Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jessica Johnson visits T.W. Byrd and Sons Logging located in Branford, Florida. Florida’s Byrd family has been in logging since the early 1950s, though a lot has changed since then, and now the family operates nine in woods crews, a fuel plaza, a power equipment dealership, a milk dairy and a starters and alternators vehicle repair shop. Paul Byrd, 58, was SLT’s tour guide during the visit to the impressive home base of the operation and was constantly dropping little hints to the entire picture of the operation. A humble guy, Byrd said it all just grew from the logging crew his mother and father started. Byrd says when his father passed away in 1975, the family was farming and running one logging crew, but made the choice to move away from farming and focus their energies on logging.

Featured Story: “Full Throttle”

Written By: Jessica Johnson
Company: T.W. Byrd and Sons Logging
Location: Branford, Florida
SLT Issue: October 2015

Check out other featured articles in the October 2015 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s October 2015 issue features Florence, South Carolina’s Anderson Logging, Branford, Florida’s T.W. Byrd and Sons Logging, and Leesville, South Carolina’s South Carolina Pole and Piling, Inc. A special article provides a look into the cork harvesting business in Portugal, and another details Morbark’s recent Demo Days. Also highlighted is the recent Mid-Atlantic Logging & Biomass Expo, held September 18-19 near Selma/Smithfield, North Carolina. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and equipment, and logging business tips.