As with most areas of the economy these days, sales of new logging equipment have slowed down. Many loggers are wisely reluctant to take on new debt in uncertain times, and as such are often buying used equipment or trying to keep their existing machines running longer with increasingly meticulous maintenance routines. Even so, there is still some action on the new equipment front. Case in point: Tracy Walden, 43, owner of Walden Logging, Inc., purchased two new 2011 model machines late last year—a Barko loader from Knight Forestry and a John Deere skidder from Flint Equipment, both replacing older units.

Featured Story: “Good Timing”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Walden Logging, Inc.
Location: Cairo, Georgia
SLT Issue: October 2011

Check out other featured articles in the October 2011 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times’ October issue spotlights Georgia’s Tracy Walden, who recently took advantage of a federal program to replace older machines with lower emission models for his business, Walden Logging. Also featured is Texas’s Hilton Services, which has enjoyed explosive growth clearing right-of-ways for the oil and gas pipeline boom. The issue highlights both the Mid-Atlantic forest products industry, which awaits an end to the great “tree-cession,” and the Virginia Loggers Assn. (VLA) annual meeting this past August. Continue reading Longleaf Pine: A History of Man and a Forest.