Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott visits Williams Tree Harvesters LLC located in Chester, Virginia. There’s a certain youthful exuberance evident in Hunter Williams, 28, the owner of Williams Tree Harvesters LLC. The fresh-faced entrepreneur has a big, enthusiastic smile when he talks about the first time he saw a logging crew working when he was only a child. That was when he knew what he wanted to do with his life. “When I was a kid we had a piece of land behind where I grew up and they came and logged it,” he recalls. Though not a logger, his dad worked for International Paper, so he had some connection to the business. But this was the first time Williams had actually seen a logging operation in action. “I sat there and watched how that job was done and ever since that it always fascinated me. I always wanted to get into it.”

Featured Story: “Living The Dream”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Williams Tree Harvesters LLC
Location: Chester, Virginia
SLT Issue: July 2016

Check out other featured articles in the July 2016 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s July 2016 issue features Chester, Virginia’s Williams Tree Harvesters LLC, Pittsview, Alabama’s Pitts Enterprises, Inc., manufacturer of Pitts Trailers, Grenada, Mississippi’s Fly Tie & Lumber LLC, and Haddock, Georgia’s Kip Smith Forest Services. An article reports on the recent Southeastern Wood Producers Association Annual Meeting and Logging and Transportation Expo held in June in Valdosta, Georgia. Other articles cover the latest industry news and new machinery and products.