dealing with for over 25 years. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973. It was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a “consequence of economic growth and development un-tem-
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pered by adequate concern and conservation.” The U.S. Supreme Court found that “the plain intent of Congress in enacting” the ESA “was to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost.” The summer of 1990 on the north coast of California was a time that would change the course of our regional timber industry forever, due to a pair of events. The first was Redwood Summer, where a few hundred college students decided to spend their summer vacation in sunny California, protesting the nation’s most stringent forest regulatory system and sampling some of the region’s local produce. The second event was the listing of the northern spotted owl as threatened under ESA. Among other factors, these two propelled the California timber industry into a death spiral, which led to the closure of 84 out of 117 sawmills and reduced the industry by 70% in just 20 years.
In order for any timber harvest in northern spotted owl (NSO) territory to take place, survey protocols must be followed to locate and protect the species. This process has evolved to become very burdensome; however, it has provided some very interesting data, collected mostly by biologists employed on private land. This data show that the species is declining on federal forests, parks and areas where management is nonexistent. Just the opposite is true for private landowners that have continued to manage their land and are seeing NSO populations increase More recently the finger has been pointed at the barred owl as one reason behind the decline of the NSO, and the solution has been to authorize management of the barred owl species by termination. A logical person has to ask how many years this termination policy will take to produce another endangered species for us to protect. Termination seems like a simple solution because the barred owl is not a listed species, but it begs the question: what do you do when a
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federally listed southern sea otter is eating a federally listed Coho salmon? History has shown that biologists, usually through the help of lawyers, add regulation to the fishing industry and others to make up for this natural process. Currently, under the ESA it is not uncommon to shut down timber operations for months to protect potential habitat for species in areas that represent the extreme reaches of their range. After 40 years of living and working with the ESA, I think it is time to revisit the actual intent of Congress. We need an act designed to protect critically imperiled humans from extinction as a consequence of overzealous laws and regulations. It is time to petition the California State Fish and Wildlife to list the California logger as an endangered species, but we wouldn’t stop there because we would have to add mill workers, log truck drivers, foresters and many other professions specific to the forest products industry. We would also have to look at indirect jobs that have been affected and why whole com-
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munities have become dependant on the government for support. This trend is on the move across the nation, and many states are already seeing the impacts from regulations like these being used for purposes other than their intended use. Perhaps if proper science, rather than political science, were the determining factor for these listings, the ensuing regulations and restrictions would actually help the species and lead to their recovery. At that point perhaps both the imperiled species and imperiled workers could be removed from their respective endangered list. Anderson is president of the American Loggers Council and he and his father Mike own and operate Anderson Logging, Inc., Fort Bragg, Calif. The American Loggers Council is a non-profit 501(c) (6) corporation representing professional timber harvesters in 30 states. Visit amloggers. com or phone 409-625-0206.
ALC Members To Gather In California President Myles Anderson and Associated California Loggers will host the annual meeting of the American Loggers Council Septem-
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ber 24-26 in Eureka, Calif. An optional logging tour precedes the welcome reception on September 24, while educational seminars, a ladies redwood tour, and president’s reception-dinner and ALC auction follow on September 25. The last day is given over to a board meeting, full membership meeting, awards luncheon and other events. For more details and a registration form, visit americanloggers.org.
