Timber Harvesting magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell has the opportunity to visit Paul Sverdsten Logging in Cataldo, Idaho. Paul Sverdsten started his logging business in 2009, but it’s worth noting how he got there. Sverdsten’s family has a long history of logging in Idaho. His grandfather bought his first team of horses and started logging in 1922. He built up a large company and sold it to his three sons in the 1960s. When the logging industry took a major downturn in 1983, they went bankrupt. That’s when Paul, his brother and a cousin started a logging outfit called Triple Tree Logging. They logged together for five years and then went their separate ways. Paul took one of the line machines and line skidded for several years. Beginning in 1993 and until 2009, Sverdsten joined logger Dave Weingart.

Featured Story: “A Tough, Dirty Job Made Even Worse”

Written By: Jay Donnell
Company: Paul Sverdsten Logging
Location: Cataldo, Idaho
TH Issue: January/February 2017

Check out other featured articles in the January/February 2017 issue of Timber Harvesting magazine.
The January/February 2017 issue of Timber Harvesting magazine features Covington, Virginia’s Fitzgerald Excavating and Construction, Inc., Brunswick, Georgia’s Tidewater Equipment Company, and Cataldo, Idaho’s Paul Sverdsten Logging. The issue also features the annual 2017 Equipment Directory, highlighting products, manufacturers and trade shows. Other articles cover the latest in logging business management software, trucking safety and the latest industry news and new machinery and products.