Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jessica Johnson has the opportunity to visit Tim Con Forest Products in Jamesville, North Carolina. Spending time with Billy Corey, owner of Tim Con Forest Products, is like a mix of going to church and going to school. After a few hours, you’ve been inspired and renewed, and you’re walking away thinking about something differently than you did before. Corey, 70, has been a logger for 50 years, and for 32 of those years he’s been buying and harvesting timber for himself. As he puts it, you don’t spend that much time doing something without riding a few changes. The best learn not only how to adapt to changes—in technology, harvesting practices, business practices, available markets and the like—they also learn to thrive in those changes. The key to thriving amid the constant changes faced by a logger, Corey says, is planning.

Featured Story: “Ch-ch-changes”

Written By: Jessica Johnson
Company: Tim Con Wood Products
Location: Jamesville, North Carolina
SLT Issue: September 2017

Check out other featured articles in the September 2017 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s September 2017 issue features Jamesville, North Carolina’s Tim Con Forest Products, Huddleston, Virginia’s Nichols Logging, Inc., Williamsburg, Kentucky’s Dewayne Rowe Logging, and Covington, Virginia’s Fitzgerald Excavating and Construction, Inc. An article previews the upcoming Mid-Atlantic Logging & Biomass Expo, to be held September 15-16 near Laurinburg, North Carolina. A special article highlights four forward-thinking loggers who embrace telematics and machine monitoring technology. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.