Timber Harvesting magazine Senior Associate Editor David Abbott travels to Chester, Virginia to visit Williams Tree Harvesters LLC. For Hunter Williams, the youthful owner of Williams Tree Harvesters LLC, based in Chester, Va., the memory of his first childhood encounter with a logging crew is still fresh. His eyes light up and he flashes a big, exuberant grin when he speaks of it. “When I was a kid we had a piece of land behind where I grew up and they came and logged it,” Williams, now 29, recalls. He didn’t come from a logging family, so it wasn’t something he saw every day. His father worked for International Paper, but he was not a logger, so this was the first time the boy had actually seen a logging operation in action. He was mesmerized by it. “I sat there and watched how that job was done and ever since that it always fascinated me.” The memory is an important one for him.

Featured Story: “Southern Knights”

Written By: Jessica Johnson
Company: Knight Forestry, Mid South Timber Company, Knight Forestry Transport & Giant Tire Company
Location: Whigham, Georgia
TH Issue: May/June 2017

Check out other featured articles in the May/June 2017 issue of Timber Harvesting magazine.
The May/June 2017 issue of Timber Harvesting magazine features a full report on Timber Harvesting’s 2017 Trucking Survey, conducted throughout the spring.  The next installment in the Forest Family Series features the Knight family of Whigham, Georgia, who owns and operates four logging-related businesses. A special section previews the upcoming Elmia Wood show, to be held in Jonkoping, Sweden June 7-10. Also featured is Chester, Virginia’s Williams Tree Harvesters LLC. A collection of photos highlights Tidewater Equipment Company’s recent Demo Day event, held May 6 near Quitman, Georgia. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new technology and new machinery and products.