Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell spends some time with Kip Smith Forest Services located in Haddock, Georgia. Kip Smith had made a good living cruising timber and buying timber as a consulting forester ever since he graduated from the University of Georgia in 2000. But he was always drawn to the logging end. Once he had enough timber bought he decided to start his own logging business. “I began with $90,000 worth of equipment,” Smith says. Smith, 39, started his company, Kip Smith Forest Services (KSFS), in May 2013. Not long after, he hired Michael Allen who now serves as the harvest operations manager. “Within the first week I realized that he was awesome,” Smith says. “He just has that mechanical ability and can figure things out, whether it’s running equipment or fixing it. He and I patched up old equipment until we were able to move up to good equipment.”

Featured Story: “Building A Brand”

Written By: Jay Donnell
Company: Kip Smith Forest Services
Location: Haddock, Georgia
SLT Issue: July 2016

Check out other featured articles in the July 2016 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s July 2016 issue features Chester, Virginia’s Williams Tree Harvesters LLC, Pittsview, Alabama’s Pitts Enterprises, Inc., manufacturer of Pitts Trailers, Grenada, Mississippi’s Fly Tie & Lumber LLC, and Haddock, Georgia’s Kip Smith Forest Services. An article reports on the recent Southeastern Wood Producers Association Annual Meeting and Logging and Transportation Expo held in June in Valdosta, Georgia. Other articles cover the latest industry news and new machinery and products.