Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott has the opportunity to visit J&J Logging in Henderson, North Carolina. J&J Logging, owned by Joe Ross, 62, and his son Joey, 36, is based in North Carolina but has its two crews working across state lines in both North Carolina and southern Virginia. “I put the second ‘J’ on it when Joey was a little boy, 30-something years ago,” Joe Ross recalls. Before that the company was called Ross Bros., as Joe originally partnered with his brother Johnny. Joey, now 36, came on board right after finishing school. J&J is well established and respected in the region’s timber community. Having survived the last several years, it is now poised to take advantage of resurgent and new market opportunities, fielding two crews and more than 100 trailers to service multiple chip and roundwood markets in both states.

Featured Story: “High Rollers”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: J&J Logging
Location: Henderson, North Carolina
SLT Issue: September 2013

Check out other featured articles in the September 2013 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times September issue spotlights Pinecrest’s Everett family, which works together as a team and as a family. Hauling 300 loads weekly, Joe and Joey Ross of J&J Logging welcome new markets. The second Mid-Atlantic Expo aims to improve on an already winning formula. Also, golf resort work lured a contractor back into mulching.