Farmer and Dunham Log Hog. He sold the business to Texas Timberjack in the ’90s and worked for that company for five years. His last equipment venture was Lufkin Power Sports. He was a member of Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church, Lufkin, and an accomplished woodworker. Survivors include his widow, two sons, two daughters, and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Memorial Service For Warren DuBose
Momentum Building For Mid-Atlantic Expo
A memorial service for retired Texas logging equipment dealer Warren DuBose, 80, was held June 1 in Lufkin, Tex. The Lufkin native died May 28 of cancer DuBose complications. DuBose founded W.A. DuBose & Son Co., a Lufkin Ford tractor dealership, in late 1966. He later opened a second store in Jasper, Tex. and eventually became a dealer for forestry equipment brands Hydro-Ax, Tree
Momentum continues to build for the Mid-Atlantic Logging & Biomass Expo (MALB), the live forestry equipment and supplies venue set for September 18-19 near SelmaSmithfield, NC. “I now believe we’ll sell all static sites,” says Jack Swanner, expo manager, noting that all live sites were taken before July 1. Located at 1153 Lynch Rd., about 14 miles north of Selma, this year’s site incorporates a timberstand and open field and is more compact and
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convenient for all concerned, according to Swanner. “Most exhibits will front the walking trail and the parking area will be so close that we won’t need shuttles,” he points out. More than 75 exhibitors participated in the MALB Expo in 2013, which drew some 2,500 attendees from Atlantic coast and adjacent states and beyond. Given the forest products industry’s current throbbing pace in the Mid-Atlantic region, sponsors expect the 2015 turnout to match or exceed that level. To make the event more familyfriendly, Swanner says that special activities for children will be added this year. For example, Smokey the Bear will be present, both in animated form and as a 50 ft. inflatable, courtesy of the NC Forest Service. Industry professionals who plan to attend should consider preregistering to save time and money. Pre-registration, which is open until early September, is $15 per adult versus $20 at the gate. Visit malb expo.com. Confirmed exhibitors as of July 20 included Caterpillar and Prentice and Peterson dealers Gregory
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Poole and Carolina CAT; John Deere and Morbark dealer James River Equipment; Tigercat and dealer Bullock Brothers Equipment; Cutting Systems, Inc.; Vermeer Mid-Atlantic; Barko Hydraulics; John Woodie Equipment; Jewell Machinery; Fogmaker; Forestry Mutual Insurance; Quadco; Alliance Tire-Primex; CTR/CTRS, Inc.; Pinnacle Trailers; Big John Trailers; Bandit Industries; Olofsfors; ICE; Pemberton; AFEX; GCR; Southern
Loggers Co-op; ASC; Powerscreen Mid-Atlantic (Terex); NC Forestry Assn.; Carolina Logger’s Assn.; NC Forest Service; Hatton-Brown Publishers. The event is again being sponsored by the Carolina Logger’s Assn., NC Forestry Assn., and Hatton-Brown Publishers, parent company of Southern Loggin’ Times and affiliated forest-oriented trade publications. Contact Swanner at 828-4218444 or visit malbexpo.com.
SWPA Honors Barber, Loggers Of The Year The Southeastern Wood Producers Assn., which serves members in Georgia and Florida, marked its 25th anniversary at its annual meeting in early June, honoring an early organizer-leader and recognizing respective loggers of the year from Georgia and Florida. Gathering at the World Golf Village at St. Augustine, Fla., SWPA
presented its Long Haul Award to former Florida logger Clyde Barber for his vision and tireless work in setting up the association’s framework in 1990. Not given each year, the Long Haul Award “recognizes the highest level of appreciation for those who have had a significant impact in furthering the SWPA mission for loggers,” according to SWPA Executive Director Tommy Carroll. Owned by Rodney Schwab and Gary Brett since 1995, M.A. Rigoni, Inc., was singled out as the Florida Logger of the Year. With 41 employees, the 55-year-old Perrybased company operates on the principles of “whatever is true, honorable, and right.” Its three chipping crews and six contract logging crews produce about 600 loads a week. Triple J Logging was named the Georgia Logger of the Year. Based in Summerville, the company was established in 2001 by James, Jason and Josh Dawson, who have since welcomed Jamye Dawson into the fold. Employing more than 40, the company emphasizes safety and participates in local forestry awareness events. It keeps three logging-chipping crews busy and has two logging organizations under contract. Guest speaker at the concluding banquet was Kevin Thieneman, president of Caterpillar Forest Products, who touched on today’s high tech logging equipment and applauded the recent passage of federal trans-Pacific trade legislation.
Weyerhaeuser To Build New Sawmill Weyerhaeuser Co. is investing $190 million to build a new sawmill at Dierks, Ark. The mill will produce in excess of 350MMBF annually. The new mill, including green end and dry end operations, will be built adjacent the existing one and ultimately replace it. Construction has begun. The mill will be installed and operated in phases with total completion expected in 2017. A sawmill has operated at Dierks since 1918 when Dierks Forests built one. Weyerhaeuser purchased the Dierks sawmill when it bought Dierks Forests in 1969.
