North Carolina Hardwood Producer Plans For Fourth Generation of Church Family
WILKESBORO, North Carolina – Church & Church Lumber Company is paving the way for a fourth generation of the Church family to take its place in the forest products industry. Church & Church Lumber Company is a family-owned enterprise with diverse operations....
Michigan Logger Relocates to Harvest Hurricane-Damaged Timber in Florida
NEWBERRY, Michigan – It’s not a short distance from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the Florida panhandle. In fact, it’s about 1,320 miles. So what is the team of Roger Metcalf and Son Trucking doing in the Sunshine State? It seems like quite a trek from the...
Georgia Logger Staying Busy Harvesting Weyerhaeuser Pine
NICHOLLS, Georgia – Joel Adams has a name for his logging company that befits the kind of work it does: harvesting pine, pine, and more pine. His company, Pinetree Trail Enterprises, is in his home of Nicholls, Georgia, which is located in the southeast corner of the...
Against the Wind: Cooper Timber Harvesting Helps Clear Downed Trees from the Hurricane-battered Gulf Coast
Wayne Cooper weathered his first hurricane in 2004, when Hurricane Charley slammed Florida. The category four storm made landfall in Florida near Ft. Meyers on the Gulf Coast, and continued in a northeastern direction toward Wayne’s family and home in Arcadia. “We...
Carolina Logger Knows a Few Twists for a Successful Business
APEX, North Carolina — Jimmy Williams has a few twists on logging that have helped him remain successful. One of those twists is to have two sets of logging equipment — enough machines to run two jobs — even though his crew is only big enough to work on one site at a...