Southern Loggin’ Times Associate Editor Jessica Johnson travels to Dodson, Louisiana to spend some time with Steven H. Gaar Logging, Inc. When you meet him, Steven Gaar turns out to be exactly who you’d expect. A self-proclaimed “high tech-logger” with a ready to work mentality, Gaar has been in logging since he was 19 years old. Back then he worked with two saw hands, one skidder, one loader and two trucks. Now? Steven H. Gaar Logging, Inc. runs three complete crews with eight skidders, four delimber/loader combinations and four feller-bunchers. Gaar has slowed down a bit—he’s had some neck and back difficulties—but that hasn’t sidelined him totally. He still runs a small cattle operation on 100 acres, while farming another 250 acres for raising hay, managing 1,500 acres of his own timberland and running Gaar Equipment Sales, which is his baby. That’s all in addition to overseeing the logging crews.

Featured Story: “All In The Family”

Written By: Jessica Johnson
Company: Steven H. Gaar Logging, Inc.
Location: Dodson, Louisiana
SLT Issue: April 2013

Check out other featured articles in the April 2013 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times April issue spotlights Alabama’s Wayne Hawkins, who has been in business for 50 years with Hawkins & Rawlinson, Inc. logging insurance company. Steven Gaar and his son Spencer run three crews in Louisiana, and Rick Smith finds his niche as a high lead logger in the Mountain State.