Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott visits Fitzgerald Excavating and Construction, Inc. in Covington, Virginia. Here’s something you don’t see everyday on most logging jobs: suburbanites jogging on a residential cul-de-sac sidewalk. The ones in this neighborhood have to jog around a knuckleboom loading a log truck on the side of the street. For Davey Fitzgerald, Jr. of Fitzgerald Excavating and Construction, Inc., it’s all part of the scenery. Davey runs the company that specializes in clearing timber, often for residential development, in the metro areas around Washington, DC, far east of its home base in Covington, Va. “They call me the urban logger,” Fitzgerald, 35, says of his peers in the southern portions of the state, who are accustomed to more rural settings. “When they come up here, the amount of traffic is what blows them away.

Featured Story: “Urban Logger”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Fitzgerald Excavating and Construction, Inc.
Location: Covington, Virginia
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.