Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell visits Wrightsville, Georgia’s Jeff Powell Trucking. When Jeff Powell started going to the woods with his father, John, when he was only 8 years old he obviously had no idea he’d be carrying on the family tradition 48 years later. Powell worked with “Big John” for much of his early adult life and in 1993 he established his own logging company, Jeff Powell Trucking (JPT). Back in the early ’90s Powell was running one large crew with three skidders, three loaders, two tracked cutters and 10 trucks. He eventually started running threw crews, but has since downsized to just one smaller crew and four trucks, but his company continues to do a quality job in the Peach State. There have been some significant developments for JPT over the past few months including the hiring of a new employee and the purchase of a 2018 Tigercat 822D tracked feller-buncher that should arrive in late spring or early summer according to Powell.
Check out other featured articles in the April 2018 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s April 2018 issue features Edgemoor, South Carolina’s Ideal Logging, Inc., Monticello, Arkansas’ F&F Trucking & Timber, LLC, Brookhaven, Mississippi’s Brian Smith Logging, Inc., and Wrightsville, Georgia’s Jeff Powell Trucking. In a new “Where Are They Now?” column, Dan Shell revisits Olla, Louisiana’s Lasiter Logging. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.
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