Southern Loggin’ Times Associate Editor David Abbott has the opportunity to visit Trott Lumber Company, Inc., the Tennessee Forestry Association’s 2012 Logger Of The Year, located in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Owned by third-generation logger Sam Trott, the company will be celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2013. Trott’s unique company, both a logging operation and a sawmill, is run and operated by Sam, his wife Jennifer, and their son Jeremy. “Business is very good,” says Trott. The family attributes their continued success to their hard work and faith in God.

Featured Story: “Backward, Forward”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Trott Lumber Company, Inc.
Location: Shelbyville, Tennessee
SLT Issue: February 2013

Check out other featured articles in the February 2013 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times February issue spotlights Louisiana logger and John Deere fan Robbie Stuart, who lost six pieces of equipment in two separate fires in two years and suffered the loss of his mother, but has not allowed the misfortune to hold him down. Starting with $20 to his name, Danny Murphy and his sons have built an impressive enterprise. In addition, the Trott family, Tennessee’s Logger of the Year 2012, says business is good.