Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott travels to Duck Hill, Mississippi to visit Edwin Taylor and Son Logging. This year marks the 30th anniversary for Edwin Taylor. In point of fact, it actually marks several 30th anniversaries in his life. First, just a few months after he graduated high school that spring of 1986, he and his wife Tammie tied the knot. November 14 will mark 30 years since their wedding day, “if we make it that long,” he chuckles. “I better remember that date!” Of any slightly lesser importance, it was also 30 years ago, during the summer between graduating high school and getting married, that he started his company, Edwin Taylor and Son Logging. Today, the company fields nine crews. It has only been in the last 10 years that Taylor, 48, started expanding to more than one crew, though. It was around then when he first started buying new equipment; the increased productivity allowed him to split his old crew into two, and soon after to add a third.

Featured Story: “Steady Rolling”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Edwin Taylor and Son Logging
Location: Duck Hill, Mississippi
SLT Issue: August 2016

Check out other featured articles in the August 2016 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s August 2016 issue features Kinder, Louisiana’s Pat Brister Timber, Duck Hill, Mississippi’s Edwin Taylor and Son Logging, and Cairo, Georgia’s Mac Rosencrantz Logging. A special historical article takes a look back at Foster Creek Lumber located in Southwest Mississippi. An article previews the upcoming Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, to be held in Starkville, Mississippi on August 26-27. Other articles cover the latest industry news, logging business tips, and new machinery and products.