Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott has the opportunity to visit Tim Breland Logging in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Not all loggers come from a family of loggers. Tim Breland, 51, is a prime example. His father, Glenwood, was an entrepreneur of a different sort: he owned a line of convenience stores. Together, Glenwood and Breland owned nine stores in all spread out over a 60-mile radius in seven towns. By his early 30s, though, Breland knew he had no intention of continuing to follow in his father’s footsteps. “I was just burned out on it,” he says of the convenience store business. He adds that finding good employees was a constant struggle. “Finding good people to work in logging is actually easy compared to that,” he asserts. It was one big reason, he says, why the family decided to gradually sell off those stores upon his father’s passing 20 years ago.

Featured Story: “A Different Path”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Tim Breland Logging
Location: Philadelphia, Mississippi
SLT Issue: April 2017

Check out other featured articles in the April 2017 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s April 2017 issue features Philadelphia, Mississippi’s Performance Logging, Jamestown, South Carolina’s Nole Boys Logging, and Philadelphia, Mississippi’s Tim Breland Logging. A special article highlights Brunswick, Georgia-based Tidewater Equipment Company and their 70 years in business. A collection of photos recounts Montgomery, Alabama’s J.M. Wood Auction Company’s recent 44^th Annual Spring Auction. In the ‘Where Are They Now?’ column, SLT revisits Cairo, Georgia’s J.R. Holton Logging. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.