Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell has the opportunity to visit Thompson Logging in Troy, North Carolina. Jessie Thompson is accustomed to rough winters. He’s been logging in North Carolina his entire working life and remembers when the winters were consistently cold every year without fail. But since he started Thompson Logging back up in 2000 he’s only seen a few winters this brutal. In fact some have referred to this winter as the worst in the area since the early 1960s in terms of days below freezing. Some heavy hits of snow turned to ice that wouldn’t go away, affecting area sawmills as their incoming logs turned into ice cubes and their chips and sawdust froze up conveyors in the mill. The recent snowy winter is something many loggers in the South have had to deal with and many will be glad to see the season come to an end.

Featured Story: “Cool Customer”

Written By: Jay Donnell
Company: Thompson Logging
Location: Troy, North Carolina
SLT Issue: March 2018

Check out other featured articles in the March 2018 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s March 2018 issue features Troy, North Carolina’s Thompson Logging, Keithville, Louisiana’s Philibert Timber Company, Inc., Glen Allen, Virginia’s Hanneman Forest Products, and a report on the South Carolina Timber Producers Association annual meeting, held in early February in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.