Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell travels to Williamsburg, Kentucky to visit Dewayne Rowe Logging. When Dewayne Rowe, Sr. and his son, Dewayne Rowe, Jr., wake up in the morning they usually have a pretty good idea what the day has in store for them: steep and rough tracts of timber on large hillsides in Tennessee and Kentucky. When people think about loggers in the South they often picture flat terrain with skidders gliding comfortably across the ground at decent speeds. Loggers who work in the hills will tell you quite a different story and I saw it firsthand. I was completely out of breath at the beginning of this interview. Dewayne Jr. and I made the climb from the landing up to where the feller-buncher was working and let’s just say it was treacherous hike. Once I was able to catch my breath I had a great chat with the Dewayne Jr. and his father.

Featured Story: “Steep Terrain”

Written By: Jay Donnell
Company: Dewayne Rowe Logging
Location: Williamsburg, Kentucky
SLT Issue: September 2017

Check out other featured articles in the September 2017 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s September 2017 issue features Jamesville, North Carolina’s Tim Con Forest Products, Huddleston, Virginia’s Nichols Logging, Inc., Williamsburg, Kentucky’s Dewayne Rowe Logging, and Covington, Virginia’s Fitzgerald Excavating and Construction, Inc. An article previews the upcoming Mid-Atlantic Logging & Biomass Expo, to be held September 15-16 near Laurinburg, North Carolina. A special article highlights four forward-thinking loggers who embrace telematics and machine monitoring technology. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.