(This feature story was submitted to Southern Loggin’ Times magazine by Caterpillar and was edited by Managing Editor David Abbott) It may be a long haul from Montgomery, but Wade Rolison says he operates in what he calls the “logging capital” of Alabama. “There are probably more loggers in this community than in much of the rest of the state,” he says. With operations based about a dozen miles east of the Alabama/Mississippi line, Rolison, 37, says his three harvesting crews spend a lot of time in both states—about 60% of it on the Mississippi side. In the 10 years since moving from truck driver to logger, the young businessman has grown his family’s operations into a group of thriving and successful entities. At the center of it, Rolison is president and owner of Bar Forest Products, the company he started to buy timber for what was then his father’s outfit: Rolison Trucking LLC.

Featured Story: “Rollin’ On”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Bar Forest Products
Location: Butler, Alabama
SLT Issue: May 2015

Check out other featured articles in the May 2015 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s May 2015 issue features West Green, Georgia’s Justice Enterprises, Butler, Alabama’s Bar Forest Products, Doosan Equipment’s 2015 media event held in Tucson, Arizona, and Tidewater Equipment’s demo day recently held in Jesup, Georgia. The issue also continues its Historic Logging/Lumbering Series, with part three highlighting Appalachian logging from 1880-1920. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new machinery and products, and logging business tips.