Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Contributing Editor May Lamar has the opportunity to visit Hanna Brothers Logging in Abbeville, South Carolina. Abbeville natives Ben and Daniel Hanna endured the wettest summer of their eight years in the logging/trucking business, but you won’t hear them complaining much. The two 30-something-year-old brothers are too busy for that. When a sustained break in the rains came in mid-August, they moved 80 loads in five days off their own job, and half as much as contract haulers for a growing number of other logging outfits. The two men operate Hanna Bros. in a lake rich and densely forested region referred to as “Upstate” by people who live in the Carolinas. Ben, the younger of the two, is philosophical about their decision to join the forest industry in 2005, which was just about the time the wheels were starting to come off the economy. “It was bad when we got in and it’s been tough ever since, but we manage.” They manage by managing the bottom lines of two different operations.

Featured Story: “Dynamic Duo”

Written By: May Lamar
Company: Hanna Brothers Logging
Location: Abbeville, South Carolina
SLT Issue: October 2013

Check out other featured articles in the October 2013 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times October issue spotlights Josh Key’s Beech Island Timber, which made the switch to biomass chipping in 2010 and reports that it was well worthwhile. The Hanna Brothers keep their heads and business above water. Also, Bandit Industries celebrates 30 years in business.