In the November/December 2014 edition of My Take, Timber Harvesting magazine Executive Editor DK Knight discusses the recent passing of Jim Mooney. Knight writes, “James Edward (Jim) Mooney’s family and many of his friends and associates gathered in Charlottesville, Va. on November 1 to bid him farewell. Jim, well known and passionate logger advocate and logging industry activist, a former logger, and community volunteer, left this life at 7:41 p.m. on October 27, about 14 months after he was informed that he had lung cancer. He was only 55. My wife Jane and I were privileged to be part of the assembly, and I had the double-edged honor of assisting in his eulogy. Fortunately, we had visited with Jim and most of his family just a week before. At that time, he was sitting up, talking, and even laughing. We had anticipated a sad visit but it turned out to be just the opposite. Jim intended for it to be that way.”

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Timber Harvesting magazine Western Editor Dan Shell travels to Wetumpka, Alabama to spend some time with IndusTREE Logging. Hauling 75 loads a day—and as part of an organization that routinely produces 200 loads daily—IndusTREE Logging has grown exponentially in the past decade-plus, from a single crew in 2003 to eight crews today. IndusTREE Logging is operated as a separate company, one of several under the IndusTREE umbrella that includes timber procurement, logging, property management and manufacturing divisions and employs 150 overall. The IndusTREE companies are headed by President Larry Jones and Vice President Lee Davis, two west Alabama foresters and Auburn University graduates who have built an impressive and vertically integrated forest products operation that can handle all aspects of the forest industry, from seedling and stump to end product shipping from several timber processing facilities.

Timber Harvesting magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell visits John Rolle Logging, Inc. in Chisholm, Minnesota. When John Rolle started logging in 1980 he soon knew he never wanted to do anything else. Rolle attended Hibbing Community College and worked for his father’s construction company for several years, but he had a passion for the woods, especially hunting and fishing. One day he picked up a logging magazine. “I saw a Timber Harvesting magazine and decided maybe I should get a cable skidder,” Rolle recalls. “One cable skidder, then two cable skidders and then an old Barko 60 loader mounted on one of my dad’s old cement trucks. One thing led to another and the markets got strong in the ‘80s.” Rolle initially logged as a subcontractor and that evolved into John Rolle Logging, Inc., based in Chisholm, Minn., in the state’s northeastern section. For more than 30 years Rolle has been active in Minnesota’s logging community.”

Timber Harvesting magazine Executive Editor DK Knight highlights recent forest industry shows in Wisconsin, Mississippi, Oregon and Ohio: the Lake States Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo, the Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, the Pacific Logging Congress’ In Woods Show, and the Ohio Forestry Association’s Paul Bunyan Show. Reflecting an improving economy and steady-to-expanding raw material demand, these late summer and early fall forestry equipment shows across the U.S. racked up strong numbers as renewed confidence in the forest products industry continues to build momentum.

Timber Harvesting magazine Senior Associate Editor David Abbott travels to Osyka, Mississippi to visit Robert W. Wall, Inc. Headquartered in Osyka, Miss., just east of I-55 and barely north of the Louisiana state line, the company is officially cast as Robert W. Wall, Inc. It is better known in the area as Wall Timber, and it does business in a big way. At the core are owners-partners Bob Wall, 56, and Kim, his wife of 33 years. They aren’t just partners on paper; they’re a true team in every way, the heart and the brains of the operation. Both are active in day-to-day management and they bring energy and passion that permeates every facet of the impressive enterprise they have built together. They have strived to establish strong business practices into the company culture as part of the daily routine, and by all appearances they have succeeded.

This article, titled “You’re Promoted To Foreman, Now What?”, is supplied to Timber Harvesting magazine by Wendy Farrand, operating as WFarrand Consulting, a forest industry consultant who emphasizes the value of strengthening the people side of a logging business and the impact it has on safety, production, efficiency and professionalism. Farrand writes, “Congratulations! You have just found out that starting on Monday you are in charge of you own crew! You’ve gotten a generous pay raise and you surely have all the knowledge you need to get the job done. You know the mills, the routes, the species, the products, and the equipment. You have worked hard for a long time, and no one deserves this more than you. Well, at least that is what you think. When you hop in your truck and head out on Monday to the job, your mind starts to wander to the guys waiting on the landing.”

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