Kentucky Family Leaves Sawmill Behind To Focus Solely on Its Logging Business
SYMSONIA, Kentucky – Two options. Both good. That is the best kind of choice. The partners in Wyatt Brothers had a choice between two options in 1999. Their sawmill was doing well. So was their logging operation. “We were getting big enough. We had to choose,” explained Sid Wyatt, who along with his father, Royce, […]
Maine Owner-Operator Pulls Some Long Days on Forwarder
NEW CANADA, Maine – It’s a long day for Braydon Paradis on the logging job he is on right now. He wakes up at...
Minnesota Logger Follows Road to Improvement to Cut-to-Length
FINLAND, Minnesota – Greg Tibbetts is always looking for ways to make his logging and trucking business more productive, more efficient, more profitable.
“I’m always...
Log Truck Collides with Train When Driver Distracted
Background
On a spring morning in the Southeastern U.S., a log truck driver was starting to transport his second load of the day. The weather...