Enviva’s Marine Terminal Takes Shape The $50 million export terminal being built by the Enviva family of companies at the Port of Wilmington, NC inflated the first of two 17-story domes in mid-June with the second to follow soon. The domes will store 45,000 metric 36
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tons of wood pellets once operational. The first dome took about three hours to inflate. The Wilmington facility is the second terminal built by Enviva. In 2011, it opened a port in Chesapeake, Va. that includes two domes. Like Chesapeake, the Wilmington terminal will ship pellets to coalfired electric power plants in the United Kingdom and Europe, which are converting to wood pellets as fuel to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases and toxic chemi-
cals. Enviva expects about 30-40 ships to call at its Wilmington port when it reaches full capacity. Enviva’s domes have been erected by Dome Technology International of Idaho Falls, Id., the same firm that built the company’s domes in Chesapeake. The Wilmington domes are 175 ft. in diameter— about the same measure as their height. They are engineered to be hurricane-proof, withstanding winds of more than 300 miles an hour, and earthquake-proof, surviv-
ing shocks as high as 8 on the Richter scale. They include an array of integrated safety systems, including automated temperature controls, dust controls and fire suppression systems. The outer shell of the dome was formed by inflating a “balloon” made of polyester roofing material. The balloons serves as a mold for the dome’s primary structure: a layer of steel-reinforced concrete. Construction of the Enviva marine terminal is scheduled to be
completed in February 2016. Enviva is building a new wood pellet plant in Sampton County, NC. It’s expected to produce 500,000 metric tons of pellets annually.
Virginia Loggers Assn. Plans Annual Meeting Information regarding truck regulations, highway safety, new Virginia truck overweight permits, entrance access roads, markets and much more will be presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Loggers Assn., set for August 2829 at Wintergreen Resort, Roseland, Va. Presenters will include Wayne Davis, Mutaz Alkhadra, Keith Goodrich, Kathleen Garrison, and Scott Parsons. VLA’s traditional Legislator’s Reception will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, August 28. “This is an excellent opportunity to meet with members of the General Assembly, state officials and Congressional leaders,” says VLA Executive Director Ron Jenkins.
USDA Restarts BCAP For Renewable Energy U.S. Dept. of Agriculture announced that incentives are resuming this summer for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners interested in growing and harvesting biomass for renewable energy. The support comes through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), which was reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. BCAP provides financial assistance to establish and maintain new crops of energy biomass, and for harvesting and delivering forest or agricultural residues to a qualifying energy facility. The energy facility must be approved by USDA to accept the biomass crop. Facilities can apply for, or renew, their BCAP qualification status. $11.5 million of federal funds will be allocated to support the delivery of biomass materials through December 2015. Last year, more than 200,000 tons of dead or diseased trees from national forests and Bureau of Land Management lands were removed and used to produce renewable energy, while reducing the risk of forest fire. Nineteen energy facilities in 10 states participated in the program. Farmers, ranchers and forest landowners can also receive financial assistance to grow biomass crops that will be converted into energy in selected BCAP project areas. New BCAP project area proposals are being solicited. This 38
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fiscal year USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will allocate up to $8 million for producer enrollment to expand and enhance existing BCAP project areas.
Morbark Serves Wood Pellet Market Wood pellet production has become big business. The world’s largest exporter of wood pellets since 2012, the United States, has seen wood pellet exports grow from 1.6 million short tons in 2012 to 3.2 million in 2013 and 4.4 million in 2014, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Worldwide demand for wood fuel exported to
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Morbark’s versatile 40/36 MicroChipper
Europe is expected to double over the next 10 years. Morbark is uniquely positioned to help its customers meet that demand. “There’s a reason Morbark has
always been the industry leader in whole tree chippers,” says Michael Stanton, Morbark regional sales manager. “The exclusive Advantage 3 drum gives biomass fuel contractors the flexibility to meet various market requirements and produces a far superior and consistent end product. Our dealer network is also a differentiating factor, supporting those customers with inventory, knowledgeable sales people and world-class after-market services. We are in the business of setting end users up for success.” The Advantage 3 drum is available on Morbark’s four models of industrial drum chippers—the Beever M20R Forestry, 30/36, 40/36, and 50/48B—
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and can be configured to produce “micro-chips.” Field data from Morbark customers has shown up to 70% or more accepts at ¼ in. minus and up to 98% or more ½ in. minus during in-woods applications. Morbark’s MicroChipper configuration also features an operatorfriendly slide-in forestry grate system to further reduce oversized chips for more consistent and higher quality micro-chips, and a straight discharge chute with a mechanically driven chip accelerator and a hydraulically operated chip deflect with vertical and horizontal adjustment to fully load vans. Recent improvements to the drum chipper line include a sloped live floor and an internal drive feed system with fewer moving parts. Morbark’s Integrated Control System (MICS) provides the ultimate diagnostic monitoring system to maximize performance. “We’re committed to continuous improvement at Morbark to help our customers be successful,” says John Foote, Morbark vice president of Sales and Marketing. “The volume we manufacture attests to not only the continued growth in the market, but also the confidence our customers have in our equipment.”
