Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott visits C&L logging located in Livingston, Tennessee. The saying “logging is in the blood” certainly applies to Darrek Copeland, 42. After a couple of years working for a logging company, he left to try his hand in another industry, only to return in relatively short order. “I knew I had to go back to logging,” Copeland says. The co-owner and president of C&L Logging started in the industry after graduating from high school in 1989. “I came to love logging, and I really missed being away from it.” Copeland teamed up with his father-in-law, Glenn Ledbetter, to form C&L Logging in 1995. Today, the Livingston-based company works within a 50-mile radius of headquarters with a highly experienced crew of six, including both Copeland and Ledbetter. The company specializes in mountain logging with an emphasis on select-cut hardwoods and handles everything from roadbuilding to delivering logs to customers. “We’re very much hands-on owners,” Copeland says.

Featured Story: “Onward, Upward”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: C&L Logging
Location: Livingston, Tennessee
SLT Issue: July 2014

Check out other featured articles in the July 2014 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s July 2014 issue features Garland, North Carolina’s Smith Timber Co. and Robert L. Rich Timber Harvesting, and Livingston, Tennessee’s C&L Logging. Also highlighted is recent Southeastern Wood Producers Association’s annual meeting and first-ever logging expo, held last month in Georgia. Other articles discuss forestry tire tread designs, Georgia’s Yancey Bros. 100^th anniversary, and the grand opening of Forest Pro, Inc.’ new Virginia location.