Featured Story: “Making A Way Back”

Written By: David Abbott, Managing Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times

Company: Double G Logging
Location: Call, Texas
SLT Issue: April 2019

Perseverance has paid for Charles Greenleaf in east Texas. The young logger just started his company Double G Logging, two and a half years ago. He’s worked nearly 24/7 to breathe life into it and has faced, and overcome, numerous adversities, both in the woods and on the home front.

Greenleaf grew up wanting to be a logger, but his family had discouraged him from pursuing that dream. “I heard all the horror stories about it: stay away from logging, there’s no future in logging, don’t do it. Everybody said go to college, get a degree, get a job with benefits and retirement,” said Greenleaf. And he did. With that good salary and good credit Greenleaf bought all his equipment. As for the horror stories he heard growing up – “All those horror stories are true. But if you enjoy doing it then you make a way through it.”