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Logger Billy Brady Eulogized July 19 Billy Ray Brady, 69, owner of Circle Lane Contractors, Shubuta, Miss., was eulogized July 19 at Shubuta Baptist Church. The logging busiBrady nessman died July 16 after a brief illness. A third generation logger, Brady’s logging career spanned 48 years. He co-founded Brady Brothers Timber Co. with his brother, Tommy, in
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1967. They also operated a sawmill at Shubuta for over a decade. In early 2001 the brothers opted to dissolve their business, with Billy Ray founding Circle Lane Contractors that year. The company, featured in Southern Loggin’ Times in February 2012, had operated two crews since 2005. Survivors include his widow, two daughters, mother, one brother, one sister, one grandson and numerous nieces and nephews.
Jordan Companies Increases Output The Jordan Family of Companies announced increased production and drying capacity developments at its
sawmills in Barnesville, Ga. and Mt. Gilead, NC. Jordan Forest Products, LLC has added a second shift to its Barnesville sawmill, which doubles sawmill production to 160MMBF per year. The operation has also purchased a new continuous dry kiln capable of drying 1.8MMBF per week. It will come on line in the first quarter of 2016, increasing drying capacity to more than 200MMBF at Barnesville. Jordan Lumber & Supply, Inc. has converted a large steam kiln to continuous drying and has another conversion package on the way at the Mt. Gilead sawmill. The conversion should be operational in the first quarter of next year. This will give the site continuous drying capacity of
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170MMBF per year, pushing its total capacity including five other kilns to more than 300MMBF per year. Current annual production at Mt. Gilead is at 250MMBF annually. Jordan has also added a 410, 000 sq. ft. value-added facility in Biscoe, NC, and is producing 45MMBF of product at the site. Additional equipment is being added, which will increase value-added production to 69MMBF per year.
GreenWood Resources Will Manage New Firm TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services provider, and GreenWood Resources (GWR), a global timber
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management company and subsidiary of TIAA-CREF, announced the formation of Global Timber Resources LLC (GTRCo), a new company designed to invest in timberland assets in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. It is principally focused on the development and management of sustainable plantation forestry assets to supply growing worldwide demand for wood and forestry products. GreenWood Resources will manage the company’s portfolio of timber assets. TIAA-CREF acquired majority ownership of GWR in 2012. TIAA-CREF has been investing in timberland since 1998 and manages a portfolio of over $2 billion in timber assets around the world.
Tigercat Dealer Shift In Eastern NC The new Tigercat dealer in eastern North Carolina is now CTW Equipment, based in Williamston and owned by Wayne Cale and Ben Twiddy, who have been associated with Tigercat for years. The development is an outgrowth of negotiations involving Tigercat, its previous dealer in the area, A.G. Lassiter Equipment
Corp., and Cale and Twiddy. “Tigercat thanks A.G. Lassiter Equipment for 14 years of service and for the strong relationships the team built with loyal Tigercat customers over the years,” states Kevin Selby, Tigercat’s U. S. Sales Manager. “Particular appreciation goes to Al Lassiter, who passed away this past January. We could always rely on Al to act on his word and he would be pleased to know that the fine team he formed will continue to serve Tigercat customers.” Along with the majority of the Lassiter staff, service manager Todd Sauls, parts manager Brian Johnson and sales specialist Ronnie Piland have moved over to CTW from Lassiter. Donald Smith has also joined the sales team. “We are humbled to have the opportunity to carry on the legacy of A.G. Lassiter and to continue providing strong customer service in the region and the best product on the market,” says Cale. Adds Twiddy: “CTW Equipment understands the industry, the equipment and the loggers. We know that minimizing machine downtime is critical to a profitable operation. CTW is located at 1294 Greenville Ave., Williamston. Ph. 252-789-1150.
