Timber Harvesting magazine Senior Associate Editor David Abbott travels to Greenwood, Mississippi to visit Stan Wilson & Sons LLC. A long commute to work is hardly uncommon, but Stan Wilson & Sons LLC take it to an extraordinary level. The family logging company is based in the southern Illinois town of Du Quoin, where the Wilsons live, but spent most of this year working outside Greenwood, Miss.—a solid six hours to the south. That’s where Timber Harvesting caught up with them in early July of this year. This isn’t a temporary or recent scenario, either. While the family occasionally harvests some timber closer to home, clan patriarch Stan Wilson, 59, says he has logged long-distance for most of his extended career. Since age 23 he has traveled to cut tracts in Tennessee, Alabama and elsewhere, including often in Mississippi.

Check out other featured articles in the November/December 2016 issue of Timber Harvesting magazine.
The November/December 2016 issue of Timber Harvesting magazine features Du Quoin, Illinois’ Stan Wilson & Sons LLC, a report on DEMO International held recently in British Columbia, a recap of the American Loggers Council’s Annual Meeting, and a special article highlighting keys to fleet safety. Other articles cover the latest industry news, recent events, and new products and equipment.