Category: Logging Company Profiles
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TimberWest May/June 2016 After 35 years, R.L. Smith Logging has seen it all. The next challenge will be passing on the torch. Read more…
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TimberWest March/April 2016 Preston Drew says he “just slid into the industry.” Cutting firewood in high school turned into a career path that he hasn’t been able to shake. Forty years later, even after experiencing all the ups and downs in the industry and reinventing himself so many times to keep working, Drew does not…
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TimberWest November/December 2015 With market prices that rival—and in some cases eclipse—Douglas fir, red alder cannot be overlooked when you’re assessing the value of a logging job. Even if you’re not sure what veneer-quality alder looks like or if you find a stand doesn’t contain the volume of alder needed to fill a truckload, Defiance…
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TimberWest July/August 2015 The trucks may bear the name R&D Williams Log Hauling, but Ron “Rooster” Williams will attest that his company owes its success to more than just the time and capital which he and his wife, Debi, invested into the business. When faced with the challenge of rebuilding his log hauling company, Ron…
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TimberWest March/April 2015 Pacific Logging and Processing finds a niche providing services for small-scale private landowners, which the company calls “‘permits to planting.” Read more…
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TimberWest November/December 2014 Sevier Logging based out of Olympia, Wash., focuses on high production and safe practices. Read more…
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TimberWest July/August 2014 Pulley Logging of Sedro Woolley takes on anything from thinning to helicopter logging. Read more…
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TimberWest March/April 2014 Blair Standin, owner of Precision Forestry, may be young, but knows how to run a productive, 21st century operation. Read more…
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TimberWest January/February 2014 What does a logging road running through the tree-covered hills of eastern Snohomish County and the green fairways of a Seattle golf course have in common? The same Cat D7 or the “old girl,” as Bob Hanner describes her, was used in their construction. Read more…
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TimberWest November/December 2013 In John Evans’ opinion, tower logging has the better views, and as a forest engineer for NDC Timber Inc. who has spent nearly 30 years overseeing high-country tower logging operations throughout Grays Harbor, Mason and Pacific counties, and southeast Alaska, he would know. Read more…
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