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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY Caterpillar Upgrades Cat track feller-bunchers and track harvesters have been upgraded with the new Cat PRO (Parallel Reach Operation) System, which gives operators the ability to complete a smoother, more fluid harvesting motion. One joystick either extends or retracts the work tool by combining both the main and stick
boom functions. For feller-buncher configurations, the head is kept level as well. By combining these functions in one joystick, the operator can efficiently move the head in a planar, parallel motion relative to the ground. “The Cat PRO System makes operation much easier, especially for new and less experienced operators. They can learn the machine
more quickly and boost their speed and productivity because of the simplified joystick movements needed to fell a tree,” says Jared Dunn, product application specialist for Caterpillar Forest Products. The Cat PRO System is adjustable for differing applications. The trajectory of the boom and the head tilt on a feller-buncher configuration can be modified for applica-
tions on steeper slopes. The machines also have new enhanced power management software LED lights as standard equipment, another upgrade to the full line. The line consists of two near-zero tail swing feller-bunchers, the Cat 521B and 522B, and two full tail swing machines, the Cat 541 Series 2 and Cat 552 Series 2. The 522B and 552 Series 2 are leveling machines. Visit cat.com.
Rotochopper Shredders
Rotochopper is launching a line of industrial slow-speed shredders. The first model in the new line, the HTS-2, is an aggressive dual shaft shredder designed to pre-process stumps, commingled C & D, railroad ties, and other forms of mixed or contaminated waste. Vince Hundt, Rotochopper cofounder and International sales manager, comments, “The introduction of the HTS-2 is the completion of a long-term Rotochopper plan and promise to provide our customers with a complete line of grinders from hammermill to hi-torque.” The HTS-2 open shredding table allows dirt, stones and other abrasives to easily pass, reducing wear rates. Grease points and other routine maintenance areas are easily accessible. 44
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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY An aggressive tooth design efficiently pulls in raw material for continuous throughput without a feed ram. The teeth and counter teeth ensure active shredding in both directions. Weld-on shredding teeth stand up to contaminants. Designed for extreme duty applications, the radial piston drive motors deliver over 1,000,000 in.lbs. of torque to each shaft in both
directions. These radial piston drive motors offer better reliability and parts availability. The HTS-2 shredder is available with diesel or electric power units from 400 to 630 HP, in stationary, portable, or track-mounted configurations. The HTS-2 shredder integrates with Rotochopper horizontal grinders. Visit rotochopper.com.
Olofsfors ECO-Wheel Olofsfors offers an upgraded version of ECO-Wheel Tracks for cutto-length machines in North America. There is a new cross member design based around the proven EVO model. The addition of side supports makes ECO-Wheel Tracks available for more tire sizes and brands. The EVO cross member
offers excellent strength and antislip properties with a unique sunken cleat position which reduces the stress in the cross member, making it user friendly when re-cleating. ECO-Wheel Tracks CTL are suitable for harvesters and forwarders where traction and stability are the primary requirements. Wheel tracks are an economical alternative to conventional tire chains for the metric sized tires. Visit eco-tracks.com.
Forest Fire Detection
Insight Robotics, an international technology company specializing in data visualization and risk management over large areas of land, has developed a new system capable of detecting fires the instant they break out. The Insight Robotics Wildfire Detection System is capable of detecting a single tree on fire up to five km away, allowing fires to be extinguished before they can spread out of control, according to the company. Currently deployed to protect more than 250,000 hectares (600,000 acres) of territory, the system has a detection track record of 100%. The system is composed of a network of automated InsightFD1 robots, all connected to a central control room. The robots combine a thermal sensor with geospatial intelligence to scan for fire and report its location while minimizing false alarms. The robots also provide a real-time video feed of the fire area and micro-weather data, for response coordination. Visit insightrobotics.com 46
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MACHINES-SUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY Mesera CTL Cranes Mesera forwarder and harvester cranes are reliable, durable and have good operational characteristics for demanding forestry applications. Meserras offers a wide range of harvester and skidder cranes and builds various types of cranes and components by contract. The crane base and slewing mechanisms are
well known for their durability. Mesera’s roots are in the Fiskars and Loglift Oy’s off-road crane
business. Loglift, Mesera-Loglift and Mesera brands have delivered more than 12,000 cranes to more than 100 countries. Mesera welds and machines parts in its own factory, and each crane is assembled by hand, with each crane undergoing comprehensive testing before it is delivered to the customer. Being a small manufacturer, Mesera is flexible, and
works with customers in creating customized design and specifications. Visit mesera.fi.
