Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jessica Johnson travels to Cove, Arkansas to visit Will Fortner Logging. Will Fortner is the first to admit he’s a relatively young guy in the logging business, and he’s still got plenty to learn—after all, he only just started running his own crew in 2014. “My dad wasn’t a logger,” he says, “I went to a logging job when I was about 17, I just feel in love with it.” He started out running a skidder with his cousin, and the love grew from there. “Of course as soon as I started logging, I wanted to have my own job,” he laughs. For the 32 year old, it’s taken a lot of hard work and long days (and long nights) to get his company where it is today. Granted, that doesn’t mean that hindsight isn’t 20/20. He says he’s not sure if he would do it all over again, starting out on his own at such a young age all over again, but right now, he wouldn’t trade his job for the world.

Featured Story: “Concentrated Crew”

Written By: Jessica Johnson
Company: Will Fortner Logging
Location: Cove, Arkansas
SLT Issue: December 2016

Check out other featured articles in the December 2016 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s December 2016 issue features Double Springs, Alabama’s F&C Logging, LLC, King George, Virginia’s H.L. Williams and Son Logging, and Cove, Arkansas’ Will Fortner Logging. Special articles highlight the use of dashboard cameras in log trucks in North Carolina and the recent annual meeting of the Alabama Loggers Council. Other articles cover the latest industry news, logging business tips and new products and equipment.