Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell traveled to Junction City, Arkansas to bring back this cover story on Hamaker Timber Co. Don Hamaker and his father Gene started the company in 1986, an act they understood to be a leap of faith. Don had worked in construction after high school and Gene had long been an insurance salesman. With their faith firmly in God, the father-son team went into logging, building their business from scratch with a skidder and chain saw.

Featured Story:  “Keeping The Faith”

Written By: Jay Donnell
Company: Hamaker Timber Co.
Location: Junction City, Arkansas
SLT Issue: January 2019

Check out other featured articles in the January 2019 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s January 2019 issue features a pair of stories from Arkansas: Junction City’s Hamaker Timber Co. and Marble’s Greg Head Logging; and, similar to Head, a hardwood specialist working with a chipper, Millboro, Virginia’s Martin Logging. The issue also features a truncated version of an article that previously appeared in sister publication Timber Harvesting on that magazine’s 2018 Logging Business Of The Year, Johnston, South Carolina’s multifaceted Log Creek, run by the siblings of the Williams family. The January issue also features submissions from tire, chain and track manufacturers, the final installment of Deborah Smith’s popular Logging Life At Home column,  and the latest “As We See It” editorial from new American Loggers Council President Chris Potts. Other departments cover the latest industry news and upcoming events.