Thunder Creek Trailers
Thunder Creek Equipment offers the FST Series trailers—available in 500, 750 and 990-gallon diesel capacities with a 100-gallon DEF tank and an optional field-installed rear utility box. The new FST Series combines the best of Thunder Creek’s fuel, DEF and service transportation technologies into a single design while retaining the company’s focus on craftsmanship with heavy gauge steel, patented/patent-pending designs and premium options that allow contractors to spec each trailer to meet the demands of their work. The rear utility box is 55% larger than previous designs and can be installed on any FST Series trailer. Options include a three-in-one welder/generator/air compressor, an auxiliary oil tank, a Worksight light tower and a Field Max tire kit. All Thunder Creek trailers are built with a low profile and baffled fuel tanks, making them suitable for traveling both on-road at highway speeds and off-road on large jobsites. Visit thundercreek.com. About MACHINESSUPPLIES-TECHNOLOGY Products All products presented here were submitted by manufacturers, who are responsible for any and all claims made. SLT reserves the right to edit for style and space. How To Submit Products Electronic images and copy are required. Images should be scanned as 300 dpi and saved as either tiff or jpg files. E-mail to rich@hattonbrown.com. Ship disks to Rich Donnell, P.O. Box 2268, Montgomery, AL 36102-2268 or to 225 Hanrick St., Montgomery, AL 36104-3317. Ph. 334-834-1170.
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AT THE MARGINS The Secret to Better Business Management—Never Stop Learning By Tom Trone, John Deere Forestry firmly believe there has never been a better time to be a logger. Over the past few years, I’ve met with hundreds of logging professionals from around the world—many 3rd and 4th generations in family-run businesses. In each of these conversations, I’ve seen several common themes arise. They are skilled at their trade, passionate about their work, experts in logging best practices, stewards of the land and forward thinking toward the collective success of the entire industry. I’m inspired and excited for the future of the logging industry as the opportunities are endless and yours for the taking. But with this opportunity comes a need to adapt to a constantly changing business environment. I often hear that there is a shortage of loggers. The truth is that there are plenty of loggers but few that are willing for work for free. In today’s logging world, you have to be both technically smart and an astute businessperson to be successful and to grow your business. While practical technical skills and logging expertise are necessary for success, simply being good at your job is no longer good enough. In today’s highly competitive field, the reality is that loggers need to streamline their business (family-owned or not) as much as possible to increase their margins, and it starts by having greater business acumen. Where is this need coming from, and why is better business manage-
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ment so important? For starters, today’s forestry equipment has taken a quantum leap in sophistication. We now have more capabilities than ever before to enable higher levels of production at lower costs. However, operating these machines, or operating them effectively, requires much more than simply knowing how to cut down a tree. There is also increased pressure for logging businesses to squeeze more production at lower cost. This highdemand, high-pressure environment forces loggers to run a tight ship and effectively manage their business to be competitive in the industry. For loggers who fail to stay nimble and adapt to change, the probability to succeed in the long-term is slim. As this competitive environment and squeeze between timber owners and mills becomes more intense, better business management becomes even more important. If you don’t continually work to manage the business side of your operation more effectively, you won’t survive. Loggers can no longer survive by simply managing their business on a cash flow basis alone. They need to think in terms of sustainable growth and investment in their business— people and machines as well as the tools and processes that make both more efficient. This shift in mindset means managing your business for returns, asset growth and expansion of your people. Some examples include:
Taking into account the depreciation of their equipment and the replacement costs of those assets l Squeezing more margin and more volumes, so you can pay for things to make your business more sustainable over the long term l Understanding that if you’re going to attract and retain people in your business, you must be able to pay a competing wage, with benefits on top of that The obvious next question is: where do I go from here to become a better businessperson? While it won’t happen overnight, I’ll start with some simple advice—learn from your peers and competitors.
