Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell travels to Pikeville, North Carolina to visit Leach’s Timber Thinning (LTT) and KR Leach Trucking, LLC (KRL). It’s no secret that owning a logging business along with a trucking business can create quite a headache for many logging companies. While some loggers contract their trucking out, there are still many who own their own trucks and have to deal with finding and training new drivers, wrestle with insurance rates and maintain their rigs. The Leach brothers out of Pikeville, NC. seem to have figured out how to eliminate some of the headaches. Gerald Leach, 48, runs the logging business known as Leach’s Timber Thinning (LTT), and Kenneth Leach, 49, runs the trucking company, K R Leach Trucking LLC (KRL). The two brothers had always wanted to own their business and now they are getting that chance.

Featured Story: “Business Brothers”

Written By: Jay Donnell
Company: Leach’s Timber Thinning & KR Leach Trucking, LLC
Location: Pikeville, North Carolina
SLT Issue: March 2017

Check out other featured articles in the March 2017 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s March 2017 issue features Pikeville, North Carolina’s Leach’s Timber Thinning and KR Leach Trucking, LLC, Whatley, Alabama’s Mike Gates Trucking, Inc., and Georgetown, Tennessee’s Triple C Fiber. In the inaugural ‘Where Are They Now?’ column, SLT revisits Gordo, Alabama’s Posey Logging. Other articles cover the latest industry news and upcoming events.