Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott visits with Harmon Timber Harvesting, LLC, located in Warrenton, North Carolina. It’s not as easy to get started in logging as it used to be. Young loggers may not quite be an endangered species, but for those without the benefit of inheriting a business from family, the challenges of starting a company from scratch can be daunting. Still, there are plenty who accept that challenge. Clay Harmon, 33, proved up to the task when he struck out on his own with Clay Harmon Timber Harvesting in April 2012. Like most in the business, Harmon had a background in the woods. His grandfather, Richard Coleman, also of Warrenton, was a logger who had four daughters but no sons, and Harmon was the oldest grandson. “So basically since birth I’ve been in the woods,” he laughs. Coleman logged for Union Camp for about 40 years, and Harmon grew up around his crew.

Featured Story: “Good Start”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Harmon Timber Harvesting, LLC
Location: Warrenton, North Carolina
SLT Issue: December 2013

Check out other featured articles in the December 2013 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times‘ December 2013 issue features Georgia’s Casey Streat, owner of the start up logging operation RSB Forestry, Inc., North Carolina’s Clay Harmon, owner of Harmon Timber Harvesting, LLC and a young up-and-coming logger, and Texas veteran Eddie Jordan, owner of Jordan Logging, Inc. The issue also concludes the serialization of the book ‘Sawmilling With Paw’.