For Example… When I see loggers who have very sophisticated operations, good business models and a clear plan for the future on how they are going to improve or expand their operations, I learn from them, share what I see and encourage others to do the same. One example worth sharing is Log Creek Timber Co. of Edgefield, SC, a company that has done nothing but grow over the past 15 years. Log Creek is a family business run by Tim and Reg Williams, along with their sister, Martha Sanders. It started from their parents’ family farm, evolved to a small logging company and transitioned to a contractor to Federal Paperboard, Georgia-Pacific and International Paper. Today, the company continues to supply wood to International Paper, Resolute For-
est Products, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Norbord Company, West Fraser Inc. and several specialty mills. As Log Creek has grown over the years, the company formed subsidiary groups to separate the operations, including Log Creek Thinning Co., Inc., a harvesting company, Log Creek Logging Co., the trucking component and Log Creek Timber Co., the timber procurement arm. For Tim Williams, applying wisdom learned from others has been key to Log Creek’s success. “Our philosophy is, we don’t know everything, but everywhere we go and everything my brother and sister and I do, we ask questions and try to glean as much information from the people who are knowledgeable about it,” Williams says. “At Log Creek, we have not re-invented the wheel, but have tried to gather good ideas from anybody and everybody with whom we have come in contact. We then take those ideas and tweak them to make our logging company run even more efficiently.” Tim, Reg and Martha are active and successful in their business, but also understand the importance of being active in the industry and community. For instance, Reg is the current Chair-Elect of the South Carolina Forestry Assn. They also participate in ongoing training to improve their business skills. Like the Williams’, these are simple ways any logger can improve their business management skill set. Get connected, get involved in trade associations, share best practices, talk on a business-to-business level and invest in yourself and your business by taking advantage of the many different courses available at your fingertips. As I previously mentioned, loggers are skilled at their trade, passionate about their work, experts in logging best practices, stewards of the land and forward thinking toward the collective success of the entire industry, but that’s just the beginning. Loggers who are willing to learn and adapt to the changing business climate can add savvy businesspeople, entrepreneurs, merchandisers and more to their long SLT list of attributes. Tom Trone is Director of John Deere’s North American forestry business, and is responsible for all sales and marketing activities as well as product development. Over his career, he has owned and operated several businesses. He is also a lecturer at the University of Illinois where he has taught the subjects of entrepreneurship, business strategy, organizational development and leadership.
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Dump Truck Rolls Over Logger In Garage BACKGROUND: On a spring afternoon in the Appalachians, an independent mechanic shop owner was adjusting the air brakes on a dump truck owned by a logging contractor. The mechanic asked for help from the owner of the logging company. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The mechanic was very experienced and had owned his business for many years. The logging company owner was 65 years old and had worked in logging and trucking for over 25 years. UNSAFE ACTS & CONDITIONS: The mechanic crawled underneath the truck and asked the logging contractor for assistance. The logger joined the mechanic underneath the truck, and he lay down with his legs extended outside
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of the truck near the rear dual wheels. The air pressure had not built up in the air brakes, and someone asked one of the other mechanics to start the truck in order build up the air pressure. The mechanic had not chocked the wheels on the truck. Although the parking brake was set, it may not have been adjusted properly. Both individuals were underneath the truck when the other mechanic climbed into the cab and started the vehicle. The other mechanic did not engage the clutch when he turned on the engine, and the truck had been left in gear. ACCIDENT: When the engine started, the truck lurched forward, and the rear wheels ran over
both of the logger’s legs. INJURY: The logger was rushed to the hospital. Initially, he was told that one of his legs could not be saved due to the seriousness of the injury. He spent a few months in the hospital where he underwent many surgeries and skin grafts. He was still receiving physical therapy 6 months later and needed a cane to assist him when walking.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CORRECTION: Before performing truck maintenance, turn the engine off, set the (properly adjusted) parking brake, and chock the wheels. No one should be underneath the truck if the engine needs to be started during repair work. Be sure to depress the clutch pedal fully when starting the engine. Another safety precaution is to put the transmission in neutral when depressing both the brake and clutch pedals during starting. Do not place any part of your body in front of or behind the wheels when adjusting brakes—be sure of the surroundings and let others know if you are going to work underneath the truck. Supplied by Forest Resources Assn.
