Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell travels to Pineville, Kentucky to visit J.R. Partin Logging. When Wayland Partin made the transition from mining to logging more than 20 years ago, he knew his life would be different, but not totally unfamiliar. Partin had become accustomed to operating heavy equipment on mining jobs so when he and several other employees were laid off from Arch Coal, Inc. he knew he had to look elsewhere. His father and grandfather had spent many years logging, so Partin looked that way, and bought a used Cat D3 dozer, Stihl 066 chain saw and hired a man to haul timber. Partin’s logging business quickly grew into a formidable operation and though still relatively new to the business, in 2004 Partin was named the Kentucky Logger of the Year by the Kentucky Forest Industries Assn. (KFIA).
Check out other featured articles in the August 2017 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s August 2017 issue features Pineville, Kentucky’s J.R. Partin Logging, Abbeville, Alabama’s Mills Timber Harvesting, Inc., and Sheridan, Arkansas’ Crouse truck Parts & Equipment Company, Inc. An article highlights Tigercat’s recent 25th anniversary celebration, held June 17 in Kitchener, Ontario. In the ‘Where Are They Now?’ column, SLT revisits Columbia, Louisiana’s Rowland Timber Company. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.
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