Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott visits with Joey Grissom Trucking and Logging, located in Spencer, Tennessee. It’s not uncommon in this business for a logger to have his feet in many different boots, so to speak. It’s a vocation that demands quite a lot from those who engage in it, yet many find or make time, somehow, to add to their plate even more work: farming, real estate, maybe serving in the state logging association. Joey Grissom, 43, owner of Joey Grissom Trucking and Logging, may have a lot of his peers beat in that regard. “I wear a lot of hats,” he admits. A quick rundown of the jobs to which he has obligated himself is almost dizzying; any one of these would be enough for most people. Not content with merely running two logging crews, Grissom also buys, develops and sells land for residential use. At one time this was his biggest source of income, but currently he is sitting on several pieces, waiting for prices to improve.

Featured Story: “Many Hats”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Joey Grissom Trucking and Logging
Location: Spencer, Tennessee
SLT Issue: November 2013

Check out other featured articles in the November 2013 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times November issue features C.K. Greene of Custom Thinning, LLC, who is a proactive and enthusiastic man, never underestimating the value of a good public image. Cagle Brothers Logging has a tradition of hard work. Tennessee Forestry Association’s 2013 Logger of the Year, Joey Grissom, stays busy in and out of the woods. Also, crowds came to the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Logging & Biomass Expo.