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Cat 579B DSHYD (00PR65175), 2011, 3486 Hrs., Cab, AC, Kodiak Trailer, Grapple, Delimber ................................................................$215,000 DEERE 437C (TO437CX162354), 2008, 12646 Hrs, Cab, AC, Evans Trailer, Grapple, Delimber, Slasher ..................................................... $75,000 PRENTICE CRX625 (P52786), 1995, 22000 Hrs., Cab, Prentice Grapple ............................. $20,000 PRENTICE 2384 (63035), 2007, 12730 Hrs., Cab, AC, Riley Delimber................................... $49,500
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AC, 30.5L-32, SH56B Saw.................... $208,500 HYDRO-AX 321 (7121), 1998, 10000 Hrs., Cab, AC, 24.5-32 Tires W/Chains, 20’’Sawhead ................................................................. $33,500 PRENTICE 2470 (PB19355), 2007, 11275 Hrs., Cab, AC, SH50 Saw ................................ $82,500 TIGERCAT 726 (7260852), 1997, 10000 Hrs., Cab, AC, 30.5-32, 22’’ Sawhead............. $39,000
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CHAMBERS DELIMBINATOR with Cum- 2006 TIGERCAT 250B Loader with CSI 1997 JOHN DEERE 744H MH wheel mins 8.3 diesel, 1800 hrs, 2-drum 264 delimber, CSI 4400 saw, mounted loader with log forks w/clamp, 5yd. chain flail debarker ................$80,000 on 3-axle trailer......................$89,000 bucket, quick hookup attachment, engine replaced .....................$47,500
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2009 Deere 437C Knuckleboom Loader STK# LU178863; 10,635 hrs $58,000
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FELLER BUNCHERS 2008 Deere 748H................................ $82,500 2007 Prentice 2384 ............................ $75,000
2007 Prentice 2470 ............................ $31,000 2008 Prentice 2470 ............................ $53,000 2008 Prentice 2470 .............................$56,000 2002 Tigercat 718 .............................. $36,900 2009 Tigercat 718E ............................ $90,000 2005 Tigercat 720D............................ $70,000 2011 Tigercat 720E .......................... $131,000 2005 Tigercat 724D............................ $72,500 2007 Tigercat 724E ............................ $93,000 2004 Tigercat 822 ............................ $135,000 2005 Timberking TK340..................... $35,900
LOG LOADERS 2001 Tigercat 230B ............................ $25,000 2002 Tigercat 230B ............................ $50,000 2010 Tigercat 234CS ....................... $125,000 2005 Tigercat 240B ............................ $40,000 2006 Tigercat 240B ............................ $52,500 2007 Tigercat 244 .............................. $72,900 2005 Tigercat 250 .............................. $60,000
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 1997 MORBARK 22............................ $40,000 2001 MORBARK 5600...................... $175,000 2009 MORBARK 40/36 NCL DRUM CHIPPER ....................................... $219,500 2009 MORBARK 40/36 NCL DRUM CHIPPER ....................................... $243,750
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Self-Loader Operator Electrocuted BACKGROUND: On a sunny, warm, humid summer afternoon in the Northeast, the owner of a selfloading log truck was loading tree trimmings from a power line maintenance operation. The operator was performing the trimming operation as a contractor for an electric power company. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The operator was in his mid50s and had over 20 years’ experience in logging and trucking, as well as in working around power lines in similar situations. He was a licensed arborist. UNSAFE ACT OR CONDITION: The truck was parked perpen-
dicular to and facing the road with the front of the truck cab extending under the power line. The loader operator’s seat was not directly under the line, but the operator was very close to the phone line, which
was below the power line. ACCIDENT: While reaching for a bucket of wood, the loader boom came close enough to the power line to allow an electric arc to energize the loader. The arc jumped several feet, according to witnesses. Humid weather conditions contributed to this incident. INJURY: The operator was electrocuted immediately and slumped over in the loader seat. He was declared dead at the scene. Power was knocked out in the nearby area. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CORRECTION: Position landings well away from energized power lines, such that no part of the loader or logs being loaded can come
within 100 ft. of an energized line. For other logging equipment, OSHA has published a table establishing minimum allowable distances between equipment and power lines, relating allowable minimums to known voltages. If it is not possible or practical to determine voltage, it is advisable to treat all power lines as being at the highest voltage and taking the maximum precaution, which is to maintain a 50-ft. distance. Before beginning equipment operations near power lines, determine if any part of the equipment, load line, or load, if operated up to the equipment’s maximum working radius in the work zone, could get closer than 50 ft. If it should be necessary to operate closer than that, arrange with the utility owner/operator to de-energize and visibly ground the power line at the work site. Supplied by Forest Resources Assn.
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