Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott visits Huntsville, Arkansas’ Jerry Whittmore Timber, Inc. Jerry Whittmore Timber, Inc., is probably the biggest timber producer in northwest Arkansas, in terms of number of loads hauled. So believes the company’s owner, Jerry Whittmore, 49. Most loggers in his area, he says, field smaller operations hauling maybe two loads a day, some only one. Many are running older equipment, and some don’t have a loader. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but by contrast, Whittmore has a fully mechanized operation averaging six loads a day, sometimes more. In ideal conditions, they have hauled as many as 14 loads in a day. Whittmore and his younger brother Conley, without any background in the industry, decided to start a logging business together in 1993; Conley was 20 then and Jerry, 23.

Featured Story: “Blues Man”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Jerry Whittmore Timber, Inc.
Location: Huntsville, Arkansas
SLT Issue: October 2018

Check out other featured articles in the October 2018 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s October 2018 issue features Huntsville, Arkansas’ Jerry Whittmore Timber, Inc., Apex, North Carolina’s Jimmy Williams Logging, Remus, Michigan’s Bandit Industries and their recent 35^th anniversary celebration, John Deere’s forestry media event held at their Moline, Illinois headquarters, and a report on the recent 2018 Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show. A special article by Executive Editor DK Knight remembers industry veteran Pat Crawford. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.