Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell has the opportunity to visit Green Logging in Tracy City, Tennessee. The Greens have been logging in Tennessee for more than 40 years. Wesley Green, 71, started Green Logging in 1970. The business is thriving today because of good planning, good management, and harvesting efficiency. Wesley’s son, Darrin, 44, started working for the company in 1989 and he hasn’t looked back since. He took over the company in 2000, but Wesley is still on site every day helping out with various jobs. The company ran two crews for many years before they had to cut back to just one crew during the recession. Now they are back to two crews and Darrin feels like that’s right where they need to be. “We had to cut back for a while, but we’re back to full strength now,” Darrin says.

Featured Story: “The Right Path”

Written By: Jay Donnell
Company: Green Logging LLC
Location: Tracy City, Tennessee
SLT Issue: April 2015

Check out other featured articles in the April 2015 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s April 2015 issue features Saline, Louisiana’s Greg Williams Logging, J.M. Wood Auction’s 42nd Annual Spring Auction held in Montgomery, Alabama on March 10-12, Tracy City, Tennessee’s Green Logging, and John Deere’s unveiling of their new L and M series of skidders and cutters, held in Peachtree City, Georgia on February 11. The issue also continues its Historic Logging/Lumbering Series, with part two highlighting Appalachian logging from 1880-1920. Other articles cover the latest industry news and new equipment and technology.